The
Westchester County Association of Municipal Public Works Administrators
(WCAMPWA) proudly announces its 2011 Person of the Year, Curtis J. Woods,
P.E., Deputy Commissioner of Public Works / City Engineer for the City of
Mount Vernon. Curtis has been a
member of WCAMPWA since joining the City of Mount Vernon in 2000.
He
is a native of Brooklyn, New York and presently resides in Mount Vernon, New
York. He received his formal
education in the public schools of New York City.
He is a graduate from Brooklyn Technical High School in Brooklyn, New
York.
Curtis began his career in the private sector after graduating from
University of Hartford with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering in
1983. While in College, he was
an intern with General Dynamics (Electric Boat Division) Groton, Connecticut
in the electronics and structural departments.
Following graduation, Curtis took a position with URS Consulting Engineering firm as a junior
engineer.
He
joined the New York State Department of Transportation Region 11 (New York
City) in September 1984 as a junior engineer at Two World Trade Center.
During his sixteen years with the New York State Department of
Transportation he reached the position of Civil Engineer II, while serving
the positions of Squad Supervisor, Project Engineer, Engineering Automation
Coordinator and Project Manager.
He received his Professional Engineering License in the State of New York in
1991. He received an “Excellence
in Engineering “award in 1995 from the New York State Department of
Transportation for Exemplary Contributions to Engineering in New York.
In
2000, Curtis was appointed in the dual capacity of Deputy Commissioner of
Public Works and City Engineer for the City of Mount Vernon, overseeing a
staff of 136 and an operating budget of $14 million.
He oversees the Department’s engineering, construction bureaus,
handling resident service requests and special projects.
This past September, he has completed a total of twenty-seven (27)
years working in municipal government.
He
is currently serving his first term as President for WCAMPWA.
He is on the Board of Directors for the Mount Vernon YMCA and the
Board of Directors for the Omicron Iota Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Inc.
Curtis is a retired Major of the Engineering Branch of the United States
Army Reserves with over twenty (20) years of service.
He is an Iraq War Veteran (OIF II), while assigned to the 353rd
Engineer Group with service from March 2004 to February 2005 in the Baghdad
Area of Operations under the 1st Calvary Division command.
He assisted in the development of the military base camps stationed
in Baghdad area and the rebuilding of various infrastructures in Baghdad and
its surrounding areas. He is a
life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6396 Mount Vernon, NY.