LIEUTENANT GENERAL ELVIN R. ("VALD") HEIBERG III, P.E.

Lieutenant General Elvin R. ("VALD") Heiberg III, P.E., U.S. Army (Retired), is a Senior Advisor with broad engineering, construction, environmental, and contracting experience. He ended his military career in 1988, retiring as the 46th Chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, where he had worldwide responsibility for the civil, military, and environmental programs of the Corps. He then became president of two construction and environmental restoration firms. In 1994, he founded his own engineering and consulting firm.

His various military assignments included service in the Executive Office of the President and as program manager for development of the Ballistic Missile Defense system. Prior to becoming the 46th Chief of Engineers for the Corps, he served as that agency's Director of Civil Works and as the Deputy Chief of Engineers.

His affiliations and former offices include membership in the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Construction, presidency of the Society of American Military Engineers, and international vice president of the International Navigation Congress (earlier "PIANC").

General Heiberg is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and holds graduate degrees in Civil Engineering from MIT and in Government and in Administration, both from George Washington University. He is a registered professional engineer in Louisiana. His military awards include two Army Distinguished Service Medals, the Silver Star, and the Distinguished Flying Cross.