1. Biography
Department of the Army
Wilhelmenia C. (Chris) Hinton-Lee, AIA
Regional Business Director
South Atlantic Division
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Atlanta, Georgia
Ms. Chris Hinton-Lee was selected to the Senior Executive Service in June 2003. In June 2007,
Chris joined the Corps’ South Atlantic Division in Atlanta, Georgia, where she provides executive
leadership and direction for the division and its subordinate districts to operate as an effective Regional
Business Center. She is responsible for strategic direction, business transformation, and financial
management in a military construction program for five neighboring states with 23 major Air Force and
Army Installations in the southeast to meet the needs of the American military. She is also responsible
for operating and maintaining more than 6,000 miles of federal navigable channel, and 29 major harbors
in the region. Additionally, since 2004, she has served as Chief Architect of US Army Corps of
Engineers, a position to which she was appointed by the Commanding General of the Corps of Engineers.
In 2006, she deployed to Baghdad, Iraq, where she served as Director of Reconstruction Programs, Gulf
Region Division, a Joint Service position. There, she directed the efforts of five hundred personnel (all
branches of the Armed Forces, multi-national civilians and Iraqi professionals) through six Military O-6
Sector Chiefs of Electricity; Oil; Public Works and Water and Facilities; and Transportation in the
execution of the $13B Iraq Relief Reconstruction Fund mission for the rebuilding of Iraq.
Upon her June 2003 selection to the Senior Executive service, she joined the Corps’ Great Lakes and
Ohio River Division in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the Director of Military and Technical (later, Regional
Business Director). There, she was responsible for the Corps’ military and civil design and construction,
environmental restoration and conservation programs, and water resources missions in 17 states covering
335,000 square miles in a $1.5 billion program which included operating and maintaining 3,400 miles of
commercial waterways on the Great Lakes and Ohio River systems carrying 43 percent of this country’s
inland waterborne commerce.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY:
• Jan 1999 – Jun 2003: Chief, Engineering-Construction, Transatlantic Programs Center, US Army
Corps of Engineers, Winchester, VA
• May 1998 – Jan 1999: Co-Chair, Assistant Secretary of Army (Installations and Environment)’s
Task Force, Residential Communities Initiative, Washington, DC (detail)

2. • Jan 1995 – May 1998: Project Director, Medical Facilities Office, Headquarters, US Army Corps
of Engineers, Washington, DC
• May 1994 – Jan 1995: Chief, Design Branch, Baltimore District, US Army Corps of Engineers,
Baltimore, MD
• Aug 1993 – May 1994: Strategic Planner for District Commander, Baltimore District, US Army
Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, MD
• Dec 1989 – Aug 1993: Chief of Architecture, Baltimore District, US Army Corps of Engineers,
Baltimore, MD
• Dec 1988 – Dec 1989: Chief, Quality Assurance, Construction Division, Baltimore District, US
Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, MD
• Jun 1988 – Dec 1988: Project Manager, Architect-Engineer Support Section, Military Programs,
Headquarters, US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC (detail)
• May 1985 – Jan 1986: Member, Architect-Engineer Liability Investigation Team, Europe
Division, US Army Corps of Engineers, Frankfort, Germany (detail)
• Apr 1980 – Dec 1988: Resident Architect, Construction Division, Baltimore District, Baltimore,
MD
• Jan 1977 – Apr 1980: Project Architect, Technical Branch, Engineering Division, Middle East
Division (Rear), Berryville, VA
• Sep 1975 – Jan 1977: Architect Intern Program (16-month Department of the Army Intern
Program), various functional areas and geographic locations
COLLEGE:
• MBA, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, 1983
• Bachelor of Architecture (5-year First Professional Degree in Architecture), University of
Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 1975
• BS, Industrial Technology, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, 1970
SIGNIFICANT TRAINING:
• Army Management Staff College, Fort Belvoir, VA, 1993
CERTIFICATIONS:
• Architectural Registration, State of Maryland, 1985
• Architectural Registration, District of Columbia, 1980
AWARDS AND HONORS:
• Presidential Rank Award – Meritorious Executive, 2007
• Department of Army, Meritorious Civilian Service Award, 2007, 2006
• Department of Army, Superior Civilian Service Award, 2006, 2005
• Chief Architect of the Army Corps of Engineers, appointed in 2004
• Commander’s Award for Civilian Service, 1994 – 2003 (six)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS:
• American Institute of Architects (AIA)
• National Organization of Minority Architects
• Society of American Military Engineers