The Atlantic County Utilities Authority (ACUA) has named James Rocco '88 '96 vice president of Centralized Maintenance and Asset Management. In this role, Rocco will lead ACUA's efforts to efficiently manage assets and plan for maintenance, repairs, and improvements to its facilities, infrastructure, vehicles and equipment. He will oversee a staff of more than 60 employees from the authority’s facilities, fleet, electrical and instrumentation, mechanical services, and IT departments.

Rocco has more than 30 years of engineering and project management experience. He most recently served as the solid waste engineer for the Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authority and previously served as the vice president of engineering for the authority in Cumberland County.

Rocco earned a MaS in Engineering Management and a BS in Civil Engineering from Widener University.