William (Bill) A. Brown SR, P.E., Hon AIA, FSAME, 
Executive Vice President

Bill joined the Washington, DC office of PageSoutherlandPage in 2003 after a distinguished public service career spanning 38 years. As Executive Vice President, Bill is responsible for establishing strategic focus in the federal market. He acted as Principal-in-Charge of the site evaluation study for the next major museum to go on the National Mall— the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Active in the engineering field where he encourages minorities to become engaged, Bill served for six years as Chairman of the Howard University School of Divinity Board of Visitors and also has served six years as moderator for the Panel of the Deans of 13 Historically Black Colleges and Universities, held yearly at the Black Engineers Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.

In 2002, he founded the African American Federal Executive Association Inc., and has served as National President ever since. For the past two years he has served as the SAME representative on the Department of State Overseas Building Operations Industry Advisory Panel.

As a former  Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Deputy Director of Military Programs, Bill directed one of the largest design and construction programs in the world—the annual $10 billion U.S. Army  Military Construction Program. He directed this program for six years, leading a wide variety of projects throughout the U.S. and 60 foreign nations.

Bill is a graduate of Hampton Institute, the Federal Executive Institute, the George Washington University Contemporary Executive Development Program and the Harvard University Program for Senior Managers in Government. He is a registered professional engineer, a Fellow of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), a Honorary Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, member of the Hampton University Schools of Architecture and Engineering Board of Visitors, Member of the Senior Executive Association and founder of the African American Senior Executive Association Incorporated.  Bill represented SAME on the Department of State Overseas Building Operations Industry Advisory Panel in 2008 and 2009. He has published numerous articles, spoken at many national and international conferences, and served as a juror for state and national design programs.

Bill's numerous awards and citations include the SAME Academy of Fellows Golden Eagle Award (2010), the Army Exceptional Civilian Service Award, the U.S. Army Silver DeFluery Medal and the Senior Executive Service Meritorious Presidential Rank Award. In 2006, Bill became the 51st person inducted in the USACE Gallery of Distinguished Civilians; he is the first African American to receive this honor.