Mailing Address: PO Box 426, Chattanooga, TN 37401
Email: [email protected]
2024-2025 Chattanooga Branch Officers
President | Stephen Brady | P.E. 
Firm: Ragan Smith
Stephen Brady attended UT Chattanooga, graduating with a BS in Civil Engineering, participating in the ASCE student regional competitions and received the Tennessee Road builders Association Scholarship. After graduating, he worked the ASCE competition as a judge when UTC hosted and has been an ASCE member for more than a decade. Previously, he spent 10 years as an engineer at March Adams Consulting during which he became a licensed professional engineer.
He has participated in fly-ins, actively seeking to persuade Representatives of the need for infrastructure funding, based on the results of the Report Card for America’s Infrastructure. He is also an ASCE key contact, sharing infrastructure related legislation with local members, and the information about how to contact this areas Senators and Representatives.
Stephen also enjoys his time teaching and playing chess and is involved with the Chattanooga Chess Club. He has been instructing kids in chess for the past 13 years where they have won multiple awards at the regional, state and national level of scholastic chess.
Vice President | Xavier Pedeux | P.E. 
Firm: Jacobs
Xavier Pedeux, PE is with Jacobs Engineering, he is the Program Manager for the City of Chattanooga’s wet weather SSO Consent Decree. Xavier has 24 years of experience in the water industry. He first worked 5 years with a water utility in Paris, France, then 5 years with Yarra Valley Water Ltd in Melbourne, Australia. After that, he worked 6 years for Artelia as an international consultant, and then 3 years with AECOM on the Cleveland, OH wet weather Consent Decree Program and the Detroit, MI Water & Sewer Capital Improvement Program. He has been with Jacobs since 2019.
Xavier is a licensed Professional Engineer in Tennessee, with a Masters in Physics from the University of Paris and Manchester, UK, and a Masters in Civil Engineering from Grenoble University, France.
He enjoys spending time with his wife Nancy-Kate and their son Fletcher, traveling, discovering beautiful areas around Chattanooga, tennis, and sharing good food and wine with friends.
Treasurer | Nate Medford | P.E.
Firm: Hazen and Sawyer
Nate is a registered professional engineer and a licensed biological wastewater treatment plant operator. He works for Hazen and Sawyer and has over twelve years of experience as a consulting engineer and operator for water and wastewater utilities. He recently moved to Chattanooga, where he and his wife are about to welcome their first child to the family. They are looking forward to bringing their little one along on family hiking, sailing, and other outdoor adventures.
Secretary | Sigrid Baker | 
Firm: Tennessee American Water
Sigrid attended the University of Florida and graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering. She spent the first several years of her career working as an engineer for JEA, a water/wastewater/electric utility serving the northeast Florida region. After relocating to Chattanooga in 2021, she began working for Tennessee American Water where she currently holds the title of Staff Engineer. Since working for Tennessee American Water, she has managed a variety of capital investment projects in the Chattanooga/Sequatchie Valley area ranging from distribution pipeline and storage tank installation to water treatment plant improvements. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, cooking, and being outside with her three rescue dogs.
Past President | Caroline Meacham | E.I.T.
Firm: Sargent & Lundy
Caroline graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a minor in Spanish Language. While at UTC she held the Secretary and Vice President positions with the ASCE Student Chapter. She enjoyed organizing meetings, site tours, volunteer opportunities, and maintained the chapter's social media. She also participated in the 2018 and 2019 ASCE Southeastern Competitions which involved the design and fabrication of a concrete canoe and many other teamwork competitions. Caroline has attended ASCE National Convention, Eastern Region Younger Member Conference (ERYMC), and ASCE's Younger Member Leadership Summit. Looking forward to 2025, she will assist in the planning of the ERYMC 2025 in Memphis, TN.
After graduating, Caroline began working at TDOT as a Transportation Project Specialist working in roadway design. After 2 years at TDOT, Caroline has switched career paths and has been at Sargent & Lundy for 2 years in Transmission Line Design.
In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, traveling, and being outside.
Chattanooga Development Symposium Director | Maria Price | P.E. 
Firm: City of Chattanooga
Maria is a registered Professional Engineer in TN & VA with a B.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Tennessee Technological University. She has a diverse background in transmission engineering, environmental & construction activities, utility project management, multi-discipline project management and code enforcement. Maria has employment history with TVA, TDOT, several private firms and currently utilizes her talents for the City of Chattanooga as the City's first female Assistant City Engineer for Public Works. She was named ASCE TN Section Government Engineer of the Year in 2017, received 2020 EWeek People to People Award, is on the Southeast Stormwater Association board and is the Chair of the Tennessee ASCE Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI). She is the Creator & Director of the Chattanooga Development Symposium.
Besides her involvement in ASCE, she is Troop Leader of two Junior troops for the Girl Scout Council of Southern Appalachians, formerly Charity Director for ConNooga and is involved in the Chattanooga Alumni Chapter of Omega Phi Alpha National Service Sorority.
When not working or involved in charity work, she spends time with her husband, 2 daughters & Australian Cattle Dog. She enjoys board games, off-roading, muscle cars, cooking and geeking out about stormwater and landfills.
Chattanooga Branch Committee Chairs
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