Lindsay R. Harbour

Deputy District Engineer

Nashville District Corps of Engineers
Published April 24, 2023

Ms. Lindsay Harbour currently serves as the Deputy District Engineer (DDE) for the Nashville District.  She has responsibility for directing water resource activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers throughout the Cumberland River Basin, and navigation and regulatory matters in the Tennessee River Basin, an area of more than 59,000 square miles.  The Nashville District has 49 field offices touching seven states and a work force of over 750 federal employees.  In this position, Ms. Harbour is responsible for the District business management and program delivery; ensuring assigned local, regional, and national programs are executed within budget, on schedule, and safely. Lindsay also provides District leadership by establishing and maintaining processes to manage the scope, quality, budget, and schedules of all District projects. She manages and directs all programmatic activities, including program and budget development, preparation for Congressional testimony, oversight of program execution and reprogramming actions. Further, she is responsible for all civil works planning functions for the District, including plan formulation, economics and environmental resources.

Ms. Harbour is an energetic and dedicated professional who has worked with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for more than 15 years, serving most of her time with the Norfolk District in various capacities as a program analyst, project scheduler, budget analyst, and then accepting the role as the District’s Budget Officer within the Resource Management Office.  After gaining valuable experience in Norfolk, she accepted the position of Budget Officer for Europe District where she began her supervisor journey.  From there she was able to become the Deputy Resource Manager for the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division (LRD) where she managed seven district budgets into the regional budget.  During this time, she also served on a 120-day assignment with the Transatlantic Division as a Chief of Resource Management.

Ms. Harbour’s permanent job is the Chief of Resource Management for LRD.  This position allows her to serve as a key enterprise-wide RM leader, working in support of the Division Commander and SES Leaders to influence and develop financial, budgetary, management analysis and staffing processes that result in financially sound, productive, and reliable tools that allow for efficient and effective use of resources to execute the USACE mission.  She is a proponent for expanding communities of practice, streamlining, and automating processes, utilizing innovative systems and dashboards, and increasing communication.  She is excited to bring these skills to the DDE position as she supports the Nashville District, the division, and the enterprise.

Ms. Harbour graduated from Longwood University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and a minor in Computer Science.  She holds a Department of Defense Financial Management Level 3 Certification and is a USACE PROSPECT Course instructor specializing in Budget Training.  She is a member of the American Society of Military Comptrollers.

Ms. Harbour is married to Robert Harbour for eleven years with two daughters (Penelope and Mackenzie).  In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family, friends, baking, and supporting her daughters’ athletics.