KNOWLEDGE. EXPERIENCE. RESULTS.
Highlights
Administrator, Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority
Deputy Assistant Secretary, US Department of Interior
Specialist in federal and state water resource policies
Silver Order of the de Fleury Medal, Army Engineer Association
Outstanding Civilian Service Medal, Department of the Army
Practice Areas
Strategic and program management
Federal agency consulting
Education
BS, Mississippi State University
Contact
Don Waldon
Senior Advisor
Don is an expert in federal and state water resources policy due to his extensive experience, including 21 years as Administrator of the Tennessee -Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority.
Don’s experience also includes land and water resource issues. He is a former Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Interior, where he oversaw all land and water resource agencies.
His career also includes service as a principal budget examiner at the Office of Management and Budget, overseeing the Army Corps of Engineers, the Interior Department and the TVA.
Other Experience
Past Vice-Chairman of the National Waterways Conference, Inc., the premier national trade association concerned with water transportation
Former U.S. Commissioner and Vice President of the Permanent International Association of Navigational Congresses, an international organization
Past Chairman of the Water Resources Congress, the nation’s oldest natural resource trade association
Gubernatorial representative on the Southern Governors Association’s Task Force of Transportation
More than 40 years experience managing federal and state natural resources and economic development projects