Larry L. Melton, Jr., PMP, has joined the board
of directors of Dewberry, a privately held, national consulting firm. Melton
brings decades of experience in engineering and construction to his leadership
role, including management of major public infrastructure projects throughout
the U.S. and Canada. He spent more than 20 years with Bechtel, where he was a
principal vice president and served as design-build project director for the
Edmonton Valley Line Light Rail Transit project in Alberta, Canada; and project
executive director for the Dulles Corridor Metrorail–Phase 1 in Northern
Virginia.
Prior to his private-sector career, Melton served
as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he led Marine units in extended
deployments throughout Asia, the Middle East, and South America. He holds a
Master of Business Administration in Global Management (2005) from the
University of Phoenix and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (1984)
from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. Melton is a member of
the Project Management Institute, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the
Conference of Minority Transportation Officials, and The Moles, a prestigious
fraternal organization of the heavy civil construction industry. In addition to
his professional affiliations, Melton works extensively with non-profit
organizations that provide support to veterans and children with disabilities.
In addition to Melton’s appointment, Dewberry has
also announced that Merdith W.B. “Bo” Temple, PE, PMP, has been named vice
chair of the board of directors. Temple joined the board in 2013 and has more
than 40 years of experience in engineering and construction. He served in the
U.S. Army for 37 years, retiring in September 2012 as the deputy chief of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after serving as the acting chief from May 2011
through May 2012.
During his Army career, Temple oversaw billions
in military construction, civil works, and emergency operations programs. His
many awards and citations include the Army Engineer Association’s Gold Order of
the deFleury Award, the Engineer Regiment’s highest honor; the American Society
of Civil Engineers’ OPAL Award for a lifetime achievement in government, and a
nominee for ENR’s Newsmaker Award in
2010.
Throughout his tenure as a Dewberry board member,
Temple has been instrumental in the firm’s ethics and compliance initiatives.
He holds a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University
(1985) and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (1975) from the Virginia
Military Institute.
Dewberry’s board of directors serves under the
leadership of Executive Chairman Barry K. Dewberry. Members also include
Chairman Emeritus Sidney O. Dewberry, PE, LS; Chief Executive Officer Donald E.
Stone, Jr., PE; Karen S. GrandPre; Terry Boston, PE; Geraldine Knatz, PhD.; and
Thomas Dewberry.