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Track 1: |
Contingency Engineering |
Room 101 B-C |
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Session 1.1 |
Lessons Learned from Iraq and Afghanistan |
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| Session Moderator: |
BG Mike Walsh, USA |
Commander of Mississippi Valley Division, USACE
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| Panelist: |
Mr Tom Baltazar |
Tom Baltazar is the Director of the
Office of Military Affairs, USAID.
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| Panelist: |
RADM Rich Cellon, PE, USN |
Rear Admiral Richard Cellon is the
commander of the 1st Naval Construction
Division; he previously
commanded Naval Facilities Engineering
Command, Atlantic in Norfolk. Rear Adm. Cellon’s other command
tours include Naval Facilities Engineering
Command, Pacific Division in Pearl Harbor; Commander,
Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
Southern Division in Charleston, SC; Naval Mobile Construction
Battalion 40 homeported in Port Hueneme,
CA; and Naval Support
Facility Thurmont, MD, (Camp David). Rear Adm. Cellon’s other
duty assignments include Executive Officer,
Navy Public Works Center, Norfolk the Shore
Activities Division (N44), Chief of Naval
Operations staff, Washington, DC;
Operations Officer, Amphibious Construction
Battalion ONE, Coronado, Calif.; Resident
Officer in Charge of Construction, San
Diego, CA; Junior Officer Detailer,
Naval Military Personnel Command,
Washington, DC; Commandant’s staff, US Naval
Academy, Annapolis, MD; Assistant
Company Commander and Detail AOIC, Naval
Mobile Construction Battalion 62, Gulfport,
MS.
Rear Adm. Cellon is a graduate of the US Naval
Academy. He holds master’s degrees
from the University of Florida (Civil
Engineering), and the Naval War College
(National Security and Strategic Studies).
Rear Adm. Cellon also attended the Wharton
School’s Advanced Management Program at the
University of Pennsylvania. He is a
registered Professional Engineer in the
States of California and Virginia, a member
of the Acquisition Corps, and a Seabee
Combat Warfare Officer.
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| Panelist: |
Ms Deborah Duncan, PE |
Deborah Duncan serves as the Director
for Programs and Project Management for the
US Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic
Programs Center. As the senior
civilian in the Transatlantic Programs
Center she is responsible for the
organization’s overall project execution.
She supervises the Engineering and
Construction directorates with
responsibility for project management,
technical design, and construction.
From March to October 2007, Ms. Duncan
deployed from the Transatlantic Programs
Center and served as the Deputy District
Engineer for Programs and Project Management
for the Afghanistan Engineer District.
In this position, she was responsible for
making district commitments with sponsors
and customers and ensuring those commitments
were met through project management.
She also directed the formulation of the
District’s program and budget and oversaw
and approved the operation’s budget.
Ms Duncan holds a bachelor's degree in civil
engineering, and she is a registered
professional engineer in California.
She is an active member in the Society of
American Military Engineers and has served
in several leadership positions in the
Society.
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| Panelist: |
COL Brian Yolitz,
USAF |
Colonel Brian D. Yolitz is the USAFCENT
Director, A7 Installations staff. He leads
a cadre of 28 military, civilian, and
contractor personnel assigned to the HQ
USAFCENT, the Combined Air Operations Center
and Construction Management Office, in
planning, programming, design, and
construction of facilities and utilities
supporting 34 operating locations in 27
countries within the AOR. He is responsible
to the Combined Forces Air Component
Commander (CFACC) for support of all
engineering operations, environmental
compliance, fire protection, explosive
ordnance disposal, and nuclear, biological
and chemical readiness. He informs CFACC on
how facility construction requirements and
site plans impact ability to execute
operational plans. He also develops
operational plan force structure
requirements, interfaces with USCENTCOM,
component commands, and host nations in the
performance of the USAFCENT mission.
Colonel Yolitz was commissioned in 1984
after graduating from Officer Training
School Lackland AFB, Texas. He has
commanded the 88th Civil Engineer Squadron,
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, the 20th Civil
Engineer Squadron, Shaw AFB, South Carolina
and the 1st Mission Support Group, Langley
AFB, VA. He has served in a variety of
civil engineering positions at base level, a
major command staff, the Air Staff, and the
Joint Staff. Prior to his current
assignment, Colonel Yolitz was a student at
the Industrial College of the Armed Forces,
Fort McNair, Washington DC.
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Session 1.2 |
A/E/C/ Response to Disaster Recovery Operations |
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| Session Moderator: |
MG Robert Griffin, PE,
USA Ret |
Robert H. Griffin is a Senior VP for
CONUS Operations, Government Facilities and
Infrastructure, CH2M HILL and most recently
served as the Project Director for the $500M
Temporary Housing contract supporting FEMA
during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita recovery
operations. MG (ret) Griffin
previously served in the Army as the US Army
Corps of Engineers Deputy Chief of
Engineers, the Director of Civil Works,
commander of the Great Lakes and Ohio River
Division; commander of the Northwestern
Division; Chief of Staff, Headquarters, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers; commander of the
Corps of Engineers Mobile District; and
commanded the 864th Engineer Battalion
(Combat heavy), Fort Lewis, Washington, and
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
MG (ret) Griffin holds a BSME and a MS in
Geotechnical Engineering, both from Auburn
University. He holds a second Masters
degree in Business Administration from Long
Island University. He is a graduate of the
U.S. Army War College and is a registered
professional engineer in the Commonwealth of
Virginia.
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| Panelist: |
Col Bryon Bednar, PE,
USAF Ret |
Bryon Bednar is the executive director,
HQ Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency,
Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. AFCESA is
an Air Force Field Operating Agency
responsible for providing contingency,
operations and technical support to Air
Force installations and to 59,700 civil
engineers. The agency currently
supports 82 major and 10 minor active-duty
installations, plus the 83 Air Force Reserve
and Air National Guard installations.
He previously served in Space Command as a
supervisory senior engineer. He joined
the Air Force Reserves in 1981 and retired
as a colonel in 2005. He has been an
Air Force civilian employee for more than 20
years as an engineer, planner, construction
branch chief, deputy base civil engineer and
environmental flight chief. He has
also worked in private industry as an
environmental, safety, and security officer
for Texas Instruments.
Mr Bednar holds a BSCE from the US Air Force
Academy and an MBA from the University of
Utah and is a registered professional civil
engineer licensed in Colorado.
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| Panelist: |
CAPT Michael Blount, PE,
USN |
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| Panelist: |
Mr Wynn Fuller |
William W. Fuller is the Chief of
Operations Division for Mobile District,
USACE. His responsibilities center on
oversight of a broad range of missions
including navigation, hydropower, flood
control, natural resources management,
regulatory, hydrographic survey and mapping
and emergency operations. He joined
Mobile District in 1979 as a Structural
Engineer. He previously served as the
District’s Director of Emergency Management
and has extensive experience responding to
natural disasters in the US, and in Central
and South America.
Mr Fuller holds a Masters of Science Degree
from the National Defense University in
National Resource Strategy, and Bachelor of
Science Degrees from the University of South
Alabama in civil engineering and the
University of Tennessee in natural
science/secondary education. He is a
Graduate of the Industrial College of the
Armed Forces and the Army's Command and
General Staff College.
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| Panelist: |
Mr Edward Hecker |
Edward J. Hecker, serves as the Chief,
Office of Homeland Security and Provost
Marshal, HQ , US Army Corps of Engineers.
He is responsible for providing leadership
in the coordination and facilitation of
support for the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), the Department of the Army
(DA), and the Department of Defense (DOD).
He is the Chair of The Infrastructure
Security Partnership (TISP), which is
focused on critical infrastructure and
regional disaster resilience. He
previously served as Chief, Readiness Branch
of the Operations, Construction and
Readiness Division, HQ, USACE, having
responsibility for overall management of the
Corps disaster preparedness and response
missions.
Mr Hecker has a B.S.E. from the John Hopkins
University, and has earned National
recognition and awards for his performance
and leadership during the Corps’ numerous
responses to major disasters from Tropical
Storm Agnes in 1972 to Hurricane Katrina in
2005.
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| Panelist: |
Mr Charles Hess |
Charles M. Hess is Shaw Group's Vice President
of Operations and their Federal Emergency
Management Administration (FEMA) Account
Manager. His duties include serving as
Senior Program Director within Shaw’s
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Recovery Task
Force and he is responsible for all aspects
of Shaw’s FEMA Individual Assistance –
Technical Assistance Indefinite
Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ)
contract. He has extensive experience
in emergency and disaster response
throughout his distinguished career, most
recently serving the Department of the Army
as Director of the Projects and Contracting
Office for the Iraq Relief and
Reconstruction Mission, where he provided
program management and leadership for over
$13 billion of construction and
non-construction activities. His SES
experience also includes having previously
served as Director of the Operations &
Response Division, Department of Homeland
Security; Director, Response Division, FEMA;
and Chief, Operations Division, Directorate
of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers.
Mr Hess is a graduate of Rutgers University
in New Brunswick, NJ, where he earned a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil
Engineering. He also holds a Master's in
Engineering Administration from George
Washington University, Washington DC, with a
Major in Construction Management.
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Session 1.3 |
Joint Operations Engineer Board |
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| Session Moderator: |
CDR Matt Haupt, PE, CEC,
USN RC |
Matthew Haupt is presently the
Operations Manager for the Navy Global
Contingency Construction Contract (GCC) for
URS-IAP Joint Venture. Under this hat, he is
responsible for the planning and execution
of potentially $1B worth of contingency
construction. He is a leader in URS’s
homeland security group including the
Operations Manager for the Counter Narcotics
Terrorism Program Office (CNTPO) for URS.
His duties include Anti-Terrorism / Force
Protection, engineering, planning and
execution of contingency operations in
support of US national defense strategy.
Under his reserve duties, he is a Commander,
Reserve Component, Civil Engineer Corps
Officer, with Commander Naval Forces Europe
/ Commander 6th Fleet (CNE/C6F) responsible
for working with EUCOM as the contingency
engineer. He was recently recalled as the
Operations Officer and Lead Warranted
Contracting Officer for the US Navy Officer
In Charge of Construction (OICC) Operation
Iraqi Freedom II reconstruction efforts with
the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force
Engineering Group (MEG).
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| Panelist: |
COL Donald Gleason, USAF |
Colonel Donald L. Gleason is the Chief,
Readiness and Emergency Management Division,
Office of The Civil Engineer, Headquarters
Air Force. He leads 26 personnel in
developing policy and advocating for
resources to meet the day-to-day readiness
needs of Air Force civil engineers
worldwide. He is responsible for military
preparedness and warfighting capability of
34,000 military engineers, firefighters, and
explosive ordnance disposal technicians. He
leads a $2 Billion Air Force Nuclear,
Biological and Chemical and Weapons of Mass
Destruction program. Colonel Gleason
advocates for and steers development of
engineer solutions to joint capability
requirements through the Joint Engineer
Operations Board and Joint Requirements
Oversight Council. He also develops
guidance and advocates resources for CE
manning, training, and education programs.
He has served in a variety of positions at
Headquarters U.S. Air Force, major command,
and wing levels. He has commanded at the
mission support group and civil engineer
squadron levels.
Colonel Gleason is a graduate of the
University of Wisconsin with a Bachelors of
Science degree in Civil and Environmental
Engineering.
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| Panelist: |
COL Tim O'Rourke, USA |
Colonel Timothy O’Rourke is currently serving as
a special assistant to the Chief of
Engineers and as the Operational Engineering
Capability Area Management Action Officer in
support of the Joint Staff J4. COL
O’Rourke has served in a variety of Engineer
positions which include: Platoon Leader,
Company Executive Officer, and Assistant S3
in the 9th Engineer Battalion, Federal
Republic of Germany; Doctrine and Tactics
Team Leader US Army Artillery School;
Commander of HHC and B Companies 299th
Engineer Battalion, Ft Sill Oklahoma;
Environmental Engineer, Army Environmental
Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland;
Battalion S3, 3rd Engineer Battalion and
Battalion Executive Officer 10th Engineer
Battalion, both at Ft Stewart, Georgia;
Military Assistant and Executive Officer to
the Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Installations and Environment; Commander,
San Francisco Engineer District; the Chief
of Plans and later Director in the Office of
the Chief of Engineers.
COL O'Rourke is a graduate of the United
States Military Academy at West Point.
He earned a Masters Degree in
Environmental Engineering from the
University of Illinois.
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| Panelist: |
CAPT Michael Peek, PE, CEC, USN |
Captain Michael A. Peek, Civil Engineer
Corps, United States Navy, is currently
assigned to the Joint Staff, Logistics
Directorate (J4) as Chief, Engineering
Division (J4/ED).
Captain Peek graduated from Texas A&M
University with a Bachelor of Science in
Industrial Engineering and earned a Master
of Science in Architectural Engineering from
the University of Texas . He is a
designated Seabee Combat Warfare Officer, a
Registered Professional Engineer, and member
of the Acquisition Professional Community.
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| Panelist: |
MG Merdith (Bo) Temple,
PE, USA |
Major General Merdith W. B. (Bo) Temple
was appointed the Deputy Commanding General
for Military and International Operations
for the US Army Corps of Engineers in April
2008 following a USACE reorganization.
He is responsible for policy, program, and
technical functions in the execution of more
than $20 billion of design, construction,
and environmental programs for the Army, the
Air Force, other Department of Defense and
other federal agencies and foreign
countries.
Major General Temple earned a bachelors
degree in civil engineering from the
Virginia Military Institute and a Masters
degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M
University. MG Temple is a
registered professional engineer in the
Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Session 1.4 |
Project Management in Contingency Operations |
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| Session Moderator: |
COL John Morris III, USA Ret |
John W. Morris III formed JW Morris, Ltd
in July of 2003. During his 30 years
of commissioned service Colonel Morris
commanded at all levels through brigade
command. He retired in July 2003 as the
Commander, US Army Corps of Engineers
Engineer Research and Development Center
(ERDC), Vicksburg, Mississippi. Other
command assignments included Commander,
Engineer Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division,
Korea, 554 Engineer Battalion, Fort Leonard
Wood Missouri. Staff assignments included
Director of Management for the Director of
the Army Staff, Office of the Chief of
Staff, Army, Washington, DC, Deputy Chief of
Staff, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and
Group Engineer, 10th Special Forces Group,
Fort Devens, Massachusetts. Construction
assignments included Assistant Resident
Engineer, Old River Control Auxiliary
Structure, Lettsworth, Louisiana, Assistant
Chief, Operations Division, New Orleans
District, New Orleans Louisiana, Project
Engineer, Ovda Airbase, Israeli Airbase
Program, Ovda, Israel.
Colonel Morris graduated from West Point in
1973. He was commissioned in the Infantry
and transferred to the Corps of Engineers in
1975. He has a Masters Degree in
Engineering from the University of Florida.
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| Panelist: |
CDR Curtis Anderson, PE,
USNR Ret |
Curtis Anderson graduated from the
University of Minnesota with a degree in
Mechanical Engineering. Subsequently he
received a Master of Science in System
Management from the University of Southern
California. He is a registered professional
engineer in Minnesota and California.
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| Panelist: |
Ms Deborah Duncan, PE |
Deborah A. Duncan serves as the Director
for Programs and Project Management for the
US Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic
Programs Center. As the senior
civilian in the Transatlantic Programs
Center she is responsible for the
organization’s overall project execution.
She supervises the Engineering and
Construction directorates with
responsibility for project management,
technical design, and construction.
From March to October 2007, Ms. Duncan
deployed from the Transatlantic Programs
Center and served as the Deputy District
Engineer for Programs and Project Management
for the Afghanistan Engineer District.
In this position, she was responsible for
making district commitments with sponsors
and customers and ensuring those commitments
were met through project management.
She also directed the formulation of the
District’s program and budget and oversaw
and approved the operation’s budget.
Ms Duncan holds a bachelor's degree in civil
engineering, and she is a registered
professional engineer in California.
She is an active member in the Society of
American Military Engineers and has served
in several leadership positions in the
Society.
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| Panelist: |
LTC Bryan Green, USA |
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| Panelist: |
Mr Charles Mouzannar, PE |
Charles Mouzannar is Senior Vice
President at AMEC, an international
engineering and Design/Build company with
over 20,000 employees in 300 offices
worldwide. He has over 20 years of
experience in the engineering and
construction fields and is responsible for
the execution of AMEC’s major federal
Design/Build projects worldwide. In
Iraq, Afghanistan, Qatar, Lebanon, and other
parts of Southwest Asia, he is responsible
for the design and construction of over 510
buildings, 55 km of water and sewer lines,
25 km of power distribution lines, water
treatment plants, and power generation
projects. He brings a vast experience
of deploying appropriate resources and
management systems to contingency areas
providing the required expatriate high
technical skills and performing capacity
development initiatives to maximize the use
of Local Nationals on projects.
He has earned a Civil Engineering degree
from the American University of Beirut and
is a Licensed Professional Engineer in
Pennsylvania.
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Session 1.5 |
Contingency Contracting |
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| Session Moderator: |
COL Sandy Davis, PE, USA
Ret |
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| Panelist: |
BG Steven Anderson, USA |
BG Steven Anderson is the Director of
Operations and Logistics Readiness in the
Office of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff,
G-4. Among his most significant prior
assignments are the following: Deputy Chief
of Staff, Resources and Sustainment,
Multi-National Force-Iraq, OPERATION IRAQI
FREEDOM, Iraq; Deputy Assistant Chief of
Staff, C-4/J-4 United Nations
Command/Combined Forces Command/United
States Forces Korea/Deputy Commander
(Support), Eighth United States Army, Korea;
Commander, Division Support Command, 2d
Infantry Division, Eighth United States
Army, Korea; Chief, Logistics Operations,
J-4, The Joint Staff, Washington, DC.
BG Anderson is a graduate of the US Military
Academy and has an advanced degree
from the Naval Post Graduate School.
He attended the Army War College and the US
Marine Corps Command and General Staff
College.
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| Panelist: |
Col Bryon Bednar, PE,
USAF Ret |
Bryon Bednar is the executive director,
HQ Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency,
Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. AFCESA is
an Air Force Field Operating Agency
responsible for providing contingency,
operations and technical support to Air
Force installations and to 59,700 civil
engineers. The agency currently
supports 82 major and 10 minor active-duty
installations, plus the 83 Air Force Reserve
and Air National Guard installations.
He previously served in Space Command as a
supervisory senior engineer. He joined
the Air Force Reserves in 1981 and retired
as a colonel in 2005. He has been an
Air Force civilian employee for more than 20
years as an engineer, planner, construction
branch chief, deputy base civil engineer and
environmental flight chief. He has
also worked in private industry as an
environmental, safety, and security officer
for Texas Instruments.
Mr Bednar holds a BSCE from the US Air Force
Academy and an MBA from the University of
Utah and is a registered professional civil
engineer licensed in Colorado.
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| Panelist: |
Mr James Gale, PE |
James Gale is an Assistant Contingency
Engineer at the Naval Facilities Engineering
Command, Atlantic in Norfolk, Virginia.
At LANT CE, he is the touch-point for Naval
Construction Forces world-wide, providing
Engineering Reachback consultation and
design 24/7, in close coordination with
First Naval Construction Division. In
addition to Seabee support, he is the
Technical Lead for Contingency Construction
contracts for NAVFAC LANT, responsible for
over $800M in contract actions (CONCAP II &
III) and the current Multiple Award format
Global Contingency Construction (GCC)
contract with $1B in available capacity.
His engineering experience includes: staff
structural engineer for Stroud, Pence and
Associates, Virginia Beach, research project
engineer for David Taylor Naval Ships
Research and Development Center, European
Design Team Leader for NAVFAC OICC Madrid
and project engineer for “Admiral’s Row”,
the Norfolk Naval Station Flag housing
complex of historical Jamestown Exposition
residences.
Mr Gale is a graduate of Old Dominion
University in Norfolk with a BS in Civil
Engineering and a Masters of Engineering
Management.
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| Panelist: |
COL Gary Motsek, USA Ret |
Gary Motsek was sworn into the Senior
Executive Service on October 9, 2001. In
his current position as Assistant Deputy
Under Secretary of Defense (Program
Support), he is the principal advisor to
Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)
leadership on policy and program support to
the Geographic Combatant Commanders
(excluding the US Transportation Command).
He is responsible for developing and
maintaining a comprehensive policy and
program management framework for governing
the joint polices on requirements
definition, contingency program management,
and contingency contract support during
combat operations, post-conflict operations,
and contingency operations, including
humanitarian and disaster relief. In
addition, he is involved in coordinating
policy for the OSD relating to field support
operations, civilians in the forward area
and battle space, forward distribution and
maintenance operations, contingency contract
support, management of frustrated cargo,
disposal or redistribution of excess
materiel and scrap, and retrograde
operations and their links into the
national-level industrial and supply base.
He retired at the rank of Colonel from the
US Army in June 2001 after a distinguished
26-year military career. His last two
assignments were at AMC, where he was
Assistant Chief of Staff and then Director
of the Commanding General’s Staff Group.
Mr Motsek earned a Bachelor’s Degree in
Environmental Engineering from Syracuse
University (where he was an ROTC
distinguished military graduate) and a
Master of Science Degree in Management from
Troy State University in Alabama.
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Track 2: |
Installation Management |
Room 101 D-E |
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Session 2.1 |
Sustainable Range and Training Area Management |
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| Session Moderator: |
Mr Rick Cox |
Rick Cox serves as a URS Range and UXO
Program Manager. He serves as a
Program Manager supporting DoD efforts in
the Range Sustainment and Munitions Response
programs. He is a retired Air Force
officer.
Mr Cox earned a Bachelor’s Degree in
Industrial Engineering at the University of
Illinois, a Master of Science Degree in
Engineering & Environmental Management at
the Air Force Institute of Technology, and a
Master of Public Administration at Troy
State University.
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| Panelist: |
Mr Tom Macia |
Tom Macia serves as the Chief, Training
Support Systems Division, Office of the
Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7,
Headquarters, Department of the Army.
He is responsible for the Army’s Sustainable
Range Program (SRP), as well as the Army’s
programs for live, virtual and constructive
training simulations, and Combat Training
Center (CTC) modernization. In his
capacity as the Army’s lead for SRP, he
works closely with the Director of
Environmental Programs and other key staff
in the Office of the Assistant Chief of
Staff for Installation Management, as well
as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the
Army for Environment, Safety and
Occupational Health. He co-chairs the
Army Range Sustainment Integration Council
(ARSIC) that serves as the HQDA integration
forum for policy and investments for all
functions related to sustainable ranges.
He served in the Army for twenty-four years
in Infantry units, and on staffs of Army
Major Commands and, for the past seventeen
years, in the Training Directorate,
Headquarters, Department of the Army.
Mr Macia has a BA from the University of
Arizona and a MPA from Southern Methodist
University.
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| Panelist: |
CAPT Tony Parisi, PE,
F.SAME, USN Ret |
Tony Parisi is the head of the
Sustainability Office for the Naval Air
Systems Command Ranges where he provides
leadership and oversight on a wide range of
encroachment, facilities and environmental
issues for all the NAVAIR Ranges, including
the Point Mugu Sea Range, Atlantic Test
Range and the China Lake Complex. He is a
retired Navy Captain, having served a
distinguished 28 year career in the Navy
Civil Engineer Corps. His tours included the
full range of facilities management with
emphasis on ocean facilities and contract
administration.
Tony is a registered Professional Engineer
in the states of California and Virginia and
a Fellow in the Society of American Military
Engineers.
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| Panelist: |
COL James Uken, USAF Ret |
James R. Uken is the Director of the
56th Fighter Wing Range Management Office
Luke Air Force Base, AZ. He is
responsible for more than 200 military,
civilian, and contract personnel who operate
the 1.1 million acre Barry M. Goldwater Air
Force Range (BMGR) and Gila Bend Air Force
Auxiliary Field. He also chairs the BMGR
Executive Council, a consultative forum
comprised of ten federal and state agencies
and is responsible for liaison with 26
Native American Indian Nations and all
airspace management issues affecting Luke
AFB. Colonel (Ret) Uken has commanded
at the fighter squadron and operations group
levels. A veteran of the first Gulf
War, he is credited with destroying five
Iraqi surface-to-air missile batteries and
has more than 4,000 flight hours, with most
being in the F-4 Phantom II.
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| Panelist: |
LTC Lee Viverette, USMC Ret |
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Session 2.2 |
Asset Management |
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| Session Moderator: |
Mr Dan Geldermann |
Dan Geldermann has over 25 years of
facilities management experience gained as a
US Navy Civil Engineer Corps Officer and as
an associate director of facilities at a
state university. Currently Dan is a senior
project manager with Facilities Engineering
Associates in Fairfax, VA where he provides
government and commercial clients throughout
the United States with facilities program
management evaluations and condition
assessments, operation & maintenance process
reviews and staffing studies.
Mr Geldermann earned a BS degree in Civil
Engineering from Marquette University and an
MS degree in Management from the US Naval
Postgraduate School. He is a
registered Professional Engineer in Virginia
and Wisconsin, and has a Master Facility
Executive Series certificate from the
Building Owners & Managers Institute.
Also, he is the incoming Chair of the
Society of American Military Engineers,
Facilities Management Committee.
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| Panelist: |
Mr Gene Hubbard, PE, CFM |
Gene Hubbard is the Assistant Commander
for Asset Management for the Navy, stationed
at the Naval Facilities Engineering Command
in Washington DC. Gene has over 25 years of
facility management experience, having
served over 20 years active duty in the Navy
Civil Engineer Corps with public works and
engineering assignments across the globe.
He also was the Director of Facilities
Engineering and Real Property for NASA
(National Aeronautic and Space
Administration) and the Deputy Chief
Administrative Officer for NOAA (National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).
Mr Hubbard serves on the Board of Direction
for the Society of American Military
Engineers as well as its outgoing Chair of
the National Facilities Management
Committee.
Mr Hubbard graduated with a BS degree from
the US Naval Academy, and has earned both an
ME degree from the University of Florida and
an MPA degree from Troy State University.
He is a registered Professional Engineer in
the states of Florida and Virginia, and is a
Certified Facilities Manager.
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| Panelist: |
Mr Don LaRocque |
Don LaRocque is the Public Works
Program Manager of the Army’s Operations
Division, Installation Management Command in
Washington DC. He is responsible for the
execution of all aspects of Installation
Public Works activities on Army
Installations worldwide. Don has over 30
years of facility management experience,
having served in a variety of design and
master planning, and public works positions
throughout his career both overseas and
across the US. This includes assignments as
a Director of Public Works at a major
training installation, the Director of
Installation Management—civilian equivalent
of a Garrison Commander, and prior to his
present position he was Deputy to the
Garrison Commander and Installation
Executive Officer at FORSCOM, Ft Stewart,
GA.
Mr LaRocque graduated with a BS degree in
Electrical Engineering from Lowell
Technological Institute and a BS degree in
Maintainability/Maintenance Engineering from
the Army Material Command.
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| Panelist: |
Lt Col Wade Lawrence,
USAF |
Lt Col Wade Lawrence is currently the
Chief of Asset Management Integration, Asset
Management and Operations Division,
Headquarters United States Air Force, Office
of The Civil Engineer, Pentagon, Washington
DC. He is helping develop the strategic
direction of the new civil engineer asset
management approach for all AF
installations, to include holistic
integration of AF Planning, Housing, Energy,
Real Property, and Environmental programs,
as well as the overall management and
optimization of the AF’s $243B physical
plant portfolio. As the son of a retired
senior non-commissioned officer, Lt Col
Lawrence grew up on several Air Force bases,
before settling down at Hill AFB, Utah,
where he graduated from nearby Layton High
School in 1986. Lt Col Lawrence has
extensive experience in AF and joint-related
engineer positions at numerous garrison and
contingency locations, to include two tours
with RED HORSE units and deployments to
Iraq, Central America and Saudi Arabia.
Upon graduation from Oklahoma Christian
University in 1991, he received his
commission from the University of Oklahoma
ROTC program. He also earned a Master of
Science degree in Engineering &
Environmental Management from the AF
Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson
AFB in Ohio.
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Session 2.3
| Joint Basing |
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COL Rich Bartholomew, PE, USAF Ret |
Rich Bartholomew is a Senior Program
Manager at AMEC Earth & Environmental where
he does business development and project
management primarily in the company's
Southwest Region. He is a retired Air Force
Colonel with over 26 years of experience
serving in numerous installation, Major
Command and HQ USAF-level management and
leadership positions. Prior to joining AMEC
Rich served as the Executive Director at the
Air Force Center for Engineering and the
Environment in San Antonio, Texas where he
was responsible for a staff of 435
professionals and the execution of projects
totaling more than $2.5 billion annually
worldwide.
Mr Bartholomew has a Bachelor of Science in
Civil Engineering from Virginia Military
Institute and a Master of Science in
Business Administration from Boston
University. He is a Registered Professional
Engineer in Mississippi.
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| Panelist: |
MAJ Michael Harner, USAF |
Major Michael Harner is the Chief, Joint
Basing Team, Basing Branch, Planning
Division, Office of The Civil Engineer, DCS/
Logistics, Installations and Mission
Support, Headquarters US Air Force,
Washington DC. He is responsible for
coordination and policy development for the
BRAC 05 directed Joint Basing actions
working with OSD (AT&L) and other Component
representatives. His prior base-level
position before Air Staff was the Operations
Flight Commander at Lajes Field, Azores.
His contingency experience includes a
deployment to Khobar Towers, Dhahran,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1996 for
Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. During this
time, he was involved in a terrorist bombing
which resulted in significant
life-threatening injuries, upon which he was
awarded the Purple Heart. His latest
deployment was in support of Operation NOBLE
EAGLE, Tyndall AFB FL.
Major Harner graduated from the Air Force
Reserve Officer Training Corps program at
Michigan Technological University. He
has earned a Master degree at University of
Alaska in Engineering Management and a
Master's certificate from George Washington
University in Organizational Management.
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| Panelist: |
LTC James Larsen, USA |
LTC(P) Jay Larsen is a Strategic Plans
Officer on the Staff of the Assistant Chief
of Staff for Installation Management,
Headquarters, Department of the Army.
He is an Army Aviator with 22 years of
experience, serving troops in Aviation
assignments in Iraq, Korea and CONUS.
He has also served on staffs in Hawaii and
Okinawa. Prior to his assignment to
the Headquarters, LTC Larsen served as the
Garrison Commander in Baumholder, Germany,
where he commanded over 900 Soldiers and
civilians, to include over 450 local
nationals providing community support to
nearly 12,000 Soldiers and their family
members.
He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the
United States Military Academy and a Master
of Science in Human Resources Administration
from Central Michigan University.
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| Panelist: |
LCRD James Meyer, PE, USN Ret |
James ‘Gordie’ Meyer is currently
working in the N5, Strategy and Future
Requirements Department, specifically focusing on Joint Basing.
After graduating Civil Engineer Corps
Officer Basic School in 1994, he was
assigned to Naval Mobile Construction
Battalion THREE (NMCB-3) home ported in Port
Hueneme, California. While in NMCB-3 he was
assigned as the Engineering Officer, AOIC of
DFT Norway and the OIC of Civic Action Team
Palau. He has since held assignments as
Officer in Charge, Construction Battalion
Unit-418 at Submarine Base Bangor,
Washington; Assistant Public Works Officer,
U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba;
Assistant Resident Officer in Charge of
Construction at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Aide
to Commander THIRD Naval Construction
Brigade and Pacific Division, Naval
Facilities Engineering Command; Assistant
Resident Officer in Charge of Construction, Sigonella, Sicily, Italy; and Operation
Officer for NMCB-133 home ported in
Gulfport, MS.
Mr Meyer graduated from the University of
Wisconsin in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Mechanical Engineering, received
his commission through the Naval Reserve
Officer Training Corps, and has a Graduate
Degree in Civil Engineering from Stanford
University. He is a Registered
Professional Engineer in the State of
California and a member of the Acquisition
Professional Community.
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| Panelist: |
COL Jerry Weldon II, USAF |
Colonel Jerry K. (Kenny) Weldon II,
USAF, is the Associate Director for Military
Construction and Installation Support,
Installations, Requirements, and Management,
Office of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
(Installations and Environment). He serves
as principal advisor on the Military
Construction (MILCON) program and on
facilities investment matters for the entire
DOD inventory with a plant replacement value
of over $658 billion located in all 50
states, 7 US territories, and 39 foreign
locations on 29.8 million acres of land. He
is the DOD lead for joint basing and
facilities criteria for buildings. Colonel
Weldon has served as a civil engineer in
leadership roles at installation, major
command, and the Air Staff. He served a
command tour at Tyndall Air Force Base,
Florida, as the base civil engineer and as
the deputy group commander of the 82nd
Mission Support Group, Sheppard Air Force
Base, Texas.
Colonel Weldon is a graduate of the US Air
Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science in
Civil Engineering. He holds a Master of
Science degree in Engineering and
Environmental Management and is a graduate
of the National War College.
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Session 2.4
| Renewable Energy and Sustainable Designs |
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| Session Moderator and Panelist: |
COL Rich Fryer, USAF |
Colonel Richard A. “Rich” Fryer, Jr., is
the Commander, Headquarters Air Force Civil
Engineer Support Agency, Tyndall Air Force
Base, FL. AFCESA is an Air Force Field
Operating Agency that supports 60,000 Air
Force civil engineers worldwide with
technical engineering expertise, formal
guidance, standards, training programs, and
equipment to support home station and
deployed operations. The agency serves
as the Air Force center of expertise for
airfield pavements evaluation, fire
protection, explosive ordnance disposal,
force protection technologies, emergency
management, aircraft arresting systems,
power generation, energy management,
facility maintenance and infrastructure
planning, design, and construction. It
also manages contracts to sustain, restore,
and modernize air bases and to support
global contingency operations. The
agency currently supports 82 major and 10
minor active-duty installations, plus the 83
Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard
installations. He is a career civil
engineer officer and has commanded three
squadrons and has served in civil engineer
positions at base, major command, field
operating agency, joint command, and Air
Staff. Prior to this assignment, he
was the Executive Director and Military
Commander at the Air Force Center for
Environmental Excellence, Brooks City-Base,
Texas.
Colonel Fryer was commissioned in 1979 after
graduating from the University of
Massachusetts Amherst ROTC program.
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| Panelist: |
Mr Don Juahaz, PE, CEM |
Don Juahaz is a motivational speaker
who uses humor and insight to encourage
behavioral changes needed to reduce our
wasteful actions and processes. He
designed his own dream home using the
energy saving techniques he has learned
as an engineer. He currently serves
as the Chief of Utilities and Energy
Programs, Headquarters, Department of the
Army. He is a former Army test pilot
and flight test engineer. He is a
Certified Energy Manager with 16 years
active involvement performing energy
audits and energy reduction project
development. He has received the
Secretary of the Army's Energy and
Water Management award three times, and
received the Federal Energy Management
Award twice.
Mr Juahaz is a cum laude engineering
graduate of Brigham Young University.
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| Panelist: |
Mr William Tayler |
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| Panelist: |
Mr Mike Warwick |
Mike Warwick has 18 years of service at
the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
and 30 years of overall experience in the
utilities industry. His current responsibilities focus on renewable energy resource planning for federal customers including the
Department of Energy and Department of Defense. He is a 2004 winner of the Presidential Award for Leadership in Energy Management.
He is a graduate of Oregon State University
with a Masters in Resource Economics.
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Session 2.5 |
Enhanced Use Leasing / Public-Private Ventures |
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| Session Moderator and Panelist: |
Mr Joe Calcara |
Joseph Calcara has recently been
appointed as the Deputy Assistant Secretary
of the Army for Installations and Housing;
as such he serve sas the senior career
person within the Army Secretariat
responsible for Army worldwide installations
and housing infrastructure, with a
replacement cost estimated at $251 billion.
Prior to this appointment, he concurrently
served as Director of Real Estate and Chief
of the South Pacific Division Regional
Integration Team at Headquarters, US Army
Corps of Engineers. As Director of Real
Estate, he was responsible for program
execution, policy, and technical expertise
governing eight regional business centers,
forty-one district offices, and their career
professionals providing realty acquisition,
asset management, and property disposal
support for twenty-four million acres of
Army-controlled land and associated
improvements around the world. As Chief,
South Pacific Division Regional Integration
Team, he managed a multi-functional
organization charged with providing
Washington-level representation, integrating
regional products and services mission
areas, and establishing and maintaining
relationships at the national level for over
$1.5 Billion of annual military, civil
works, and other federal agency projects in
a ten state geographic area spanning from
California to the Rockies.
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| Panelist: |
Mr Scott Forrest |
Scott Forrest leads the team that
executes the Privatized Housing Program for
the Department of the Navy. His team is
made up of a broad spectrum of senior
professionals from both the public and
private sectors, representing a diverse
combination of engineers, architects,
property managers, and some of the nation’s
leading construction and financial
institutions. This team has produced some
$6.4 billion of new and renovated homes for
approximately 50,000 Sailors, Marines, and
their families across the country. There is
an additional $1.7 billion of active housing
privatization scheduled for execution in the
next few years.
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| Panelist: |
CMSgt Ken Miller, USAF Ret |
Kenneth Miller is currently employed by
Northrop Grumman Technical Services and is
the Air Force Program Manager for Utilities
Privatization, in the Office of the Civil
Engineer, United States Air Force,
Washington DC. He completed a 30-year
career with the Air Force, which included
assignments in eight civil engineer
squadrons; range group, Headquarters
Strategic Air Command, Headquarters Air
Mobility Command, and Headquarters Air
Force. He retired from active duty in
September 1998 and is serving as a contract
employee on the Air Force Civil Engineer
staff. He is the Air Force utilities
privatization program manager.
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| Panelist: |
Mr Bob Penn |
Robert Penn is the Army’s Enhanced Use
Lease (EUL) Program Director. Since moving
into this role in 2004, the program has
closed ten EUL deals and is finalizing
negotiations for another eight projects.
These projects will produce more than $2
billion in in-kind services for the Army
over the next 50 years. Projects include
Office, Lab, Industrial, Power (including
renewable energy), Bio-Fuels, and Automotive
Test Tracks. He was a Silver Medal Winner
as the Federal Executive Board’s Outstanding
Supervisor and was the 2004 Real Estate
Professional of the Year. The Army’s
Enhance Use Lease Program was one of three
finalists for the 2007 GSA Achievement Award
for Real Property Innovation.
He is a graduate of Harvard University
Senior Executive Fellows Program.
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Track 3: |
Design and Construction |
Room 101 F-G |
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Session 3.1 |
Design and Construction Delivery Methods for DoD Projects |
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| Session Moderator: |
Mr Donald Basham, PE |
Don Basham is Federal Services Advisor
with Stantec Consulting Services where he
serves as a senior consultant and advisor on
water resources related matters to include
dams and levees. He retired in
November 2006 after serving 38-1/2 years
with the US Army Corps of Engineers.
His last assignment was Chief, Engineering
and Construction at Corps Headquarters where
he was responsible for policy, program, and
technical expertise in the execution of over
$10 billion of Civil Works and Military
design and construction work. He
provided leadership and oversight for
Coastal Louisiana post-Katrina
reconstruction and was responsible for the
creation and oversight of the Interagency
Performance Evaluation Task Force forensic
investigation into the performance of the
New Orleans and vicinity Hurricane
Protection System. Don served as the
Corps Dam Safety Officer. During his
career with the Corps he served at the
district, division and Headquarters levels.
Mr Basham holds a BS Degree in Civil
Engineering and two MS Degrees in Civil
Engineering.
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| Panelist: |
Mr Dennis Firman |
Dennis Firman is the director of the Air
Force Center for Engineering and the
Environment, Brooks City-Base, TX. In
that capacity he guides the more than 500
persons at the Center in managing the Air
Force’s military and housing construction,
environmental restoration programs as well
as the Military Family Housing Privatization
Initiative. The Center other
responsibilities include pollution
prevention, resources conservation and
planning and architectural design. Before
becoming AFCEE director he was chief of the
Design and Construction Division,
Installations and Mission Support,
Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air
Force Base, VA. There he was
responsible for the design and construction
of military construction and
non-appropriated fund projects for ACC bases
worldwide.
Mr Firman earned a Bachelor of Science in
structural engineering from Old Dominion
University, a Master of Public
Administration from Auburn University, and
is graduate of the Air War College.
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| Panelist: |
Mr Joseph Gott, PE |
Joseph Gott is the Acting Chief Engineer
and Director of Capital Improvements for the
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
(NAVFAC) Headquarters in Washington DC. He
is responsible for all engineering and
Capital Improvements efforts at NAVFAC, as
well as the Military Construction Program,
the Medical Facilities Design Program, Ocean
Facilities Program, engineering consultation
services and NAVFAC’s Criteria Office. He
developed NAVFAC’s comprehensive Community
Management Program to address core
competencies and professional development.
He led NAVFAC’s transformation to
Design-Build as the primary acquisition
strategy. He has worked in design,
engineering and construction with NAVFAC’s
Facilities Engineering Command Washington.
He has served as head fire protection
engineer with the National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and Chief
Fire Protection Engineer with the Naval
Facilities Engineering Command. He has been
a partner in a private consulting
engineering firm.
Mr Gott earned a Bachelor of Science in Fire
Protection Engineering from the University
of Maryland and is a registered professional
engineer.
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| Panelist: |
COL Andy Scrafford, USAF Ret |
Andy Scrafford is currently the
Department of Defense Business Development
Manager for Kiewit Corporation working at
Kiewit Federal Group in Arlington, VA.
Prior to joining the company in August 2007
he spent 28 years as an Air Force Civil
Engineering officer retiring at the rank of
Colonel. In his last several assignments in
the Air Force he was responsible for the
Military Construction program, first at Air
Force Reserve Command from 2000-2002 and
finally for Headquarters US Air Force from
2002 - 2007. He worked with leaders from
the Army Corps of Engineers, NAVFAC, DoD
Agencies, and OSD to enhance project
delivery processes resulting in standardized
DoD metrics and improved construction
schedules.
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| Panelist: |
MG Merdith (Bo) Temple, PE, USA |
Major General Merdith W. B. (Bo) Temple
was appointed the Deputy Commanding General
for Military and International Operations
for the US Army Corps of Engineers in April
2008 following a USACE reorganization.
He is responsible for policy, program, and
technical functions in the execution of more
than $20 billion of design, construction,
and environmental programs for the Army, the
Air Force, other Department of Defense and
other federal agencies and foreign
countries.
Major General Temple earned a bachelors
degree in civil engineering from the
Virginia Military Institute and a Masters
degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M
University. MG Temple is a
registered professional engineer in the
Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Session 3.2 |
Homeland Security - Design and Construction Considerations |
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| Session Moderator: |
COL Bill Macon, USAF Ret |
Bill Macon recently joined Michael Baker
Corp as Assistant Vice President for Federal
Programs following a 28-year career as a
Civil Engineer in the United States Air
Force. His resume includes assignments at
base and headquarters level across all Air
Force Civil Engineer core competencies. He
has been assigned to the CONUS, European,
Pacific and Iraq Theaters of Operation and
has three times served as a Base Civil
Engineer.
Mr Macon earned a Bachelor of Science in
Civil Engineering from The Pennsylvania
State University and a Master of Science
in Systems Management from The University of
Southern California.
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| Panelist: |
Mr Jon Schmidt, PE, BSCP |
Jon Schmidt is the Director of
Antiterrorism Services at Burns & McDonnell
in Kansas City, Missouri. He is a
nationally recognized expert on the design
of buildings to mitigate terrorist attacks
and other threats. He is a leader in the
development of standards and guidelines for
facility security and blast resistance, and
is a frequent author and speaker on these
topics. He serves on the Board of Directors
of the Building Security Council (BSC),
chairs the BSC Building Evaluation
Committee, and is the past chair of the BSC
Certification Program Development
Committee. He is active in the ASCE
committees on Blast Protection of Buildings
(vice-chair); Blast, Shock and Vibratory
Effects; Progressive Collapse; and the
Mitigation of Effects of Terrorism. He is
also a member of ASIS International and ASTM
committees E54 on Homeland Security
Applications and F12 on Security Systems and
Equipment.
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| Panelist: |
Mr Dan Sommer, PE |
Dan Sommer is the Chief of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers Protective Design Center
located in Omaha, Nebraska. The Protective
Design Center (PDC) is the Army Corps of
Engineers Center of Expertise for security
engineering and hardened structures design.
As Chief, he ensures the PDC provides
engineering design and support services to
the Army and other federal agencies to
protect assets against criminal, terrorist,
conventional, nuclear and special weapon
threats. The PDC is also heavily involved
in writing DoD criteria for antiterrorism
design and construction.
Mr Sommer holds a Bachelor of Science degree
in Civil Engineering and an Master of
Science degree in Structural
Engineering from the University of
Nebraska. He is a registered Professional
Engineer in the State of Nebraska.
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| Panelist: |
Mr Eric Verwers, PE |
Eric Verwers is the Director of the
Engineering and Construction Support Office
for the Southwestern Division of the US Army
Corps of Engineers in Fort Worth, TX.
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Session 3.3 |
BIM Advances and Successes |
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| Session Moderator: |
BG Patrick Burns, PE, F.SAME, USAF Ret |
Pat Burns is a Vice President for M.A.
Mortenson Construction in their Federal
Contracting Group. Pat retired from the Air
Force in Sept 2005 having served as the
Director of Installations, Headquarters Air
Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base,
Virginia. He was responsible for planning,
programming, construction, operation,
maintenance, and services for all Air Combat
Command facilities, housing, and
infrastructure, and the oversight of
contingency engineering, contingency service
fire protection, explosive ordnance
disposal, security, force protection, and
chemical/biological protection programs
totaling $2.4B annually. He assumed that
duty in Feb 2001, after having served in a
similar capacity in charge of all Air Force
bases in the Pacific from 1999 to 2001.
Mr Burns is a registered professional
engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia and
a Fellow in the Society of American Military
Engineers. He chairs the UW Mechanical
Engineering Department External Advisory
Board, and serves on the Auburn University
Mechanical Engineering Advisory Board and
the Air Force Retired Officers Community
Board .
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| Panelist: |
Mr Derek Cunz |
Derek Cunz is the Director of Project
Development for M. A. Mortenson Company’s
Colorado Operating Group. Prior to his
current assignment, he was a project manager
on the Walt Disney Concert Hall project in
Los Angeles. Derek joined Mortenson in 1995
in their Advanced Technology Group. During
his tenure with Mortenson, he has traveled
extensively, building complex and technical
projects in Northern Ireland, California,
Colorado, Minnesota and Massachusetts.
Derek is a leader in the industry and within
Mortenson in the implementation and
utilization of advanced technology and
innovative building practices. Derek
collaborated with the Center for Innovative
Facilities Engineering at Stanford
University in the development and
implementation of 4D modeling on the Disney
Concert Hall project. Derek has been a
speaker at various forums and conferences on
the subject of Building Information Modeling
and Virtual Design and Construction,
including the American Institute of
Architects, American Institute of steel
Contractors, Society of American Military
Engineers, University of Denver,
Construction Industry Institute, Design
Build Institute of America, University of
Colorado, Stanford University, the American
Bar Association, and Technology for
Construction.
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| Panelist: |
Mr Jeffrey Hooghouse, AIA |
Jeffrey Hooghouse is a Senior Architect
at the Headquarters for the US Army Corps of
Engineers, where he currently serves as the
Deputy Chief Architect of the Corps,
responsible for developing the guidance &
policies for the Army’s Military
Construction program. He heads
the daily operations of the Architectural
Community of Practice and is the Subject
Matter Expert for the Army in the areas of
Industry Standards and Facilities
Standardization. His professional
experience includes private industry
practice with a background in Real Estate
Development and Construction. He has served
in numerous key positions within USACE
including Special Assistant to the
Commanding General and Deputy Chief Value
Engineer.
Mr Hooghouse is a Registered Architect;
holds a Certificate of Mastery in
Design-Build; Designated Design Build
Professional; and Certified as an Associate
Value Specialist. He holds
undergraduate degrees in Engineering
Technology & Leadership/Management, and is
pursuing an MBA in Contracts and
Procurement.
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| Panelist: |
Mr Patrick O'Conner |
Pat O'Conner has advised and represented
numerous clients in contract negotiations
involving power plants, waste water
treatment facilities, waste incineration
facilities, and other heavy industrial and
large commercial projects. He has also
represented sureties in connection with
performance and payment bond claims,
including takeover agreements and financing
arrangements as well as subrogation and
indemnification matters.
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| Panelist: |
COL Kurt Ubbelohde, PE, F.SAME, USA Ret |
Kurt Ubbelohde is Vice President and
Corporate Director of Federal Programs for
LEO A DALY, an internationally recognized,
award-winning architecture, planning,
engineering, and interior design firm. In
the two and a half years since he retired
from active military duty, Kurt has provided
strategic leadership to DALY’s Federal
Programs, nearly doubling the size of the
program. Kurt has helped DALY position
itself as a leader in integrated design
practice utilizing BIM technology in project
delivery to Federal clients. He has
more than 26 years of federal service; with
his culminating military assignments serving
as District Commander of the Omaha District,
USACE and then the Northern District, Gulf
Region Division, in Iraq.
Mr Ubbelhode is a graduate of the United
States Military Academy, with advanced
degrees in Physics and Strategic Studies.
Kurt is a Fellow of SAME.
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Session 3.4 |
Success
Stories in BRAC Execution |
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| Session Moderator: |
Mr Neal Wright, PE, PMP, F.SAME |
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| Panelist: |
Mr David Drozd, PE RLS |
David Drozd currently serves as the
Northeast Region Director for Navy’s BRAC
Program Management Office. This area
extends from New England, south to Quantico,
VA and west to Minnesota, including the
National Capital Region. His 17 years of
BRAC experience includes leading
multi-disciplinary teams that closed and
disposed of many major Navy bases including
those located in Philadelphia; New York
City; Warminster, PA; Davisville, RI; and
South Weymouth, MA. He has previously
spoken to SAME about BRAC at the post and
Regional Conference levels and most recently
during the 2007 SAME National Conference.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a
Master of Science degree in Civil
Engineering from Drexel University and is a
registered Professional Engineer and
Professional Land Surveyor in Pennsylvania.
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| Panelist: |
Mr Mike McAndrew |
Michael McAndrew is the Deputy Director
of the Base Realignment and Closure Office
of the Under Secretary of Defense. He
is responsible for policy development and
oversight of the analysis supporting the
BRAC 2005 round. Prior to his current
assignment, he was the Assistant Director of
Housing, within the Office of the Deputy
Under Secretary of Defense (Industrial
Affairs and Installations). His office was
responsible for DoD-wide policy development
and issues related to the operation and
ownership of both government and private
sector housing serving the needs of the
military. In December 1998, he became the
Deputy Director, Housing and Energy,
assuming additional responsibilities for the
Department's policies and initiatives
associated with energy programs.
Mr McAndrew received a Bachelors degree in
Business Management from Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University
and a Master of Science degree in Contract
and Acquisition Management from Florida
Institute of Technology.
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| Panelist: |
Mr William Sorrentino Jr, PE |
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Session 3.5 |
"Grow the Force" |
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| Session Moderator: |
Mr John Accardi Jr |
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| Panelist: |
COL James Balocki, USA |
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| Panelist: |
CAPT David Landess, USN |
Captain David Landess currently serves
as the Chief of Staff and Director of
Communications and Operations, Joint Guam
Program Office (JGPO) within the Office of
the Assistant Secretary of the Navy
(Installations & Environment). A Naval
Flight Officer by training, he has over 20
years of operational and combat experience
in carrier aviation. Prior to his current
assignment, he served as Director of
Operations for Commander SIXTH Fleet staff,
Director of Fleet Training for Commander,
SECOND Fleet, and Commanding Officer of the
VF-103 Jolly Rogers. The Joint Guam Program
Office was established by Deputy Secretary
of Defense in August 2006 and leads the
coordinated planning efforts among the DoD
Components and other stakeholders to
consolidate, optimize and integrate existing
and future DoD infrastructure on Guam. JGPO
is charged with delivering USMC capabilities
on Guam that are part of the U.S.-Japan
Alliance transformation envisioned in the
Defense Policy Realignment Initiative.
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| Panelist: |
Mr Ralph Luca, PE |
Ralph Luca is the Program Lead for the
Guam Build-up/DPRI Program for the Naval
Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC).
His previous assignment was as the Director
of Strategic Business for NAVFAC where he
served as the senior Command advisor for
future operations/strategic and business
planning, and organizational alignment.
Prior to that assignment, he was the
Assistant Director of Capital Improvements
where he managed the design and construction
engineering programs, and facilities
acquisition for Navy shore facilities
worldwide. He provided oversight, policy
and guidance, professional community
management, and resources for over 3000
engineering design and construction
professionals deployed worldwide.
Mr Luca received Bachelor of Science degrees
in both Fire Protection and Nuclear
Engineering from the University of Maryland,
and a Master of Science degree in
Engineering Administration/Management from
Old Dominion University. He is a registered
Professional Engineer in the State of
Virginia.
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| Panelist: |
COL David Spasojevich, USMC |
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Track 4: |
Water Resources |
Room 101 H-I |
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Session 4.1 |
Sustainability |
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| Session Moderator: |
Ms Karen Baker |
Karen Baker is the Chief of the Planning
and Strategy Division within the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (USACE) Strategy and
Integration Directorate. Prior to joining
USACE, she served as Senior Fellow for
Strategic Policy Development and Analysis at
the Army Environmental Policy Institute
(AEPI) within the office of the Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Installations and
Environment. She had a significant
leadership role in the development of the
Army Strategy for the Environment, the
Army’s award-winning sustainability strategy
and its subsequent Strategic Plan for Army
Sustainability, expected to be released in
2008. She has served more than ten years as
a Department of Army civilian in a variety
of positions in public affairs and
environmental policy.
Ms Baker holds a Master of Science in
Environmental Sciences and Policy from Johns
Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Science
in Marketing from the University of
Maryland. She also holds a certificate in
public participation from the International
Association of Public Participation.
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| Panelist: |
BG Bob Barnes, USA Ret |
Brigadier General (retired) Bob Barnes’
duties as The Nature Conservancy’s Senior
Policy Advisor, Department of Defense (DoD)
include coordinating all relationships
between TNC and DoD and working on DoD
conservation policy and funding. Bob
retired from the Army in 2001 after 32 years
of service. His final assignment was as the
Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Army
for Civil Law and Litigation, where his
responsibilities included supervising the
Army’s Environmental Law Division.
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| Panelist: |
Mr Michael Cain |
Michael Cain is Director for the Army
Environmental Policy Institute (AEPI)
located in the Washington DC area. The
AEPI assists the Army Secretariat in the
development of policies and strategies
addressing the environment. His
professional environmental career includes
positions such as: Chief of the
Environmental Protection Branch at Fort
Sill; Environmental Coordinator and
Environmental Division Chief at Moffett
Naval Air Station; a variety of Army Staff
positions at the Pentagon, culminating as
the Deputy Director for Environmental
Programs in which he represented the
Director of Environmental Programs and the
Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation
Management on a wide variety of programming,
budgeting, execution and environmental
oversight programs. In 1997, Michael
was selected as the Department of Defense
Regional Environmental Coordinator for US
EPA Standard Region VII and the Director of
the U.S. Army’s Central Regional
Environmental Office.
Mr Cain is a graduate of Cameron University
in Lawton, Oklahoma where he received a BS
degree in biology. He completed a
Masters of Environmental Science degree from
the University of Oklahoma.
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| Panelist: |
Dr Michael Donahue, PhD |
Mike Donahue is Vice President for Water
Resources and Environmental Services with
URS Corporation, a global planning,
engineering, architecture and design firm.
He has a leadership role with the company’s
National Coastal and Ecosystem Restoration
Practice, providing strategic direction and
project management services to offices
company-wide. Dr. Donahue had a
distinguished public sector career, serving
for 17 years as President/ CEO of the Great
Lakes Commission, a bi-national water
resources planning and management
agency. He recently concluded a four year
appointment as Vice Chairman of the Chief of
Engineer’s Environmental Advisory Board,
where he worked with Corps leadership to
enhance the agency’s role/ stature in large
scale ecosystem restoration efforts. He
presently serves as Co-Chair of the Science
Advisory Board of the US-Canada
International Joint Commission.
Dr Donahue holds an adjunct professorship at
the University of Michigan, where he earned
three degrees, including a doctorate in
Urban, Technological and Environmental
Planning.
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Session 4.2 |
Flood and Hurricane Risk Management |
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| Session Moderator: |
BG Gerald Galloway Jr, PE, PhD, F.SAME, USA Ret |
Dr Gerald Galloway Jr is a Glenn L.
Martin Institute Professor of Engineering
and Affiliate Professor of Public Policy at
the University of Maryland. He is also
a Visiting Scholar at the US Army Corps of
Engineers Institute for Water Resources.
He has been a consultant to the Michael
Baker Corporation for FEMA Flood Map
Modernization and recently chaired the
Interagency Levee Policy Review Team for
FEMA. He was a Presidential appointee
to the Mississippi River Commission and in
1993-1994, led a White House study of the
causes of the 1993 Mississippi River Flood.
During a 38-year career in the military, he
served in various assignments in the US and
overseas, retiring in 1995 as a brigadier
general and Dean of Academics at the US
Military Academy. He is a fellow of
SAME, a Distinguished Member of ASCE and a
member of the National Academy of
Engineering.
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| Panelist: |
Ms
Sandy Eslinger |
Sandy Eslinger is a Senior Hazards
Specialist and Social Scientist working for
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) at the Coastal
Services Center in Charleston SC. The
Center supports state and local resource
managers throughout the coastal US and Great
Lakes. Sandy’s background is in
civilian and military community planning and
coastal hazards planning. She also
specializes in the use of geographic
information systems and decision support
tools for use in hazards management and
community resilience planning. In
addition to her work for NOAA, she has
previously served as a Director of community
planning for state and regional
organizations, as well as for the US Navy
and Air Force.
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| Panelist: |
Mr Clive Goodwin |
Clive Goodwin is assistant vice
president and manager, natural hazard peril
underwriting and engineering, for FM Global.
In this position, he manages worldwide
engineering and underwriting of wind, flood
and collapse perils. Prior to his
current appointment in 2007, he served as
assistant vice president and manager of
flood underwriting and engineering. He
has held several engineering positions in
the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the
USA since joining FM Global in 1988 as a
field engineer. He has been the leader
of FM Global’s efforts to collaborate with
the US Army Corps of Engineers, Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other
agencies to highlight the concerns regarding
the aging inventory of levees while
supporting their efforts to change national
policy concerning the levee risk.
Additionally, he is a chartered engineer and
a member of the Institution of Mechanical
Engineers.
Mr Goodwin holds a bachelor’s degree in
mechanical engineering and metallurgy from
the University of Manchester and has
received a Certified Diploma in accounting
and finance.
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| Panelist: |
Dr Edward Link, PhD |
| Lewis (Ed) Link is a Senior Research
Engineer on the faculty of the Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of Maryland and is serving as the
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