Meet the Leadership

The United States National Commission constitutes the governing body of the PIANC U.S. Section. The PIANC U.S. Section is administered by law under the auspices of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Officers:

Chair, Board of Commissioners, Mr. Adam R. Telle, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

President, PIANC USA, MG Jason E. Kelly, Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations (DCG-CEO), Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Secretary, PIANC USA, Will Logan, Director, International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management, USACE Institute for Water Resources

Appointed Commissioners:

Commissioner Elizabeth Collins, President, Collins Engineers

Commissioner Jack Cox, Senior Partner/Principal and Coastal Engineer, Edgewater Resources

Commissioner Sandra Knight, President, WaterWonks LLC

Commissioner Matt Martinez, Vice President, Moffatt & Nichol

Commissioner Jim Walker, Former Director of Navigation Policy and Legislation, American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA)

Commissioner Janey Smith Camp, Research Professor and Associate Director of Adaptation and Resilience at CAESER (Center for Applied Earth Sciences and Engineering Research) at the University of Memphis

Commissioner Jeff Lillycrop, Strategic Consultant, Woolpert; Retired, Inland and Coastal Navigation Initiatives for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

PIANC International Officers:

Vice President for the Americas,  Calvin Creech, Senior Water Resources Engineer and Team Lead, Brazil collaboration, USACE Institute for Water Resources

Chair of the International Co-Operation Commission (CoCom), Abbas Sarmad, Senior Vice President and Global Maritime Director, AECOM

Chair of the Environmental Commission (EnviCom), Burton Suedel, Research Biologist, Environmental Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center

Principal Representatives to PIANC International Technical Commissions (and non-voting members of the PIANC-USA Commission):

Principal Delegate to the Inland Navigation Commission, Jose Sánchez, Deputy Director of Research and Development and Deputy Chief Scientist, USACE

Principal Delegate to the Maritime Navigation Commission, Ron Heffron, Senior Vice President for Energy & Marine business, COWI

Principal Delegate to the Recreational Navigation Commission, Mark Pirrello, Vice President and  Director, Moffatt & Nichol

Principal Delegate to the Promotion Commission, Helen Brohl, Executive Director (retired), U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS)

Principal Delegate to the Young Professionals Commission, Nick Stefani, Coastal and Geotechnical Engineer, Edgewater Resources

Principal Delegate to the Environmental Commission, [vacant]

PIANC-USA Treasurer:

Joe Mantey, Retired Economist and Project Manager, USACE

PIANC-USA Deputy Secretary:

Jeanene Collins, Management Analyst, USACE Institute for Water Resources