Lily Openshaw PE, MS, PMP, LEED GA

Lily is a registered professional civil engineer with a BSCE (high honors) from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in Environmental Science and Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. She served 3 tours as a Naval Officer in the elite Civil Engineer Corps, receiving numerous awards, including two Navy Commendation Medals and the Navy Achievement Medal. During her tour as Public Works Director, Naval Air Facility Washington D. C., the Department was awarded “Best of Type” by the Naval Reserve Inspector General. After her military service, she worked for several engineering consulting firms and, for a time, worked part-time for the City of Annapolis as an engineering project manager while her children were young. Projects of note for the city included Restoration of the Southgate Memorial Fountain (recycling over 1 million gallons of treated potable water annually), Restoration of Historic Hanover Street (including undergrounding all above-ground utilities, the addition of bio-retention ponds, and the recycling and refurbishment of historic hardscape materials), and construction of Little Gott’s Court, the city’s first green infrastructure parking facility. These projects received several heritage awards from Four Rivers Heritage Society and honorable citations from the State Legislature. In 2015, her Little Gott’s Court project won the Best Urban Stormwater Management project in an Ultra Urban environment from the Chesapeake Water Environment Association.