Mark Charlton most recently served as the County Administrative Officer of Modoc County. Mr. Charlton is retired from the Army Corps of Engineers where he last served as the Director of Programs for the South Pacific Division office in San Francisco. He was the senior civilian executive in the Sacramento District from 1999 to 2006 and in the Walla Walla District from 1994 to 1999. In these positions, Mr. Charlton was the Deputy District Engineer and Chief of Project Management. As a project manager for the Corps, Mr. Charlton was project manager of a large variety of public works projects including roads, bridges, municipal site development, vertical construction, and water resource projects and HTRW cleanup projects. During his tenure, Mr. Charlton helped transition the agency to a project management-based organization where all project work was managed by project teams with standard processes and measurable results. While leading the Sacramento District Mr. Charlton implemented the first standardized project management processes for the agency (later adopted by the agency) and developed a formal project management training curriculum for project managers, technical team members, and executives. Mr. Charlton serves on both regional and national boards of directors and awards include the Meritorious Civilian Service Award from LTG Van Antwerp in 2008 and the Bronze Order of the de Fleury Medal, US Army, Engineer Regiment. COURSES: 373 Project Management; 359 Beyond the Brochure: Recruiting Senior Executives