Tawanda Wilson-Prater, PMP
Tawanda Wilson-Prater, PMP
Program Manager, Mississippi Valley Division, Task Force Hope Office – Division Forward
MPDT
7400 Leake Avenue
New Orleans LA 70160
Phone Number: (504)862-2926
Email Address: Tawanda.R.Wilson-Prater@usace.army.mil
Educational Background:
- M.S., Engineering Management, University of New Orleans, 2006
- B.S., Electrical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, 1993
- Certified Project Management Professional, 2009
Professional Background
- Program Manager for the past 4 years providing oversight for overall programmatic management of the $14.6 Billion program to construct the Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS), which also includes programmatic oversight of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Study and the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Study
- Project Manager for 8 years of many high profile, large multi-disciplinary water resources projects for the New Orleans District, including the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lock Project, to define the navigation industry needs to construct a deeper draft lock to accommodate the nation’s growing shipping industry and the West Bank and Vicinity Project to define hurricane risk reduction measures for the west bank of the Greater New Orleans area and Comite River Diversion project to design and construct a diversion channel to reduce the risk of flooding
- Electrical Engineer for about 5 years for the New Orleans District responsible for providing electrical engineering technical support towards the operation and maintenance of navigation and flood risk management structures