William Goran, formerly with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), is the 2014 GreenGov Presidential Awards Climate Champion. Goran was selected for his leadership in integrating climate change into the plans of multiple military and federal agencies, along with development and implementation of climate change adaptation and response plans, both short-term and long-term. He accomplished this during his recent tenure as the director of the Center for the Advancement of Sustainability Innovations.