Our Team

Hunter Arnold

Hunter Arnold serves as Vice President of Operations for our Central Region. Hunter is passionate about reaching goals, teamwork and collaboration. A longstanding leader in the engineering industry, Hunter thrives on mentoring others, watching their growth and building the next generation of engineers to make a positive impact on society.

Hunter embraces ideas that transform communities, add jobs and build upon and move beyond the agricultural heritage of the Southeast – strategies that build partnerships and collaboration that deliver answers to problems and overcome obstacles – a “New South” that beckons to new and future generations. He relies on deep values to guide the direction of the firm, including God, respect for others and a commitment to stewardship of resources.

Through his work with Waggoner, Hunter has built lasting friendships and networks that have established the firm as a trusted advisor on multiple levels. Hunter is past president of the Mississippi Engineering Society and was named Engineer of the Year by the group in 2013. He has also served as chair of the American Water Works Association – Alabama/Mississippi section, and is vice president of the Ridgeland, Miss. Chamber of Commerce.

Anthony Brister

A passion for service, integrity and sound management—all inspire Anthony’s work as director of Waggoner’s South Louisiana office in New Orleans. South Louisiana remains vulnerable to coastal storms, and building resilient infrastructure to withstand future storms and attract economic development is key to long term viability and growth. Anthony combines his expertise in program management with Waggoner’s holistic approach to help clients identify needs, securing funding, and coordinate implementation of projects like the Saenger Theater in New Orleans. He has served key roles with local, state and federal leaders on over $1 billion in disaster recovery projects since 2005.

Bill McDonald

Bill began his career in engineering in 1984 and joined Waggoner in 1991.  He has been responsible for the engineering and management of projects, from conception to implementation, in varied disciplines of civil engineering, including transportation corridor planning and design; utility planning, analysis and design; environmental reviews and assessments; economic development site assessment; flood control and flood hazard mapping; and many other areas of public and private sector engineering and planning projects.

As Chief Technical Officer, Bill is responsible for overseeing the company’s technical excellence and innovation, delivery improvement, and growth strategy for the professional and technical staff in each of the discipline areas.

Veronica Porter

Veronica Porter is Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer at Waggoner Engineering, where she has oversight of strategic market planning, marketing, brand and corporate business development.

Veronica has 15+ years of experience leading product and marketing innovation and business transformation in the engineering and construction industry. Prior to joining Waggoner Engineering, she worked in strategic business development and marketing at several fortune 500 companies, with a strong track record of establishing lasting partnerships, growing organizational visibility and increasing market share.

She is a member of Leadership Madison County class of 2019 and active member of PRAM. She lives in Madison and has a daughter that attends MAUE and a son that is a student at Mississippi State University.

Veronica holds a Bachelor of Science, Art Education from Mississippi College, Masters in Public Relations from University of Southern Mississippi and International Master of Business Administration, Marketing from The Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina.

Misty Biard

Misty has worked as an accountant for Engineering and Disaster Recovery firms for 15 years, joining Waggoner in 2011.  As Waggoner’s Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, Misty provides management and operational support to Waggoner.  She also assists the management team on all strategic and tactical matters related to budget management, cost benefit analysis, forecasting needs and the securing of any financing. She received her B.A in Accounting from Mississippi College and M.B.A in Accounting from Millsap’s College.