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Education

BS, Mississippi State University

Memberships and Citations

Outstanding Civilian Service Medal from the Department of the Army (2005) 

Silver Order of the de Fleury Medal from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2005)

Major Practice Areas

Transportation

Professional Certification
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

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