Taylor Hopkins serves as Biosolids Manager with the City of Franklin TN Water Management Department and is a certified Grade IV operator in the State of Tennessee. He has over 8 years of experience in wastewater operations, laboratory sampling and analyses, pilot operations, and biosolids management. Taylor was recently promoted to Biosolids Manager and is responsible for solid operations to maintain compliance with the Class A certification.

Michelle Hatcher, PE, serves as Director with the City of Franklin Water Management Director for the past 7 years and is responsible for water and wastewater operations in the City of Franklin. She currently works to augment CMOM compliance, direct regulatory coordination with NPDES permitting and regulators, project management of large capital assets, and the efforts to develop the first potable reuse plant in the State of Tennessee.