tiveness of policies and strategies to protect the health
and welfare of forces during operational deployments
and for improving the integration of environmental
considerations in Army activities worldwide. These
assessments resulted in an Under Secretary of the
Army chartered workgroup to focus on sustainable
expeditionary operations and in updates to relevant
doctrine and policy. He has over twenty-five years
of diverse experience in environmental management.
In his previous assignment as Senior Engineer for the
United States European Command (EUCOM) from
1995 to 2003 he provided oversight of the theater en-
vironmental program and was the technical authority
on theater environmental security and protection mat-
ters for over 94 countries in Europe and Africa. He
formulated policy to maintain mission readiness and
minimize the impact and risk at U.S. military instal-
lations within the EUCOM area of responsibility, to
protect military forces and mitigate environmental
damage during operations, and to provide oversight
for environmental security cooperation with foreign
militaries. He holds a BS in Civil Engineering from
the Virginia Military Institute, an MS in Environmen-
tal Engineering from Virginia Tech, and an MS in Sys-
tems Management from the University of Southern
California. He is a graduate of the Naval War Col-
lege, a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia
and Florida, and was recently accredited as a LEED
Green Associate.
Mr. William Goran
William Goran, Director, Center for the Advance-
ment of Sustainable Innovations (CASI), U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Develop-
ment Center (ERDC). As director of CASI, Mr. Goran