2009 Event Speakers

  • Lee  A.  McIntire

    Lee A. McIntire

    President and CEO, CH2M HILL

    Lee McIntire is the CEO of CH2M HILL. Mr. McIntire has more than 30 years of international engineering and construction experience. He has the P/L and leadership responsibility for the CH2M HILL enterprise and its affiliates worldwide. The firm is a recognized global leader in major program management, consulting, engineering, construction, and operations for public and private clients. Mr. McIntire’s priorities for the firm are the highest of ethical behavior, safety, quality, and a positive client experience. The firm is frequently recognized for its focus on sustainability and work-place satisfaction.

    Since joining CH2M HILL in 2006, Mr. McIntire has served as President and Chief Operating Officer, President and Group Chief Executive for the Energy Client Group, and the Group Chief Executive for the Industrial Client Group.  

    Prior to joining CH2M HILL, Mr. McIntire was an executive at Bechtel, a global engineering, construction, and project management firm. Mr. McIntire served on the board of directors and was executive vice president for the parent company, and was a member of the Chairman’s Leadership Council and Chairman and President of several of Bechtel’s leading, multibillion dollar companies.

    Mr. McIntire’s academic background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Nebraska, a Master’s degree from Garvin School of Management (Thunderbird) in Arizona, and the Executive Management Program at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.  

    Mr. McIntire, who has 30 years of leadership experience, is responsible for the CH2M HILL enterprise, with transportation, power, oil/gas/chemical, electronics, renewables, water, manufacturing, environmental, nuclear, pipeline, and operations projects in over 80 countries.

    Videos from the summit: Forging Global Cooperation and Partnership, Lee McIntire on Reducing the Global Carbon Footprint

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