William M. Varley serves as president of New Jersey American Water. He is the principal external contact for American Water in New Jersey, serving approximately 2.6 million people, and in New York, serving approximately 350,000 people. In this role, he reinforces and strengthens customer, regulatory and local government relationships and drives operational and financial results for these states. Additionally, he serves as senior vice president of the company’s Northeast division. Mr. Varley previously served as president of New York American Water, vice president and manager of its predecessor Long Island American Water, as well as vice president of Business Development for New Jersey and New York. Prior to joining American Water in 2000, Mr. Varley was the district manager for Layne Christensen Co., a large water supply contracting company, for 13 years. There he oversaw Layne’s Long Island well-drilling operations. He also worked for large consulting engineering firms Camp Dresser & McKee and Hazen & Sawyer as resident and design engineer for large wastewater treatment plant upgrades. Mr. Varley is currently Chairman of the New York Chapter of the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC), and is a member of the New York Section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA). He has also offered technical presentations for many industry organizations including the Long Island Water Conference, New York Section AWWA, New Jersey Section AWWA, Mid Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners (MACRUC), National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), the American Ground Water Trust and the Edwin C. Tifft Jr. Water Supply Symposium in New York. Mr. Varley holds a bachelors of science in civil engineering technology from Rochester Institute