Army Reserve Director of Public Works Lauded for Career Achievements

By Ms. Jonelle Kimbrough (ASA(IEE))September 5, 2018

Army Reserve Director of Public Works Lauded for Career Achievements
Greg Vallery (center), Director of Public Works at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, receives a Secretary of the Army Energy and Water Management Award for Individual Exceptional Performance from Jordan Gillis (left), Acting Assistant Secretary of the... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

The United States Army Reserve is proud to announce that Greg Vallery, Director of Public Works at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, has won the 2018 Secretary of the Army Energy and Water Management Award for Individual Exceptional Performance.

Jordan Gillis, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment, and Brigadier General Joy L. Curriera, Director of Operations at the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management, presented the awards during a ceremony at the Energy Exchange in Cleveland, Ohio.

With 16 years of experience in Army energy and water programs, Vallery has served as Director of Public Works at Fort Hunter Liggett since 2014. He is the driving force behind the initiatives that have achieved a 30 percent energy use intensity reduction between fiscal years 2003 and 2015 and a 57 percent water use intensity reduction between fiscal years 2007 and 2015 for the Installation. Vallery has been instrumental in establishing Fort Hunter Liggett as a Net Zero Energy and Waste site with projects such as a multi-phase eight megawatt solar photovoltaic array and microgrid system, as well as a gasifier that will convert solid waste to energy. These efforts are improving the energy and water security at Fort Hunter Liggett, increasing the dependability of utility services, enhancing the resilience of facilities and leveraging renewable resources to meet Department of Defense sustainability goals.

Vallery has also received two awards from the Federal Energy Management Program: the FEDS Spotlight Award in 2017 and the Career Exceptional Service Award in 2018.