Kathryn Mallon

CEEAA Distinguished Alumni Award, 2013

For excellence in managing the Capital Construction Program of New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection and the cost effective delivery of New York City’s water and wastewater capital projects.

Biography

Kathryn Mallon serves as Deputy Commissioner at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection where she manages the agency’s $14 billion capital construction program. The agency designs and constructs major infrastructure projects to ensure safe and reliable water and sewer operations for 9 million city and upstate customers. Projects in her portfolio include the 300 million-gallon-per-day (MGD) Croton Water Treatment Facility, 2 billion-gallon-per-day (BGD) Catskill Delaware Water Treatment (largest in the world), the 8.5 mile, 10-foot diameter Manhattan Tunnel, and the 700-MGD Newtown Creek Water Pollution Control Plant Secondary Treatment Expansion. 

Prior to joining the city, Mallon spent nearly 20 years at a large international consulting firm where she specialized in the planning, design and construction of drinking water treatment facilities. Mallon is currently on temporary loan to the New York City Mayor’s office, managing an innovative pilot program to help victims of Hurricane Sandy get back into their flood-damaged homes. The $500 million program, delivered in partnership with FEMA, has helped restore safe heat, power, and hot water service to more than 10,000 homeowners in less than three months’ time, enabling ravaged communities to get back on their feet and begin the longer term recovery process.