American Society of Civil Engineers’ Government Engineers Council will advocate for and better serve government engineers
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is proud to announce Phillip J. Hinson, PE, M.ASCE has been appointed the inaugural Chair of the Society’s Government Engineers Council (GEC). In May 2020, ASCE approached Hinson to serve on a steering group for a new committee that was being established to advocate for and better serve government engineers. With the group’s work completed, and the Government Engineers Council (GEC) launched, Hinson was appointed as the inaugural Chair to serve a term of two years.
Reporting directly to the ASCE Board, Hinson works with committee officers and members scattered throughout the country to serve approximately 30,000 ASCE members practicing at all levels of government across the world. The GEC is also responsible for ASCE’s Public Agency Peer Review Committee that works to assist agencies to better serve their constituents and customers.
“I am humbled to serve as an advocate for my fellow Government Engineers,” said Phil Hinson, Deputy Capital Assets Manager, Veterans Affairs Healthcare System Serving Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. “They make so much in our society possible through their work. It is an honor to serve as the first GEC Chair and to be involved in efforts to improve their skills and tell their stories to the public they so tirelessly serve.”
With the potential for a once-in-a-generation investment in Ohio’s and the nation’s infrastructure proposed under The American Jobs Plan, the work of the GEC for those who will manage government engineering projects is more important now than ever before.
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Founded in 1852, the American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 150,000 civil engineers worldwide and is America's oldest national engineering society. ASCE works to raise awareness of the need to maintain and modernize the nation’s infrastructure using sustainable and resilient practices, advocates for increasing and optimizing investment in infrastructure, and improve engineering knowledge and competency. For more information, visit www.asce.org or www.infrastructurereportcard.org and follow us on Twitter, @ASCETweets and @ASCEGovRel.