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Whitney McRae named chief of staff of the Corps' Vicksburg District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has picked Whitney McRae as chief of staff of its Vicksburg District.
In the job, McRae advises the district commander and the senior leadership team and helps coordinate work across the district's divisions and offices. She is a recent graduate of the Mississippi Valley Division's Emerging Leader Program, a two-year development program for future Corps leaders.
McRae started with the Vicksburg District in 2021 as a program analyst and most recently served as its strategic planner. Before the Corps, she worked in the athletic department at Mississippi Christian University as an assistant compliance officer and academic advisor. She earned her bachelor's degree in education from the University of Mississippi in 2011 and a master's in athletic administration from Mississippi Christian University in 2014.
The Vicksburg District's territory covers 68,000 square miles across parts of Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana, with nine major river basins and about 460 miles of mainline Mississippi River levees.
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District
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