About the Great Plains Regional Management: Michael (Mike) J. Ryan is Regional Director of Reclamation's Great Plains (GP) Region. The Regional Director is located in Billings, Montana, and has responsibility for all Reclamation program activities in the Great Plains Region, which includes North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and most of Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. Mike's appointment was announced on June 7, 2005, and he took over duties from Acting Regional Director Jaralyn Beek on July 1. Mike is a 22-year Reclamation employee, and previously (1996-2005) served as Northern California Area Manager at Shasta Lake, California. In that capacity Ryan managed nine dams, which stored and delivered water for irrigation and municipal use, and six associated powerplants. He also served as Chairman of the Trinity Management Council, tasked with developing and implementing the Trinity River Restoration Program and advising the Secretary of the Interior on Trinity River anadromous fishery restoration issues. Between 1992 and 1996 Mike was manager of the Klamath Basin Area Office in Klamath Falls, Oregon. From December 1988 though 1992, he directed the operation and maintenance of a number of facilities of the Fryingpan-Arkansas and Colorado-Big Thompson projects and the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Water Treatment Plant in Colorado. Mike started his fulltime career in January 1985 in Billings, Montana, in what was then the headquarters for Reclamation’s Upper Missouri Region. During his four years in Billings he worked in facility operation and maintenance, dam safety, and water conservation programs. A native of Deer Lodge, Montana, Mike earned a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Montana State University-Bozeman, in 1984 and is a registered professional engineer. Mike and his wife, Shelly, have three children. |
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 (Above) Mike Ryan, Great Plains Regional Director |
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(Above) Gary Campbell, Great Plains |
Gary Campbell, Deputy Regional Director: Gary Campbell became Deputy Regional Director of Reclamation’s Great Plains Region in October 2005. Prior to coming to Reclamation, Gary had served twenty six years in Federal Service in progressively responsible positions throughout the West. Immediately prior to coming to the Great Plains Region, Gary worked for nearly six years in Washington, D.C. in different management positions with the U.S. Forest Service. Gary received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Wyoming and is a registered professional engineer. |
(Above) John Soucy, Great Plains |
John Soucy, Assistant Regional Director: John was appointed Assistant
Regional Director of Reclamation's Great Plains Region effective April 28, 2009. He has been with Reclamation since 1991, serving for the past 12 years as the
region's Chief Information Officer. Prior to coming to Reclamation, Soucy worked for the Air Force. His last location before coming to Billings was at the Pentagon,
Washington D.C. where he was Manager for Information Technology Contracts and Administration in support of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Office of
the Secretary of the Air Force.
John is an active member of the Billings community. He has been a member of the District Advancement Committee for the Boy Scouts of America in Billings, Montana, for nearly 15 years. He has also been a football official for more than twenty-five years. John and his wife, Renae, have three boys. Two who are married and live in Billings with their families. Their youngest son has just completed his first year of college at BYU-Idaho. |
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