Mr. Drew Smith has served as the Deputy Chief of the Watershed Division at the Mississippi Valley Division since January 2023. Drew most recently served as the Strategic Communications Officer for the Mississippi River Commission through the Summer and Fall of 2025. Earlier in his career, Drew served as the Chief of the Water Management Section in the Hydraulics Branch at the Vicksburg District from 2016 to 2021, a temporary assignment as the Vicksburg District Deputy of Engineering and Construction in early 2020, and as a Project Engineer for the Marmal Resident Office in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan in 2013 and 2014. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering (2009) and a Master of Engineering (2012) from Mississippi State University. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Mississippi, a Board-Certified Water Resource Engineer with the American Society of Civil Engineers and is a member of the Society of Military Engineers.