Joseph M. Edwards serves the Authority as Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President. In this role, he provides technology-related vision and leadership for developing and implementing information initiatives that support DC Water goals and objectives. He also leads the long-range planning of all information processing and telecommunications systems (voice, video, and data) and operations.

Mr. Edwards began his service to DC Water in 2004, as a contractor responsible for the modernization of systems and migrations. In 2011, he formally joined the Authority as Manager, Data Center and Network Infrastructure, and has been promoted three times since. As Director, IT Infrastructure, Mr. Edwards was responsible for all disaster recovery and business continuity initiatives and developed the operating and capital budgets for the department.  He was later promoted to Director, Enterprise Solutions, and in this capacity, he oversaw all projects within the technical infrastructure domain, and provided technical guidance to the Authority on IT-related business and technology issues.

Mr. Edwards has been a member of the CIO Executive Council Pathways Leadership Program for 10 years and graduated from the program in 2023. Additionally, he has completed a wide range of IT certifications, including Ethical Hacking, Cisco Networking, and many Windows Server System platforms, including Cloud Computing and Systems Architecture.

A married father of three boys, Joe is a Woodbadge-trained Boy Scout Leader and enjoys photography in his free time.