A civil engineer by trade, Edward Drusina has served as the U.S. commissioner to the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico (IBWC), since January 19, 2010. The Commission is charged with maintaining border and water agreements along the international border between the United States and Mexico.

 

A resident of El Paso, Texas, Drusina earned a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1974. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Management Staff College, and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas.

 

He has 20 years of federal experience, holding engineering positions at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona and at Fort Bliss, Texas, where he worked for 16 years as chief of Design Br. AA for the Directorate of Public Works and Logistics, and as deputy director of the Source Selection Evaluation Board.

 

He also worked for the city of El Paso for seven years (1997-2004) as deputy chief administrative officer for municipal services and director of public works, where he oversaw eight departments and divisions responsible for streets, solid waste, engineering, environmental services, building permits and inspections, fleet maintenance, facilities and special projects, and facilities maintenance. From 1998-2004, he represented El Paso on the Far West Texas Water Planning Group.

 

In 2004 he joined the El Paso engineering consulting company of Moreno Cardenas, Inc. (MCi) as a corporate associate and senior project manager. While with MCi, he served as construction manager for the off-site infrastructure for the world’s largest inland desalination plant, constructed at Fort Bliss.

 

Drusina was named president of OMNI Construction Services, a newly created subsidiary of Moerno Cardenas, in 2008. He was working as El Paso area director for Paragon Project Resources, Inc. at the time that he was appointed to head the boundary and water commission.

 

Office of the Commissioner Biography (International Boundary & Water Commission)