Dan Widdel has become the new president of Illinois-based Lakeside Equipment Corporation, who since its formation back in 1928, has become a highly renowned provider of wastewater treatment systems and their component parts, including screens, grit collectors, clarifiers, screw pumps, and biological processes.
With Lakeside Equipment Corporation for twenty-five years, Widdel steps up to replace retiring president, Karen Wolk, who served the employee-owned company for forty years. Wolk had been in the head role for the past three years, following the sudden passing of Steve Eckstein, Lakeside’s much-admired former president.
“This is a huge honor for me to follow in the footsteps of those who have led Lakeside Equipment Corporation so diligently for almost a century,” says Widdel.
“Despite some challenging times in our long history, including the pandemic, and the tragic loss of our former president, we have stuck together as a very solid team, determined, no matter what, to deliver the very best solutions for our customers. I would like to sincerely thank Karen Wolk for her huge contribution in pushing Lakeside forward.”