Edward Hecker
Edward J. Hecker serves as the Chief, Office of Homeland Security and Provost Marshal, Directorate of Civil Works, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He is also the Corps’ Northwestern Regional Integration team leader.
Hecker leads the coordination and facilitation of USACE Homeland Security missions in support of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of the Army (DA), and the Department of Defense (DOD). He is program manager for all USACE efforts assisting federal, state, and local emergency management and response organizations with mitigation, planning, training, and exercises. These exercises build the capability to provide protection from and respond to emergencies and disasters, including terrorist incidents involving weapons of mass destruction and other natural or man-made hazards. His responsibilities also include leadership of the Corps’ Homeland Security and emergency management community of practice and protection of the Corps critical water resources infrastructure.
Hecker began his governmental career in the Corps Baltimore District office (Civil Project Management) and transferred to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Washington, D.C., before moving to San Francisco, California. In San Francisco he was the chief of South Pacific Division Emergency Management, which encompassed California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and portions of Idaho, Colorado, and Wyoming. He was the program manager for the Corps response to the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989.
Hecker has a B.S.E. from John Hopkins University and has earned national recognition and awards for his performance in response to major disasters, including Tropical Storm Agnes, Hurricane Hugo, the Loma Prieta Earthquake, Hurricane Andrew, the Midwest floods of 1993, the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and Hurricane Katrina.