Kara Keleher, Senior Team Leader, Weston & Sampson
Kara Keleher
Kara Keleher, PE, ENV SP is a senior team leader in Weston & Sampson’s wastewater division. She grew up in the Merrimack Valley and earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Merrimack College. She started working at Weston & Sampson as a co-op student in 1991 and as an engineer upon graduation.
Kara now has more than 30 years of wastewater engineering and project management experience specializing in the planning, study, design, and construction of drainage and sanitary sewer projects, as well as infiltration/inflow (I/I) analysis and reduction programs and comprehensive sewer rehabilitation. Kara is an active member of the Collection System Committees of the New England Water Environment Association and Water Environment Federation. She is a Registered Professional Engineer in seven states and is also an Envision Sustainability Professional.
Kara recently celebrated her 30th work anniversary. She says that the two reasons she appreciates working at Weston & Sampson are the people and the work-life balance. “After my second child was born, I was able to work part-time at Weston & Sampson in order to help raise my growing family. Once my children were older, I was able to re-join Weston & Sampson full-time, resume my career, and advance within the company.”
Kara enjoys solving problems and working collaboratively with her clients. She is active in Weston & Sampson’s IDEA (inclusion, diversity, equity, and access) committee and their culture club. In her free time, Kara likes to play mixed doubles tennis and spend time outside.
