Mark Wilcox brings a wealth of military, federal and municipal project and emergency management experience to MCDD, Mark earned his B.S. in Marine & Environmental Sciences at the US Coast Guard Academy and spent two years navigating the Coast Guard Cutter Mariposa in the waters of Puget Sound and the Straits of Juan de Fuca, before moving to Portland to manage spill responses, investigations and contingency planning as well as port operations and security for the Captain of the Port. After receiving his M.S. in Environmental Engineering (Water Resources) at Portland State University, he left active service and began his municipal career as an engineering plan reviewer in Oregon at Clean Water Services. He moved to the Washington, DC, metro area and managed the planning, design and construction of interagency watershed restoration projects (stream restoration, stormwater management and greenstreets infrastructure) for the Montgomery County, MD, Department of Environmental Protection for ten years. After a series of federal and active military positions for the US Coast Guard managing its NRDA (wildlife) restoration program, its seasonal operations in the Arctic, and, most recently, the Alaska civil engineering program for the US Coast Guard during an active duty assignment in Juneau, Alaska, Mark returned to Portland and retired at the rank of Commander with 26-years of active duty and reserve service. He’s excited in his role managing projects and the USACE Feasibility Study for the LRC program during an exciting time at the Districts. Mark spends his free time on the water and in the mountains: hiking, biking, skiing, rock climbing, whitewater kayaking, and fly fishing with his camera at the ready.
