Darlene A. Locascio

Darlene LoCascio is the MWRD’s Director of Procurement and Materials Management. She joined the MWRD in 1994 after working several years at the Chicago Park District and the City of Chicago. She supervises 63 staff members and is responsible for procuring all materials and services that are used in the MWRD’s day to day operations. The Purchasing Act outlines the duties and responsibilities of the Director in the various areas of purchasing supplies and services, requesting and receiving bids, determining control and operation of the storerooms, disposing of obsolete, surplus, and unusable materials, and verifying quality and testing of materials.

Darlene graduated with her Master's degree in Business Administration from Dominican University, and she received her Bachelor's of Business in Accountancy from Western Illinois University. She is the MWRD's first female director of Procurement and Materials Management.