She was also chief executive of the Association of Drainage Authorities (ADA),[3] from Jan 2006 to March 2015, where she led ADA's role of representing organisations related to water level management and flood risk management, such as Internal Drainage Boards, flood defence committees, environmental agencies, local authorities and various associate members.
She had earlier been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2004 New Year Honours for services as Chairman of the Thames Region Flood Defence Committee and before that a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1997 New Year Honours for services to civil engineering.
[2][6] She is also a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering[1][2] and a visiting professor at the University of Southampton[7] and at Imperial College London (where she studied).
In 2001, she was awarded the Garth Watson Medal for services to the Institution of Civil Engineers.
[2] Roger Venables is Visiting Professor in Engineering for Sustainable Development at Queen's University, Belfast.