(Washington, D.C.) - District of Columbia Mayor Anthony A. Williams named a local lawyer and longtime District resident Glenn S. Gerstell to chair the DC Water and Sewer Authority's (WASA) Board of Directors Thursday. He succeeds Ron M. Linton who served as an original Board member and who was named Board Chairman in 1998, as well as Mayor Williams's chief of staff, Abdulsalam Omer, who most recently served two months as acting chairman.

Glenn S. Gerstell, 49, will assume his position at WASA's first board meeting of the year, January 4, 2001. Gerstell is currently the managing partner of the Washington DC office of Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy LLP. A specialist in global infrastructure finance, he has been employed by the law firm since 1976. He became a partner in 1985 and previously served as the head of the firm's Asian offices. Gerstell also served on Mayor Williams' transition team for the Public Safety Sector after the election in 1998.