ASCE Leadership
2021–2022 Board of Direction
The ASCE Board of Direction is comprised of three Presidential Officers and fifteen Directors. The Directors currently in their last year of service on the Board of Direction join the Presidents on the Executive Committee.
Presidential Officers
Portrait of Dennis Truax.
Dennis D. Truax, Ph.D., P.E., DEE, D.WRE, F.ASCE
ASCE President
- White End. Chair, Department Head and Professor, MS State University
- The ASCE President serves for a one-year term and chairs the Board of Direction.
Portrait of Maria C. Lehman, President-elect Elect
Maria C. Lehman, P.E., ENV SP, F.ASCE
ASCE President-elect
- Infrastructure Market Leader for the United States, GHD
- The ASCE President-elect begins the first of a three-year term and serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Direction.
Portrait of Jean-Louis Briaud
Jean-Louis Briaud, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, Dist.M.ASCE
ASCE Past President
- Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University
- The Past President serves as chair of the Board Nominating Committee.
Society Directors
Non-voting Members
Secretary and Executive Director | Thomas W. Smith III, ENV SP, CAE, F.ASCE* |
Treasurer | Louis C. Aurigemma, P.E., F.ASCE |
Assistant Treasurer | F. Jay Burress, P.E., ENV SP, F.ASCE |
Parliamentarian and General Counsel | Tara Hoke, Aff.M.ASCE* |