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2009 Forest Service Engineer of the Year Winners

Terry Wong—2009 Managerial Engineer of the Year

Terry is the Rocky Mountain Region American Recovery and Reinvestment Act program manager with the responsibility to accomplish $60 million of projects by October 1, 2010. He is coordinating the development, selection, and implementation of projects. Under his leadership, the region is meeting the goals and objectives established by the Washington Office (WO). His skills in project and program management, facilitation, and communication are keys to the success of the program.

Terry is a licensed professional engineer and registered architect in Colorado who has spent more than 20 years with the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. He began his Forest Service career in 1999 when he reestablished and managed the Rocky Mountain Region's Center for Design and Interpretation.

Terry has served as the acting regional facility manager and regional architect and as acting director of engineering for the Rocky Mountain Region. His work with the Forest Service and the National Park Service has taken him to all regions of the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii.

Terry feels fortunate to be surrounded by committed, creative, professional, collaborative, and jovial employees and wants to share the honor of this award with his staff.

In 2007 and 2008, Terry served on the Forest Service national transformation team and the engineering transformation team. Through an intensive 3-month period, the national transformation team worked with a large interdisciplinary group to set the goals, objectives, and framework for each major staff area. Ideas developed by the engineering transformation team now being implemented nationally and regionally will improve the engineering organization and its effectiveness.

Terry enjoys time with his family. During his free time, Terry travels with his wife to visit their daughters, plays tennis, organizes the annual Asian-American tennis league, and tends to home improvement chores.

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