In recent years, Dysart has been active in international assignments including the International Council on Mining and Metals in London and leading a performance evaluation of the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman office at the World Bank.

Before launching Dysart & Associates, Inc. in 1992, he was director of project planning and integration with WMX Technologies, Inc., in Washington, D.C., and regional manager of facilities development for Chemical Waste Management's southern region.  Earlier in his career, Dysart worked for Union Carbide Corpora­tion.  In 1983, he was named to the U.S. Environmental Protec­tion Agency's Science Advisory Board, with reappointment in 1985.  

From 1988-92 he served as a member of the U.S. Army Chief of Enginee­rs' Environmental Advisory Board.  In 1987, he was elected an honorary member of the Water Environment Federation and served from 1989-95 as a member of the Electric Power Research Institute's national advisory committee.  From 1975-76, Dysart worked full-time at the policy level in Washington in his role as science adviser to the first Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. 

Dysart was president and chairman of the board of the National Wildlife Federation from 1983-85 and was on its board from 1974-90.  He is a former trustee of The Georgia Conservancy, and past president of the South Carolina Wildlife Federation, a former trustee of the Rene Dubos Center for Human Environments in New York City, a founding director of the Chattooga River Chapter of Trout Unlimited, and a former national trustee of Trout Unlimit­ed.  Dysart also serves as a board member for The Issue Management Council.

Dysart is a native of Columbia, Tenn., and received his B.E. and M.S. degrees in civil and environmental engineering from Vanderbilt University and his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech in civil and water resources engineering.  Too infrequently, he enjoys fly-fishing and wing-shooting.