Derial Bivens is a highway/mapping engineer currently serving as Emergency Services Program Manager for the Tennessee Department of Transportation. A 1981 graduate of the National Imaging and Mapping College, he completed graduate-level work at the US Army Engineer School and the US Army Ordnance School. With ten promotions in 22 years, he retired from the US Army Corps of Engineers in 2002 as a captain after serving in various Active and Reserve assignments in the U.S. and abroad.

     He is the Member Services Chairman of the U.S. Boer Goat Association, and is an author/contributor/collaborator with the 1890 Consortium of universities conducting goat research.

     He and his wife Donna Kay live in Lancaster, TN where they operate the Lancaster Goat Co. with their partners Larry Willis and Mike and Glenda Parman. They have two sons, Daniel, who is serving in the US Army at FT Campbell following a tour in Iraq; and Joshua, who is continuing his studies in Europe.