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BIOGRAPHY
Gordon R. Sullivan, General (Retired) U.S. Army
General Sullivan is the President and Chief
Executive Officer of the Association of the United
States Army, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
Since assuming his position in 1998, General
Sullivan has overseen the transformation of the
Association into a dynamic member-based
organization that represents Soldiers, families, and
the defense industry.
His responsibilities encompass both daily business
operating and strategy planning for the largest
Army-oriented non-profit association.
The
Association promotes and advocates programs
for Soldiers and their families, creates opportunities
for Army-Industry and professional dialog;
advocates public awareness of Army and
national security issues through its educational
mission and maintains an outreach program to national leadership on critical issues
pertinent to Army readiness.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Quincy, he was awarded a Bachelor of
Arts degree in political science from the Norwich University and was commissioned
a second lieutenant of Armor in 1959. General Sullivan retired from the Army on 31
July 1995 after more than 36 years of active service. He culminated his service in
uniform as the 32nd Chief of Staff—the senior general officer in the Army—and a
member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
General Sullivan currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of
Norwich University and the Marshall Legacy Institute, as well as a member of the
MITRE Army Advisory Board, the MIT Lincoln Labs Advisory Board, a Life Trustee of the
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, and a member of the CNA Military Advisory
Board.
In addition to his many awards on active duty, he is also the recipient of the West
Point Association of Graduates’ Sylvanus Thayer Award and a member of the
Sergeants Major Academy’s Hall of Honor.
General Sullivan currently resides in Alexandria, VA. He has three children and three
grandchildren. He is an avid reader, amateur historian, and active sailor and sport
fishing enthusiast.
General
David G. Perkins
Commanding General, U.S. Army
Training and Doctrine Command
Fort Eustis, Virginia
General David G. Perkins assumed duties as Commander,
United States Army Training and Doctrine Command on
March 14, 2014 after serving as Commander, United States
Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
General Perkins was the 21st Commander of the United States Army Combined Arms
Center from November 2011 to February 2014, where he was the lead for synchronizing
leader development across the Army, the management of the Army’s training support and
training development enterprises, and the development and integration of the doctrine the
Army uses to fight and win our Nation’s wars.
Previously General Perkins served as the Commanding General of the 4th Infantry Division
(Mechanized) where his primary mission was to assist and develop the Iraqi Security
Forces in U.S. Division-North to take security responsibility following the transition of U.S.
Forces from Iraq. General Perkins also served as the Brigade Commander for the 2nd
Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) during the invasion of Iraq, commanding the
unit’s “Thunder Run” into Baghdad and subsequent stability operations in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he earned the Silver Star, the nation’s third highest award
for valor.
General Perkins was commissioned into the Armor Branch upon graduation from the
United States Military Academy at West Point in 1980. In addition to the posts noted
above, he held leadership positions in armor and mechanized infantry units in Europe, the
United States, and the Middle East. He also held a number of key staff assignments,
including Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Effects for Multi-National Forces-Iraq, Deputy
Chief of Staff for Operations for United States Army Europe, and Special Assistant to the
Speaker of the House, United States House of Representatives.
General Perkins holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the United States Military
Academy, a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan,
and a Masters Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War
College.
General Perkins was born in New Hampshire.
BG THOMAS R. GOEDKOOP
is a Vice President for Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. He retired from the United States Army
in October 2003 after serving for over 29 years as an Armor officer in a variety of
command and staff positions throughout the Army in the United States and overseas.
He currently leads Booz Allen’s efforts supporting the Training and Doctrine Command.
His last assignment before retiring was the Deputy G3, Forces Command. He holds a
Bachelor of Science degree from The United States Military Academy and Master’s
degrees from the Army’s School of Advanced Military Studies and the National War
College.
BIOGRAPHY
Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster assumed duties as the Director, Army Capabilities
Integration Center and Deputy Commanding General, Futures, US Army Training and
Doctrine Command on 15 July 2014. Prior to his arrival at Fort Eustis he most recently
served as Commanding General, Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning
from June 2012 to July 2014. Previously he served as Commander, Combined Joint
Inter-Agency Task Force Shafafiyat (Transparency) in Kabul, Afghanistan. He was
commissioned as an officer in the United States Army upon graduation from the United
States Military Academy in 1984. He holds a PhD in military history from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
LTG McMaster's previous command assignments include Eagle Troop, Second
Armored Cavalry Regiment in Bamberg, Germany and in Southwest Asia during the
1991 Persian Gulf War; 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry in Schweinfurt Germany from 1999
to 2002; and 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Carson, Colorado and in Iraq from
June 2004 to June 2006. Staff assignments include Director of Concept Development
and Learning at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command from August 2008 to
May 2010; Special Assistant to the Commander, Multinational Force-Iraq from February
2007 to May 2008; Director, Commander's Advisory Group at US Central Command
from May 2003 to 2004; and squadron executive officer and regimental operations
officer in the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment from July 1997 to July 1999. He also
served as an assistant professor of history at the United States Military Academy from
1994 to 1996.
LTG McMaster's military education and training includes the Airborne and Ranger
Schools, Armor Officer Basic and Career Courses, the Cavalry Leaders Course, the
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and a U.S. Army War College
fellowship at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. McMaster has also
served as a senior consulting fellow at the International Institute of Strategic Studies in
London.
United States Army
Lieutenant General ANTHONY R. IERARDI
Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8
United States Army
700 Army Pentagon 3E406
Washington, DC 20310-0700
Lieutenant General Ierardi became the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8 Headquarters
Department of the Army on 12 December 2014. Prior to assumption of this position, he
served at Fort Hood Texas as the III Corps Deputy Commanding General and
Commanding General of the 1st Calvary Division, “America’s First Team.”
In previous assignments, LTG Ierardi served as the Director of Force Management,
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7; Director, Joint and Futures, Office of the
Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8; Executive Officer for the Department of Defense CounterIED Senior Integration Group; and as Deputy Commander for Program, Combined
Security Transition Command-Afghanistan. He commanded Joint Task Force North at
Fort Bliss, Texas and served as Director of Capabilities Development, U.S. Army
Capabilities Integration Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, at Fort
Monroe, Virginia. He also served as the Chief of Staff of the 2d Infantry Division at
Camp Red Cloud, Republic of Korea and as Commander of the 2d Infantry Division’s
First “Iron” Brigade at Camp Casey, Korea. While assigned at Fort Hood, Texas, he
served as the Operations Officer (G-3) of the 1st Cavalry Division and Commander of
the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment.
Earlier in his career, LTG Ierardi served as a Cavalry Troop Commander in the 2d
Squadron, 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment in Bamberg, Germany and participated in
Operation Desert Storm while assigned to the 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment.
LTG Ierardi trained and served as a Latin American Foreign Area Officer, first as a
student attending the Mexican Army’s Command and General Staff College (Escuela
Superior de Guerra) in Mexico City, and later as the Aide-de-Camp to the Commander
of the U.S. Southern Command.
LTG Ierardi’s awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit,
the Bronze Star, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal,
the Army Commendation Medal, and the Army Achievement Medal. LTG Ierardi holds a
degree in Business Administration from Washington and Lee University, a Master of Arts
Degree in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University and is also a graduate of
both the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the U.S. Naval War
College.
Lieutenant General Ierardi is married and has two children.
Brian McAllister Linn is the Ralph R. Thomas Professor in Liberal Arts and
a Professor of History at Texas A&M University. He is the author of four
books, including The Philippine War, 1899-1902 and The Echo of Battle,
and over thirty articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings. He has
been an Olin Fellow at Yale University, a John Simon Guggenheim
Memorial Foundation Fellow, Bosch Fellow at the American Academy in
Berlin, Woodrow Wilson International Center Fellow, and the Harold K.
Johnson Visiting Professor at the Army War College. From 2009 to 2011
he served as the president of the Society for Military History. His current
project is Elvis’s Army: Transforming the Atomic Solider, 1946-1965, under
contract with Harvard University Press.
Dr. David E. Johnson
RAND Corporation
Dr. David Johnson is a senior historian at the RAND Corporation. His work
focuses on military innovation, joint operations, and strategy. Dr. Johnson is
also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University where he teaches a course
on strategy and military operations. From June 2012 until July 2014, Dr.
Johnson was on a two year loan to the United States Army to establish and
serve as the first director of the Chief of Staff of the Army Strategic Studies
Group.
Before joining RAND, Dr. Johnson had a twenty-four year career in the U.S. Army, serving in command and
staff positions in the Infantry, Quartermaster Corps, and Field Artillery branches. He retired as a Colonel in
1997.
Dr. Johnson has MA and Ph.D. degrees in history from Duke University. He also has an MMAS from the
U.S. Command and General Staff College, an MS from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, and a BA
from Trinity University.
Dr. Johnson is the author or coauthor of numerous books, articles, and reports including:
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Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers: Innovation in the U.S. Army, 1917–1945
Modern U.S. Civil-Military Relations: Wielding the Terrible Swift Sword
Learning Large Lessons: The Evolving Roles of Ground Power and Air Power in the Post–Cold War Era
Hard Fighting: Israel in Lebanon and Gaza
The 2008 Battle of Sadr City: Reimaging Urban Combat
“What Are You Prepared to Do? NATO and the Strategic Mismatch between Ends, Ways, and Means
in Afghanistan—and in the Future”
 “Failure to Learn: Reflections on a Career in the Post-Vietnam Army”
Dr. Johnson’s work has been on the professional reading lists of the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, the U.S. Air
Force Chief of Staff, the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Commander, the Chief of the Air Staff
Royal Air Force (United Kingdom); and the Royal Australian Air Force Chief of Air Staff, and the U.S. Army
Maneuver Center of Excellence. He has also lectured on his work in Australia, France, Israel, Italy, Norway,
South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Dr. Johnson is a life member of the Association of the U.S. Army and a member of the Council on Foreign
Relations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Mr. Jeff Anderson is the Director of Systems Engineering for Miltec Corporation. He serves as the
Program Manager for Satellite Programs and is the Deputy Program Manager for the Industry Partner
team on the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW) Program. He is a Retired Colonel of the United States
Army Reserve and a graduate of the United States Military Academy (B.S., Computer Science).
His previous programmatic experience includes:
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THAAD Ground Systems Foreign Military Sales Program Integrator and Readiness Operations
Integrator
MEADS Test Operations Integrator
GMD Operations Center Manager/Proposal Lead
LEAPP Software System (UK) Program Manager
Tactical Targets Group Program Manager and Mission Operations Manager
Target and Countermeasures Program Delivery Order PM
THAAD System Specifications Group Leader; System Test Planning Group Leader; and PM/Lead
Engineer for Common Launcher
Mr. Anderson and his wife, Nina, have three children together and reside in Madison County, Alabama.
Mr. Anderson is currently President of the Madison County Board of Education and has served on the
boards of numerous education and child-related charitable organizations.
DAVID A. FASTABEND
Independent Consultant
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ITT Defense and Exelis
VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER
Advanced Information Solutions, Information Systems Division, Exelis
2009-2015
2011-2015
 Responsible for all aspects of the Exelis Advanced Information Solutions business area
including profit & loss performance, strategy, leadership and customer relations.
 Lead a $400M business encompassing 350 programs and 250 pursuits addressing DOD
/ DHS intelligence and cyber requirements, military service high end professional
engineering services, and DOD scientific and engineering technical services.
 Oversaw successful pursuit and capture for multiple strategic contract vehicles including
DHS EAGLE II ($22B), DTRA CWMD R&D ($4B), GSA OASIS ($10B), Army SMDC
TESLA ($220M), and AFRL REDE ($50M).
DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PLANNING & TECH DEVELOPMENT
2009-2011
Exelis (Formerly ITT Defense)
 Lead strategic planning to shape a market-centric, customer focused organization
 Coordinated assessment of innovation and technology initiatives.
DIRECTOR STRATEGY, PLANS AND POLICY
2007-2009
Headquarters Department of the Army
 Strategic advisor to the U.S. Army’s senior leadership on key issues of national defense.
 Reviewed and recommended Army policy and strategic choices to the Chief of Staff,
Army in his role as Commander of the United States Army, member of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, and advisor to the Secretary of Defense and President of the United States
 Identified and formulated Army strategic choices to drive Army programming / budgeting
DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
2006-2008
Multinational Forces Iraq
 Directed strategic level military operations of over 150,000 personnel throughout Iraq
during the height of sectarian violence from June 2006 to July 2007
 Set conditions for and directed transition to surge operations in Spring of 2007
 Advisor to General Petraeus on all matters involving Iraq multinational operations
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, ARMY CAPABILITIES INTEGRATION CENTER
2005-2006
Training and Doctrine Command, U.S. ARMY
 Developed the Army’s first Army Concept and Capability Development Plan
 Reversed negative funding trend for capabilities development through compelling
engagement of Headquarters, Department of the Army
 Organized and led the transition team for the incoming 4-star Commander
DIRECTOR OF CONCEPTS DEVELOPMENT
2003-2005
Training and Doctrine Command, U.S. ARMY
 Authored the Army’s capstone operational concept: The Army in Joint Operations
 Initiated and developed the Army’s architecture of key concepts
 Lead planner for General Schoomaker’s Chief of Staff, Army Transition Team
COMMANDER, NORTHWESTERN DIVISION
2001-2003
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
 Directed and executed a $1.5B annual budget of military and civil works construction
 Oversaw the largest water allocation process in the US, addressing state and national
issues throughout the Columbia River and Missouri River drainage basins
 Represented the United States government in negotiations with over 129 federally
recognized Native American tribes.
Corps of Engineers Combat Arms Officer
U.S. Army
1974-2001
 Combat Engineer Staff Officer & Commander: Platoon Leader to Brigade Commander
 US Army Corps of Engineers Staff Officer and Construction Manager
 Combat Operations Planner & Strategist
 Doctrine Writer
SPECIALIZED CREDENTIALS
Professional Engineer, State of Virginia
Top Secret Clearance with Polygraph
EDUCATION
Strategic Fellow, Hoover Institute, Stanford University, 1996
Master of Military Art & Science, Command and General Staff College, 1986
MS, Structural Dynamics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977
BS, United States Military Academy, 1974
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
“Books to Baghdad: Theory and Doctrine after a Tour in Iraq.” Royal United Services Institute.
2008
“The Army in Joint Operations: The Army’s Future Force Capstone Concept 2015-2024.”
TRADOC Pamphlet 525-3-0, April 2005.
“Serving a Nation at War: A Campaign Quality Army with Joint and Expeditionary Capabilities.”
“Adapt or Die: The Imperative for a Culture of Innovation in the U.S. Army.” Army Magazine, Feb
2004
“That Elusive Operational Concept.” Army Magazine, June 2001
"An Appraisal of `The Brigade-Based New Army.'" Army War College Parameters. Autumn 1997
"The Categorization of Conflict." Army War College Parameters Summer 1997
“A General Theory of Conflict: Bosnia, Strategy and the Future.” Hoover Institute National
Security Fellow Research Paper, 1 May 1996.”
MAJOR GENERAL CEDRIC T. WINS
Major General (MG) Cedric T. Wins was raised in the Washington DC area. He is a 1985
graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, in Lexington, Virginia. Upon graduation, he was
commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery. During his 29 years of service,
MG Wins has held command and staff assignments in Field Artillery units in the 7th Infantry
Division, the 2nd Infantry Division, and the 4th Infantry Division. Additionally, MG Wins has
served in positions of growing responsibility in the Headquarters, Department of the Army and
Joint staffs.
He assumed the duties of the Director, Capabilities Developments Directorate, Army
Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC), on 17 May 2013. Prior to his assignment to TRADOC,
he served as the Deputy Commander for Police and the Joint Program Executive Officer for the
Afghan Public Protection Force Advisory Group, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Training
Mission-Afghanistan, & OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan.
MG Wins holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from VMI, a Master of Science Degree in
Management with a concentration in Quantitative Analysis from the Florida Institute of
Technology in Melbourne, Florida, and a Master of Science in National Security and Strategic
Studies from the National War College. He is a graduate of the Field Artillery Officer Basic and
Advanced Courses, the United States Army Command and General Staff College, and the
Operations Research Systems Analysis Military Applications Course.
MG Wins is married to the former Cassandra Hurse of Panama City, Florida. The Wins have a
daughter, Asia, a recent graduate of the Norfolk State University; and a son, Matthew who is a
sophomore at Woodside High School in Newport News, VA.
Biography
Department of the Army
Dr. Thomas P. Russell
Director
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Adelphi, Maryland
As Director of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Dr. Russell is responsible for the Army’s
premier laboratory for basic and applied research and analysis. ARL conducts research and
analysis in weapons and materials, sensors and electron devices, computational and information
sciences, human research and engineering, vehicle technology, and survivability and lethality
analysis. ARL’s Army Research Office executes the Army extramural basic research program in
scientific and engineering disciplines. The Laboratory consists of approximately 2,000 military
and civilian employees with annual revenue of over $1 billion.
From February 2010 – March 2013, Dr. Russell was the Director of the Air Force Office of
Scientific Research, Arlington, VA. He oversaw the management of the entire basic research
investment for the Air Force; leading a staff of 200 scientists, engineers and administrators in
Arlington, VA, and foreign technology offices in London, Tokyo and Santiago, Chile. Each year,
AFOSR selects, sponsors and manages revolutionary basic research that impacts the future Air
Force. Dr. Russell actively managed a $510 million investment portfolio and transitioned the
resulting discoveries to other components of the Air Force Research Laboratory, to defense
industries and to other federal agencies. The office's annual investment in basic research was
distributed among more than 200 academic institutions, 150 businesses and 200 research efforts
within the AFRL.
Dr. Thomas Russell was selected for the Senior Executive Service in August 2006. From August
2006 to February 2010, he served as the Director of the Aerospace and Material Sciences
Directorate, AFOSR. He was responsible for the Air Force basic research program in aerospace,
chemical and material sciences.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
 June 2005 - August 2006, Director, Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation
Directorate, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, MD.
May 2004 - June 2005, Acting Technical Operations Manager, Naval Surface Warfare
Center, Indian Head Division, MD.
 June 2001 - May 2004, Department Head, Research and Technology Department, Naval
Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, MD.
 September 2000 - June 2001, Director, Chemistry and Detonics Division, Naval Surface
Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, MD
 October 1997 - September 2000, Section Head, High Energy Materials Section,
Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
 January 1994 - October 1997, research scientist, Chemistry Division, Chemical
Dynamics and Diagnostic Branch, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC.
March 1990 - January 1994, research scientist, Naval Surface Warfare Center, White
Oak Laboratory, White Oak, MD.
EDUCATION:
 1990 Doctor of Philosophy degree in chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, NJ
 1986 Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA.
AWARDS AND HONORS:
 Navy Superior Civilian Service Award
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
 March 1990 - June 1998, visiting scientist, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Ceramics Division, Gaithersburg, MD.
 January 1992 - June 1997, part-time chemistry faculty at Montgomery College, Takoma
Park, MD.
 January 1992 - June 1997, adjunct professor, Shock Dynamics Laboratory, Washington
State University, Pullman, WA.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS:
 Joint DOD/DOE Munitions Technology Development Program; Joint Insensitive
Munitions Program; and Joint Fuse Technology Program, AT&L Technology Advisory
Council
 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
American Physical Society
Dr. Chris Fall is the Assistant Director for Defense Programs at the White House
Office of Science and Technology Policy. Chris is responsible to the President’s
Science Advisor for science, technology and innovation matters involving the
Department of Defense. Most recently, Chris was Deputy Director of Research for
Education and Workforce at the Office of Naval Research. Chris was previously Director
of the International Liaison Office for the Office of Naval Research Global, and he began
his government service as the ONR Innovation Fellow, a senior policy advisor and
interagency liason for innovation strategies and programs.
Prior to government service, Chris was a faculty member in the BioEngineering
Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Chris earned a Ph.D. in
Neuroscience and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia, as
well as an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He
completed postdoctoral fellowships at the UC Davis Institute for Theoretical Dynamics
and the New York University Center for Neural Sciences. Chris continues to teach and
to perform research as an affiliate faculty member in the Georgetown University
Department of Computer Science.
Rick Battani
Business Development Manager
CD-adapco
Rick Battani is the Business Development Manager, CD-adapco, a $200 million dollar,
modeling, simulation and engineering services company headquartered in Northville, MI.
He is responsible for directing the sales and business development activities for the
various software tools, programs and services within the defense and automotive
communities. Prior to recently joining CD-adapco, he worked in the engineering, training
and business development fields for companies such as Altair Engineering, Amphenol
Corporation and Ford Motor Company.
Rick is a member of the Association of the US Army, National Defense Industry
Association and is also a current NDIA STEM committee member and current Advisor on
the Michigan chapter NDIA Board. Rick has held seats on the Technology Advisory
boards of St. Clair College and Macomb Community College. Rick is also involved with
the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences in the Strategic Interest Group for Digital
Manufacturing. In his “spare time” he coaches youth athletics to spend time with his six
children (Jacob, Aubrey, Austin, Evan, Chase and Payton.) Rick and his wife Rene
currently reside with their children in Almont, MI.
CD-adapco is the world's largest independent CFD focused provider of engineering
simulation software, support and services. We have over 30 years of experience in
delivering industrial strength engineering simulation. The scope of our activities extends
well beyond software development to encompass a wide range of CAE engineering
services in both CFD and FEA.
We have over 8000 users of our software, working at 3000 different companies, spending
over $200 million on our software and services. Consistently growing at an organic rate of
over 15% per year, CD-adapco employs over 850 talented individuals, working at 30
offices around the globe, involved in dedicated support, software development
and engineering services.
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Francis “Frank” Wiercinski
Vice President, Army Systems and SOF
Programs
Frank Wiercinski is the Vice President for Army Systems and SOF Programs, in the Washington
Operations office of Lockheed Martin Corporation. He is a 1979 graduate of the United States Military
Academy at West Point, New York, and most recently retired from the US Army at the rank of Lieutenant
General after 34 years of service.
Mr. Wiercinski was commissioned in the US Army as an Infantry Officer, commanding at every level
through Theater Army Command. He conducted operations in three combat theaters to include
Panama, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He also served on the Joint Staff as the Chief of Regional Special
Operations J3, and was the Principle Director for Near East and South Asia Affairs Policy, Office of the
Secretary of Defense for Policy
In addition to a Bachelor of Science Degree from the United States Military Academy, Mr. Wiercinski is
also a graduate of the US Army’s Command and General Staff College and the US Army War College.
Lieutenant General Kevin W. Mangum
Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
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Lieutenant General (LTG) Kevin W. Mangum graduated
from the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY in
May 1982 where he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant
of Armor. Highlights of LTG Mangum's career include tours
with 8th Army, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), 2nd
Infantry Division and 10th Mountain Division and two Joint
tours. He has commanded at every level from platoon to
Commanding General, United States Army Aviation Center of
Excellence and Fort Rucker, Alabama.
After his initial tour in the 128th Aviation Company (Assault
Helicopter) at Camp Page, Korea, he was selected for
assignment with Task Force 160. He has since served four
tours with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
with duties ranging from section leader, battalion S-3 to
command at company, battalion, and regiment levels. LTG
Mangum also commanded A Company, 4th Battalion, 101st
Aviation Regiment and 2nd Aviation Battalion, 2nd Aviation
Regiment at Camp Stanley, Korea.
LTG Mangum’s joint service includes tours at the Joint Electronic Warfare Center, Kelly Air
Force Base, Texas and Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg. In May 2008, he was
assigned to his first post as a general officer, serving as the senior commander of Fort Drum and
division rear commander of the 10th Mountain Division. He served as Deputy Commanding
General of 1st Armor Division and United States Division-Center, Operation Iraqi Freedom,
Iraq. LTG Mangum commanded the U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command upon its
provisional activation on March 25, 2011. LTG Mangum commanded the United States Army
Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker, Alabama prior to assuming duties as the Deputy
Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command on 28 March,
2014.
His numerous deployments include duty in the Republic of Korea, Honduras, Persian Gulf,
Turkey, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq. LTG Mangum also served as a U.S. Army War College
Fellow at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. He holds a Masters of
Business Administration from Webster University. His military awards and decorations include
the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit,
Distinguished Flying Cross, Combat Action Badge, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge and
the Master Army Aviator Badge.
Lieutenant General Mangum is married to the former Angel Dawn Kahihikolo from
Clarksville, TN. They have a lovely daughter Anela.
Brigadier General John W. Charlton
Commanding General, Brigade Modernization Command
BG John W. Charlton was commissioned as a Distinguished Military Graduate and Infantry officer through Army
ROTC at Washington State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration in May 1984.
Entering active duty soon after, he completed the Infantry Officer Basic Course at Fort Benning, Ga., before he went
to his first assignment as a platoon leader and later company executive officer in the 7th Infantry Division (Light) at
Fort Ord, Calif. He next served as a platoon leader and company executive officer in the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger
Regiment, at Hunter Army Air Field, Ga. After that assignment, he completed the Infantry Officer Advanced Course at
Fort Benning before being assigned to the 9th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Wash., where he served in S3
Operations and later as a company commander. He then served as a Ranger Plans Officer in G3, I Corps, on the
same installation.
From there, Charlton went to Fort Polk, La., where he served as an observer/controller at the Joint Readiness
Training Center. After that assignment, he was the Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, and later Operations
Officer, Fifth U.S. Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and United Nations Mission, Haiti. After completing the staff
officer course at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, he was transferred to Germany, where he was
the Division Plans Officer for the 1st Infantry Division; Battalion S3 for 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry; and the Brigade
Executive Officer for 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division.
Upon returning to the United States, Charlton served as the Chief of Infantry Proponency at the U.S. Army Infantry
School at Fort Benning. In his next assignment, he assumed command of 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry, in July of 2002
in Kuwait and led Task Force 1-15 Infantry through a six-month Operation Desert Spring deployment, followed
immediately by combat operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Charlton continued to serve with the 3rd Infantry
Division as the G3 during its conversion to a modular force and a combat deployment to Iraq from June 2004 to June
2005.
Charlton then attended the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Penn., before moving to his next assignment
as Commander, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized), and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq. In
June 2008, he was appointed Chief, Iraq Division, J-5, on the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C. In March of the
following year, he became Assistant Deputy Director and then Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs (MiddleEast) J-5, in the same office a year later.
Just prior to assuming his current position, Charlton served as Deputy Commander, Regional Command-East,
International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, Operation Enduring Freedom, in Afghanistan from January
2012.
Charlton's awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (with Oak
Leaf Cluster), Bronze Star Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Defense Meritorious Medal, Meritorious Service Medal
(with four Oak Leaf Clusters), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal (with six Oak Leaf
Clusters), Army Achievement Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Combat Infantryman's Badge, Expert Infantryman's
Badge, Senior Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge and Ranger Tab.
In addition to his bachelor's degree, Charlton has earned master's degrees in Information System Management from
Webster University, General Studies from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and Strategic Studies
from the U.S. Army War College.
Dr. Bradford Tousley
Office Director
Tactical Technology Office
[email protected]
Dr. Bradford Tousley joined DARPA in January 2013 as the director of the Tactical
Technology Office (TTO). TTO transforms the future of warfighting by pursuing highrisk, high payoff tactical technology and development of rapid, mobile and responsive
combat capability for advanced weapons, platforms and space systems.
Prior to this, he served as director of the Technology Division of Logos Technologies. At
Logos Technologies, Dr. Tousley was responsible for technology and business
development, and business operations and personnel management, including areas such
as unmanned airborne persistent surveillance technology, hyperspectral imaging science,
space situational awareness and sensors, UAV collision avoidance, software
development, and advanced image processing algorithms.
Prior to joining Logos, Dr. Tousley served as a senior scientist and program manager at
DARPA from 1997-2006, creating and managing efforts in unmanned systems, tactical
missiles, radar systems and advanced EO/IR sensor systems. In 2005, he was awarded the
Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD)/Advanced Capability Technology
Demonstration (ACTD) manager of the year for his management of the Micro Air
Vehicle (Ducted Fan) ACTD, which resulted in the deployment of novel air vehicles in
support of countering improvised explosive device operations and force protection of
U.S. forces in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. From 19951997, Dr. Tousley was a program manager in the National Reconnaissance Office,
managing new technology efforts for a variety of space-based sensor systems and
communication architectures in support of the development of national technical means.
Dr. Tousley served as a U.S. Army Armor (Cavalry) and Acquisition officer in command
and staff position from 1981 – 2001. He also served as a research scientist and associate
professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science on the faculty at West Point
from 1992 – 1995.
Dr. Tousley holds a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy as
well as a Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Rochester.
Ambrose R. (Bruce) Hock
Bruce Hock spent eight years on the professional staff of the Senate Armed Services Committee
as the senior professional staff member responsible for providing recommendations on the
oversight of Army and Marine Corps ground and helicopter programs and acquisition policy.
Prior to his second tour on the committee, Bruce spent six years with Northrop Grumman
Corporation Government Relations as a corporate director responsible for developing and
coordinating corporate strategy and engaging with senior company and government officials in
the area of ground programs and missile defense information systems.
Bruce spent 27 years in the U.S. Army as a signal corps officer where he served in numerous
command and staff positions at the Office of Secretary of Defense and Army Headquarters levels
as well as the Defense Communications Agency. Bruce culminated his Army career as the
Program Development Division chief in Army Program Analysis and Evaluation.
He and his wife Maria Bennett Hock, an artist, reside in Burke, Virginia.
General Dennis L. Via
Commanding General
General Dennis L. Via assumed duties as the 18th Commander of the U.S. Army
Materiel Command (AMC) August 7, 2012. AMC is the Army's premier
provider of materiel readiness to ensure dominant land force capability for the
U.S. Warfighter and our allies.
General Via’s prior assignment was as AMC’s Deputy Commanding General.
He deployed to Southwest Asia in October 2011 as the Commander, AMC
Responsible Reset Task Force with the mission of leading the strategic
integration of the Materiel Enterprise for the Retrograde of equipment and
materiel out of Iraq at the conclusion of Operation New Dawn. Prior to that, he
served as Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computer
Systems, J-6, The Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.
A native of Martinsville, Va., General Via was commissioned on May 18, 1980, in the Signal
Corps after graduating as a Distinguished Military Graduate from Virginia State University. He
holds a Master's Degree from Boston University, and is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command
and General Staff College (class of 1991) and the U.S. Army War College (class of 1999).
General Via is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
The General's command assignments include the 82nd Signal Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division,
Fort Bragg, N.C.; 3rd Signal Brigade, III Armored Corps, Fort Hood, Texas; 5th Signal
Command, U.S. Army Europe and 7th Army, Mannheim, Germany; and the U.S. Army
Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) and Fort Monmouth, Fort Monmouth, N.J.
His key staff assignments include Aide-de-Camp to the Chief of Staff, Allied Forces Southern
Europe, Naples, Italy; Operations Officer, J-6, Armed Forces Inaugural Committee, Washington,
D.C.; Division Chief, Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC), Office of the Deputy Chief
of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.; Principal Director for Operations, Defense
Information Systems Agency/Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations,
U.S. Strategic Command, Arlington, Va.
His awards include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal; the Distinguished Service Medal
with Oak Leaf Cluster; Defense Superior Service Medal; Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster;
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; Meritorious Service Medal with four
Oak Leaf Clusters; Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; Joint Service
Achievement Medal; and the Army Achievement Medal. He is authorized to wear the Master
Parachutist Badge, Joint Staff Identification Badge, and Army Staff Identification Badge.
General Via holds the distinction of being the only Signal Corps officer in U.S. Army history to
be promoted to 4-Star General.
March 2014
Jeff Sorenson is a Partner and President of the A.T. Kearney Public Sector & Defense Services, LLC
within the Aerospace and Defense practice. Jeff retired as a Lieutenant General with more than 20 years
of acquisition experience. He successfully developed, procured and delivered over 30 different military
systems with different technologies ranging from battlefield intelligence automation systems to tactical
signal intelligence equipment to night vision and tactical missile systems for aviation, vehicle and
individual platforms, to large scale enterprise network and tactical communication systems. As the
Army’s Chief Information Officer (CIO)/G6, he transformed Army network information technology
capabilities to enhance business and warfighting command, control and communication capabilities. His
consultant-related work has focused primarily on cost reduction and strategic analyses of the Army’s
industrial base (OEMs, organic base, key vendors) for ground combat weapon and combat support
vehicle systems, plus an assessment of business operations at organic facilities to reduce the cost of
operations. Jeff has been quoted and interviewed by several magazines, including Defense Systems,
Government Computer News, and Federal Computer Week. He was also selected as a 2010 Top 100
Federal Award winner by Federal Computer Week. Jeff earned an M.B.A from Northwestern University,
with concentrations in finance, accounting and decision sciences. He has a Bachelor of Science degree
from the United States Military Academy.
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Mr. Patrick J. O’Neill
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Mr. Patrick J. O'Neill was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in March
2011. He assumed the role of Acting Chief Technology Officer at the Army
Materiel Command on September 29, 2014. Previously, he was the
Technical Director of the U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity,
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. As Technical Director, he was
responsible for overseeing the entire Technical Program performed by
approximately 325 analysts within AMSAA. Under his leadership, AMSAA
conducted analyses across the Materiel Lifecycle to inform critical decisions
for current and future Warfighter needs. Mr. O'Neill ensured that high
quality analytic products were produced to support senior decision making in five core competency
areas: materiel performance and effectiveness analysis, logistics analysis, field data collection,
certified performance data development, and the Joint Technical Coordinating Group for Munitions
Effectiveness. He was AMSAA's senior technical representative on key technical and programmatic
forums within the Army, OSD, and the National Defense community.
Mr. O'Neill served as the Acting Director, U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity from
November 2012 – July 2013. As Acting Director, he oversaw a multi-disciplined workforce of over
325 analysts, engineers, mathematicians, and scientists that provide lifecycle materiel/ logistics
systems analysis to support the Army Materiel Command and senior decision makers across the
Army. In addition, he was responsible for the oversight of the DoD's Joint Technical Coordinating
Group for Munitions Effectiveness and for developing/providing joint service-approved
methodology, Modeling and Simulation, data and analysis for all service systems.
From March 2011 to November 2012, Mr. O’Neill served as the Technical Director, U.S. Army
Materiel Systems Analysis Activity. Prior to this appointment, he served in various leadership
positions as the Chief, C4ISR, Mobility, and CBRN Analysis Division; Chief, Combat Support Analysis
Division; Chief, C4ISR/Mobility Branch; Chief, Acquisition Support Analysis Branch/Reliability and
Engineering Branch, Logistics Analysis Division; Chief, Command and Control Section; Chief,
Weapon Systems Integration Section, Combat Support Division; Chief, Theater Area Air Defense
Section, Air Warfare Division; Chief, Aircraft Systems Evaluation Branch, Air Warfare Division;
Chief, Air Defense Evaluation Branch, Air Warfare Division. He served on MSE SSEB at Fort
Monmouth. He served as an analyst at HQDA G-4 during Operation Desert Storm. He also served as
Chief, Projects Division, at the Joint Program Office for Test and Evaluation, Andrews AFB.
Mr. O’Neill holds an MS, National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed
Forces, an MS, Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University and a BS, Mathematics and
Computer Science (Double Major) from Loyola University. He graduated number one in class, with
cumulative 4.0 GPA. He was the first student ever to graduate from Loyola with a 4.0 since
institution of numerical grade scoring system circa 1954.
Mr. O’Neill has published numerous AMSAA Technical Reports and presented numerous papers in
national and international Operations Research and military forums.
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Biography
Department of the Army
Ms. Mary J. Miller
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Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Research and Technology)
Ms. Miller was selected for the Senior Executive Service in August of 2005. In February of
2013, she was designated as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and
Technology. Ms. Miller is responsible for the entirety of the Army’s Research and Technology
program, spanning 16 Laboratories and Research, Development and Engineering Centers, with
more than 12,000 scientists and engineers and a yearly budget of just over $2 billion dedicated
to empowering, unburdening and protecting Soldiers.
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Feb 2013 – Present: Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research and Technology
Sep 2012 – Feb 2013: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research and
Technology
Dec 2010 – Sep 2012: Deputy Program Executive Officer Soldier
Aug 2005 – Dec 2010: Director for Technology, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the
Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Apr 2001 - Aug 2005: Deputy Director of Technology for Aviation, Missiles, Soldier and
Precision Strike under the Director for Technology, OASA(ALT), Pentagon, Washington,
D.C.
Oct 1992 - Apr 2001: Team Leader Nonlinear Optical Processes Team, U.S. Army
Research Laboratory (ARL), Adelphi, MD
Jun 1999 - Jun 2000: Science and Technology Liaison to the Deputy Chief of Staff for
Operations – Force Development (now the DCS G8-FD). Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Mar 1990 – Oct 1992: Team Leader, Advanced Optics Team, Project Lead for the
Visible/Near Infrared (VIS/NIR) Sensor Protection efforts, Night Vision & Electro-Optics
Directorate, Laser Division, Ft. Belvoir, VA
Jul 1984 – Mar 1990: Electronics Engineer, Night Vision & Electro-Optics Directorate,
Laser Division, Ft. Belvoir, VA
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Masters of Business Administration from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering, Electro-Physics from the George Washington
University, Washington, D.C.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle,
WA.
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Army Research & Development Achievement Award in 1988 for her technical achievement
in the “Development of Nonlinear Materials for Sensor Protection.”
Four patents awarded for sensor protection designs, two additional patents pending.
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Certified Level III in Program Management
Certified Level III SPRDE, Systems Engineering
Certified Level II SPRDE, Program Systems Engineering
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Association of the United States Army (AUSA), member since 2003
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:
Ms. Miller has published more than 50 papers and has addressed over 30 major commands and
international groups with technical presentations. She served as a conference committee
member and co-chair for SPIE Conference on Nonlinear Optical Liquids, 1996-1998 and served
as a peer-reviewer for technical papers in her area of specialty submitted to the Journal of
Applied Optics, Applied Optics and Optics Letters from 1987-1999.
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B.P. Ketchel, C.A. Heid, G.L. Wood, M.J. Miller, A.G. Mott, R.J. Anderson, and G.J.
Salamo, "Three-Dimensional Color Holography Display," Appl. Optics, 38:6159 (1999)
G.L. Wood, A.G. Mott, and M.J. Miller, “Investigation of Tetrabenzporphyrin by the Z-scan
Technique,” Opt. Lett., 20:973 (1995).
G.L. Wood, W.W. Clark, III, M.J. Miller, G.J. Salamo, E.J. Sharp, R.R. Neurgaonkar, J.R.
Oliver, "Photorefractive Materials" (invited) Book Chapter in Spatial Light Modulators:
Materials, Devices, and Applications, ed. U. Efron, Marcel Dekker, New York NY, p.161215 (1994).
E.J. Sharp, W.W. Clark, III, M.J. Miller, G.L. Wood, B. Monson, G.J. Salamo, R.R.
Neurgaonkar, "Double Phase Conjugation in Tungsten Bronze Crystals," Appl. Opt.
29:743 (1990).
B. Monson, G.J. Salamo, A.G. Mott, M.J. Miller, E.J. Sharp, W.W. Clark, III, R.R.
Neurgaonkar, "Self-Pumped Phase Conjugation with Nanosecond Pulses in Strontium
Barium Niobate," Opt. Lett., 15:12 (1990).
W.W. Clark, III, G.L. Wood, M.J. Miller, E.J. Sharp, G.J. Salamo, B. Monson, R.R.
Neurgaonkar, "Enhanced Photorefractive Beam Fanning Due to Internal and External
Electric Fields," Appl. Opt., 29:1249 (1990).
March 2013
Brian A. Keller
Group Account Manager
MG (Retired) Brian Keller joined SAIC now Leidos in January 2010 and today serves as Vice President,
Army Strategic Account Executive. He leads Army strategy development and provides business
development support, customer account management, strategic capture and proposal development across
Leidos for the long-term growth of the enterprise.
Before joining Leidos, Brian spent nearly 30 years as a Soldier achieving the rank of Major General before
retiring in 2010 while serving as the Director of Military Support at the National Geospatial Intelligence
Agency. Brian served in a wide variety of intelligence command and staff assignments at tactical, Army,
Special Operations Forces, and Joint commands. He has extensive service in joint, Special Operations,
and operational deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. He served as the J2 / Senior Intelligence Officer for
the Joint Special Operations Command, United States European Command, and Multi-National Forces-Iraq
where he was selected by General Petraeus to lead his combat intelligence staff.
Brian was a Distinguished Military Graduate from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, where he graduated
with a degree in History. He also received a master’s degree in Strategic Studies, US Army War College,
Carlisle Barracks, KS, and a master’s degree in Military Studies, School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort
Leavenworth, KS.
U.S. Army Research, Development
and Engineering Command
3071 Aberdeen Boulevard
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005
www.army.mil/rdecom
U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command
Major General John F. Wharton
Commanding General
Major General John Wharton serves as Commanding General of
the United States Army Research, Development and Engineering
Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. RDECOM ensures
the dominance of Army capabilities by empowering, unburdening and
protecting the Joint Warfighter through integrated research, development and engineering solutions. MG Wharton leads more than
14,000 researchers, engineers and support personnel.
MG Wharton was commissioned a Second Lieutenant following
graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point in
1981. His first assignment was Fort Hood, Texas where he served as
Main Supply Platoon Leader and Company Commander, 15th Supply
and Transport Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division.
In 1985, he transferred to the Dragon Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps,
Fort Bragg, NC, and later deployed to Sinai, Egypt, with Task Force
3-502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) as part of
the Multinational Peace Keeping Force and Observers (MFO). He remained deployed with TF 2-504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 82nd Airborne Division, becoming the first Commander of the
Support Company, Logistical Support Unit.
In 1986, MG Wharton assumed duties as an Inspector General
to the United States Army Western Command (WESTCOM) at
Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Following that tour, he served as Battalion
S3 in the 25th Supply and Transport Battalion, 25th Infantry
Division(Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. From 1992 to 1994
he was the Lieutenant Colonels’ Assignments Officer at the United
States Army’s Personnel Command (PERSCOM), Alexandria, Virginia, and then moved to Fort Drum, New York, to be Battalion
Executive Officer in the 210th Forward Support Battalion, 10th
Mountain Division (Light Infantry) and later deployed to OPERATION RESTORE/UPHOLD DEMOCRACY as the Battalion Commander (Forward). Following the deployment, he remained at Fort Drum
as Chief, Division Materiel Management Center (DMMC), 10th
Mountain Division Support Command from 1995 to 1996. For the
next two years he served as a Joint Strategy Planner in the Logistics Directorate, J4, Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), Pentagon, Washington, D.C. In 1998 he took command of the 1st United States
Army Support Battalion, 507th Corps Support Group (Airborne),
MFO, Sinai, Egypt. After command, he served a second tour at
PERSCOM as the Quartermaster Branch Chief.
In 2001, MG Wharton assumed brigade command of the 55th Theater
Support Command (AC/RC), Eighth United States Army. From 2003 to
2004, he led the CSA’s Task Force Logistics and was subsequently
selected to be Deputy Commander (Futures), U.S. Army Combined
Arms Support Command. In 2006 he became Director, Army Initiatives
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Group, Army G4, followed by Executive Officer to the HQDA Deputy
Chief of Staff for Logistics, G4, Washington, D.C. In 2008, he deployed
to Kuwait as Commanding General, AMC-SWA/U.S. Army Central
G4/CFLCC C4 for OPERATIONs IRAQI FREEDOM and ENDURING
FREEDOM. He was the U.S. Army Materiel Command Chief of Staff from
November 2009 to March 2012. MG Wharton’s most recent assignment was as Commanding General, United States Army Sustainment
Command and Rock Island Arsenal, and as the Senior Commander for
United States Army Garrison, Rock Island. As the ASC Commanding
General, he led a global organization of over 65,000 Soldiers, civilians,
and contractors, responsible for sustaining Army and Joint Forces in
support of Combatant Commands.
In addition to his degree from the United States Military Academy
at West Point, his education includes the Quartermaster Basic and
Advanced Courses, the Inspector General’s Course, the Command
and General Staff College, and the Naval War College. He holds a
Master's Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies.
His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal (with Oak Leaf
Cluster), Legion of Merit (with two Oak Leaf Clusters), Bronze Star
Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster),
Meritorious Service Medal (with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal (with two Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal
(with Service Star) and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. He
also wears the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge, the Army
Staff Identification Badge, and the Airborne and Air Assault Badges.
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Colonel (ret.) Donald P. Kotchman
Vice President
Tracked Vehicle Systems
Don Kotchman graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1979 and was
commissioned in the Ordnance Corps. Early in his twenty-seven year military career, Don’s
assignments included leadership positions in maintenance and supply management in support of
combat brigades in the 101st Airborne Division and the 2d Infantry Division. He also had
assignments at Watervliet Arsenal and at the Tank Automotive and Armaments Command.
Don served on the staff of the Deputy Commander of the Army Material Command from 19941995. In 1995 he took over as the Product Manager for the Grizzly breaching system. In 1998
Don was selected to be the Executive Officer for the Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of
the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology). In 2000, Don became part of the Stryker
Program Management Team in Warren, MI, followed by an assignment as the Project Manager,
Abrams Tank Systems. He also served as Project Manager Future Combat Systems Manned
Ground Systems from 2003-2004. In September, 2004, Don became the Deputy Program
Executive Officer for Ground Combat Systems until his retirement in 2006.
Don was subsequently hired by General Dynamics Land Systems where he has managed Abrams,
MRAP and EFV programs. Reassigned as the Senior Director for Technology Programs, Don had
responsibility for the Ground Combat Vehicle Program. Don became Vice President of Armor
Brigade Combat Team Systems in January 2011 and assumed responsibilities as Vice President,
Tracked Vehicle Systems in 2014.
In addition to his Bachelor of Science Degree from West Point, Don has a Master of Science
Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Science
in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
Don is originally from Parma Ohio, is married and has two sons, a daughter and four
grandchildren. He currently lives in Fort Gratiot, Michigan.
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David Johnson, President & CEO
David Johnson joined Achates Power in August 2008 as President and CEO.
Johnson is leveraging his more than 20 years of industry experience to accelerate
development of revolutionary internal combustion engines that provide superior
fuel efficiency at lower cost and, ultimately, furthers the company's goal of
enabling a more sustainable future. Johnson was previously Vice President of
Product Operations for military and export markets at Navistar. As Program
Manager for the MaxxProTM line of Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP)
vehicles, he delivered the vehicles in record time and record quantities for
deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan to better protect U.S. soldiers. Prior to
Navistar, Johnson worked for General Motors and Ford Motor Company. At GM
he was Program Manager and Chief Engineer for multiple clean-diesel engine
programs for Opel, Saab and Renault passenger vehicles. At Ford Motor Company
Johnson led the development and launch of the SuperDuty, equipped with an allnew diesel engine. Johnson earned a Master of Business Administration and a
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University
The Honorable Heidi Shyu
Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Acquisition, Logistics &Technology)
and
Army Acquisition Executive
Ms. Heidi Shyu, a political appointee, was confirmed as the Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology [ASA(ALT)]
on September 21, 2012. Prior to this, she was asked to serve as the Principal
Deputy, appointed November 8, 2010, and later as the Acting ASA(ALT),
starting June 4, 2011.
As the ASA (ALT), Ms. Shyu serves as the Army Acquisition Executive,
the Senior Procurement Executive, the Science Advisor to the Secretary of the Army, and the Army’s
Senior Research and Development official. She also has principal responsibility for all Department of the
Army matters related to logistics.
Ms. Shyu leads the execution of the Army’s acquisition function and the acquisition management system.
Her responsibilities include providing oversight for the life cycle management and sustainment of Army
weapons systems and equipment from research and development through test and evaluation, acquisition,
logistics, fielding, and disposition. Ms. Shyu also oversees the Elimination of Chemical Weapons
Program. In addition, she is responsible for appointing, managing, and evaluating program executive
officers and managing the Army Acquisition Corps and the Army Acquisition Workforce.
Prior to this position, Ms. Shyu was the Vice President of Technology Strategy for Raytheon Company’s
Space and Airborne Systems. She also held several senior leadership positions there, including Corporate
Vice President of Technology and Research, Vice President and Technical Director of Space and
Airborne Systems, Vice President of Unmanned and Reconnaissance Systems, Senior Director of
Unmanned Combat Vehicles, Senior Director of Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), and Director of JSF Integrated
Radar/Electronic Warfare Sensors. As Director of JSF Antenna Technologies at Raytheon, Ms. Shyu was
responsible for the development of lightweight, low-cost, Tile Active Electronically Scanned Antenna
technologies. She also served as the Laboratory Manager for Electromagnetic Systems.
In addition to her extensive experience at Raytheon, Ms. Shyu served as a Project Manager at Litton
Industries and was the Principal Engineer for the Joint STARS Self Defense Study at Grumman. She
began her career at the Hughes Aircraft Company.
Ms. Shyu holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics from the University of New Brunswick in
Canada, a Master of Science Degree in Mathematics from the University of Toronto, Master of Science
Degree in System Science (Electrical Engineering) from the University of California, Los Angeles
(UCLA), and the Engineer Degree from UCLA. She is also a graduate of the UCLA Executive
Management Course and the University of Chicago Business Leadership Program.
A member of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board from 2000 to 2010, Ms. Shyu served as the Vice
Chairman from 2003 to 2005 and as Chairman from 2005 to 2008.
Pete Palmer, BG USA (Ret.)
Director, EDGE® Innovation Network
As director of the EDGE Innovation Network, Pete is responsible for leading the EDGE Innovation
Network Enterprise and is a key contributor to new project development within the EDGE. He is also
develops long-range strategy objectives to ensure continued growth of the EDGE network.
Prior to joining General Dynamics C4 Systems, Pete performed over 32 years of active service as a
commissioned officer in the United States Army, retiring in 2009 as a Brigadier General. His experience
in the Army includes a wide range of assignments in the Infantry, both stateside and abroad.
His Joint and Coalition experiences include four tours in NATO (Germany), SHAPE during Kosovo
conflict, Dpty Commander TF Falcon in KOSOVO, Commander the Battle Command Training Program
(BCTP) at the Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. BCTP is a simulation based virtual
training environment focusing on training Brigade, Division and Army Commanders and Staff in Joint and
Coalition mission command, C4ISR systems and processes. His most recent Joint and Coalition
experience was in 2004-5 as Brigadier General, serving as deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and
later as deputy Chief of staff for operations for the Multi-national Force in Operation Iraqi Freedom. As
deputy Chief of staff for operations he served under MG Molan, Australian Army.
In 2005, Pete was assigned to serve as the Director of Accelerated Capabilities Development for the
Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC) at Fort Monroe, Va. He managed a broad capabilities
development portfolio with responsibility for the development and integration of Department of the Army
future and current fight capabilities documents as well as Science and Technology capability documents
for the Army and Joint and Multi-National forces.
Pete was also instrumental in championing the Army’s recent push into understanding and improving the
relationship between the Soldier and technology. This is one aspect of the Human Dimension (HD)
capabilities development initiative that encompasses the moral, physical, and cognitive components of
Soldier development and performance.
Pete’s experience as a thought leader in Human Dimension has kept him at the forefront of technology
discovery and allowed him to interact with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA),
industry and academia. He is applying this experience to move the EDGE Innovation Network to the next
level, keeping it at the forefront of understanding the technology gaps warfighters face and developing
new ways for the warfighter to assess and manage information.
Pete received his bachelors of science in electrical engineering and computer science from the United
States Military Academy and a masters of arts in National Securities studies from the University of
California San Bernardino. He also has two masters of military arts and science in operation and
operational art from the US Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Pete is based in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Lieutenant General Robert Brooks Brown
Commanding General, US Army Combined Arms
Center and Fort Leavenworth, KS
Commandant, U.S. Army Command and General
Staff College
Deputy Commanding General for Combined
Arms, U.S. Training and Doctrine Command
LTG Brown was commissioned into the Infantry in May of 1981 after graduating from the United
States Military Academy at West Point. During his time at West Point, he was the captain for
the men’s basketball team and played under Coach Mike Krzyzewski, learning the essential
fundamentals of leadership that led to his successful military career. LTG Brown’s education
includes a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy; a Master’s Degree in
Education from the University of Virginia; and a Master’s Degree in National Security and
Strategic Studies as a Distinguished Graduate of the National Defense University.
LTG Brown has served in leadership positions from platoon level to Corps. He was a Platoon
Leader and Company Commander in mechanized infantry units at Fort Carson, Colorado; a
Battalion Commander of a mechanized infantry battalion at Fort Hood, Texas including a
deployment to Bosnia-Herzegovina in support of OPERATION JOINT FORGE; a Stryker Brigade
Commander at Fort Lewis, Washington including a deployment in support of OPERATION IRAQI
FREEDOM; the Commanding General of the Maneuver Center of Excellence (Infantry and Armor
Forces) and Fort Benning, Georgia. Prior to his current position, LTG Brown was the
Commanding General of I Corps supporting an adaptive, agile, and technologically superior force
regionally focused in the Pacific. In this position, LTG Brown was responsible for over 140,000
personnel and generated a revenue exceeding $6 billion dollars.
Throughout his career, Lieutenant General Brown held multiple leadership and key staff positions
ranging from platoon leader to appointments at the highest corporate level both in the Pentagon
and with NATO. His international experience extends from the continental United States and
Caribbean to assignments in Europe and the Pacific region. This also includes two tours of
combat in Iraq.
Lieutenant General Robert B. Brown currently serves as the commander of the U.S. Army
Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Lieutenant General Brown leads the
synchronization of leader development across the Army, the management of the Army’s training
support and training development enterprises, and the development and integration of the
doctrine the U.S. Army uses to fight and win our Nation’s wars. As the Combined Arms Center
Commander, Lieutenant General Brown is responsible for over 98,000 personnel and $2.3 billion
dollars disbursed annually in the local bi-state region of Kansas and Missouri including the
Kansas City metropolitan area.
He is married to his high school sweetheart, the former Patti Pope of Grosse Pointe Woods,
Michigan. They have three daughters and one granddaughter.
Lieutenant General
Patrick J. Donahue II
Deputy Commanding General
U.S. Army Forces Command
Lieutenant General Patrick J. Donahue II graduated from the United States Military Academy and was
commissioned as an infantry officer in the Regular Army in 1980. His military education includes the
Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Ranger School, United States Air Command and Staff
College, and the United States Army War College. He was an Olmsted Scholar and studied at the
University of Innsbruck, Austria.
He holds a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University, and a Masters of Strategic
Studies from the Army War College. Lt. Gen. Donahue commanded airborne and air assault units at
the company, battalion, brigade levels, and most recently a theater Army.
His service as a staff officer includes tours at the battalion, brigade, division, corps, Army Command,
Headquarters Department of the Army, Army service component, and combatant command levels.
Lt. Gen. Donahue was previously the Commanding General, U.S. Army Africa, Vicenza, Italy. He also
served as the Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Joint Base LangleyEustis, Virginia, Deputy Commanding General (Maneuver), 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart,
Georgia and U.S. Division North-Iraq from 2008-2010; Commander, 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne
Division from 2003-2006 and commanded the brigade combat team on two deployments to
Afghanistan and one to Iraq; Commander, Operations Group Bravo, U.S. Army Battle Command
Training Program/Chief of Future Operations, V Corps from 2002-2003 for the initial Iraq invasion;
and Assistant Chief of Staff, G3 and Commander, 1st Battalion 506th Infantry Regiment (Air Assault),
2nd Infantry Division, Republic of Korea from 1998-2001.
Lt. Gen. Donahue is a master parachutist and has earned the combat and expert infantryman
badges, Ranger tab, and Air Assault badge. His awards and decorations include the Distinguished
Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Legion of Merit (four Oak Leaf Clusters), the Bronze Star
Medal (four Oak Leaf Clusters), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (three
Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal (three Oak Leaf Clusters), Joint Service
Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal,
and Overseas Service Medal.
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Major General Jonathan A. Maddux
Program Executive Officer for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI)
Major General Jonathan A. Maddux is the Program Executive Officer for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation
(PEO STRI).
A native of Michigan, Major General Maddux entered the Army as an enlisted Soldier in 1976. After a three year
enlisted tour with the 82nd Airborne Division, he earned a Bachelor of Science in English, Language and Literature,
a Bachelor of Business Administration in Operations Research Analysis from Eastern Michigan University and was
commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. His postgraduate education includes: a Master’s degree in
Administration from Central Michigan University, a Master’s degree in Telecommunications from University of
Colorado (Boulder) and a MSST in Strategy from the United States Army War College. His Military education
includes the Signal Officer Basic and Advance Courses, Project Management Course, Defense Systems
Management College, Army Command and General Staff College and the Army War College.
Major General Maddux has held key staff positions at the tactical, operational/joint and strategic levels. His prior
assignments include: Assistant to the Principal Military Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Army Acquisition,
Logistics and Technology [ASA(ALT)]; the Deputy Commanding General, Support, Combined Security Transition
Command-Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom; Program Executive Officer Ammunition/Commanding
General, Picatinny Arsenal; Chief of Staff, Office of the ASA(ALT), Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Director for Army
Evaluation Task Force Integration, Directorate for Program Manager for Future Combat Systems (Brigade Combat
Team); Project Manager for Future Combat Systems Network Systems Integration; Executive Officer, Aviation and
Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Systems Directorate, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research,
Development and Acquisition); Staff Officer, Aviation and Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Systems Directorate,
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development and Acquisition); and Commander, Signal
Detachment, 75th Ranger Regiment, after a successful company command of B Co, 38th Signal Battalion. Major
General Maddux also served as an enlisted Military Police in the 82nd Airborne Division MP Co and 301st POW MP
BDE.
Major General Maddux’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit with four oak leaf clusters,
the Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation
Medal with five oak leaf clusters, Army Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster, Army Good Conduct
Medal, National Defense Service Medal with two service stars, Southwest Asia Service Medal,
Afghanistan Campaign Medal with service star, Global War on Terrorism Medal, NATO Medal, Kuwait
Liberation Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Master Parachutist Badge, Korean and French
Parachutist Badges, Air Assault Badge, Department of the Army Staff Identification Badge and the
coveted Black & Gold Ranger Tab.
Major General Maddux and his wife, Liz, have two children, Kristina and 2nd Lieutenant Jonathan Jr. MG
Maddux also has two daughters from a former marriage, Jessica and Rachel.
Michael D. Matthews is Professor of Engineering Psychology at the United States
Military Academy (at West Point). He served as President of the American
Psychological Association’s Society for Military Psychology from 2007 to 2008 and is a
Templeton Foundation Senior Positive Psychology Fellow. Collectively, his research
interests center on Soldier performance in combat and other dangerous contexts. He has
authored over 200 scientific papers, is the co-editor of Leadership in Dangerous
Situations: A Handbook for Armed Forces, Emergency Services, and First Responders
(Naval Institute Press, 2011) and the Oxford Handbook of Military Psychology (Oxford
University Press, 2012), co-author of The Millennial Generation and National Defense:
Attitudes of Future Military and Civilian Leaders (Palgrave Pivot, 2013), and the author
of the recently published Head Strong: How Psychology is Revolutionizing War (Oxford
University Press, 2014). Dr. Matthews is currently on sabbatical from West Point, serving
as a Fellow with the Chief of Staff of the Army’s Strategic Studies Group.
Donna Orender
Professional Biography
Donna Orender, is a highly respected corporate business leader responsible for growth and innovation in several high profile
companies. She has been recognized as one of the top 10 Most Powerful Women in Sports and one of Newsweeks100 most
Influential people in sports.
Donna was recruited by Adam Silver to lead the WNBA in its most vulnerable time. She served 6 years as the
President/Commissioner of the league, during which time she solidified its base and led double digit growth in all key business
metrics. This included 20% plus growth in sponsorship in the height of the recession, 25% growth in television viewership and
triple digit growth in digital. League operations were cash flow positive for the first time in the history of the league. With her
focus on revitalizing the brand, its value and relevance, the league experienced 5 years of consecutive attendance growth,
after 8 years of decline.
The league greatly benefited from an 8-year contract extension with Disney/ABC/ESPN, which for the first time included
broadcast rights fees and led negotiations for an unprecedented 6-year Collective Bargaining agreement. In addition, she
was able to open new markets, bring in new owners, develop a franchise template for success and execute new revenue
producing events and help innovate with ground breaking sales, marketing and digital strategies.
Prior to the WNBA, Donna spent 17 years at the PGA TOUR. She developed and led the global production, programming and
digital businesses for the TOUR building globally recognized businesses in both revenue and prestige. She led the negotiating
team that changed the paradigm for how PGA TOUR golf was both packaged and sold for television, resulting in billions of
dollars in growth for the TOUR while
overseeing the largest revenue generating department at the company. She took a nascent International television business
and grew it 40%, establishing a foothold in all major international markets.
Her last position was one of 3 top executives in the Office of the Commissioner. As the Senior Vice President of Strategic
Development. She was responsible for developing strategic direction across all business lines including direct oversight of
brand management, advertising and digital strategy working closely with the Commissioner.
Donna’s business career began after playing 3 years in the Women’s Professional Basketball League, the WBL, where she
earned All-Star status. This experience enabled her to work in network television sports at ABC and later in cable television at
SportsChannel before forming her own production company.
As the CEO of Orender Unlimited, her current work has included the development of a strategic plan for the golf industry,
initiated by the PGA of America, focused on the development of new consumer markets and the accompanying
transformational changes necessary to realize success. Donna authored “Connecting with Her”, a guidebook on the impact
of the women’s market, and how to understand and access it.
The focus on the betterment of women and girls is at the core of the development and launch of a platform called
Generation W. Launched in 2011, GENERATION W and GENERATION WOW have become vibrant communities for enhancing
and motivating people’s lives and creating change and impact in their worlds.
Donna’s business building expertise led to being elected as a founding board member of the WSL the World Surfing League.
The Association relaunched their global business in 2014 and a global rebranding in 2015. She is also a board member of
Power Ice Inc. the manufacturer of a frozen electrolyte, hydration product, targeting athletes and the health industry.
In addition, she serves on the nominating committee for the V Foundation for Cancer Research board, is on the executive
committee of Maccabi USA and contributes to the boards of the Monique Burr
Foundation for Children, the DeVos Sport Business Management Graduate Program at UCF, UNF Brooks School of Health, CoChairs the UJA Sports for Youth Initiative and a founding member of the board of W.O.M.E.N, a mentoring organization for
young women capable of reaching the C-suite. She has also been a Global Ambassador for Vital Voices, most recently
traveling to India to help mentor young women entrepreneurs.
Donna has been a recipient of the March of Dimes Sports Leadership Award and was honored by the UJA-Federation of New
York’s Entertainment, Media and Communications Division for her dedication to the community. A Hall of Fame athlete at
Queens College, her business acumen and experience makes her a sought after speaker on topics such as leadership,
teamwork, motivation and gender/diversity issues.
GENERAL RAYMOND T. ODIERNO
38th Chief of Staff
UNITED STATES ARMY
General Raymond T. Odierno, assumed duty as the 38th
Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army on 7 September 2011.
A native of Rockaway, New Jersey, General Odierno
attended the United States Military Academy at West Point,
graduating in 1976 with a commission in Field Artillery.
During more than 38 years of service, he has commanded
units at every echelon, from platoon to theater, with duty in
Germany, Albania, Kuwait, Iraq, and the United States. After
his first assignment with U.S. Army Europe, General Odierno
was assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery at Fort
Bragg, N.C., where he commanded two batteries and served
as a battalion operations officer.
General Odierno returned to U.S. Army Europe serving as a battalion executive officer
and division artillery executive officer including deployment for Operations DESERT
SHIELD and DESERT STORM. He later commanded 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery,
7th Infantry Division, and the Division Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division.
From October 2001 to June 2004, General Odierno commanded the 4th Infantry
Division, leading the division during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM from April 2003 to
March 2004. From December 2006 to February 2008, he served as the Commanding
General, Multi-National Corps – Iraq (III Corps) as the operational commander of the
surge of forces. Later, he served as the Commanding General, Multi- National Force Iraq and subsequently United States Forces - Iraq, from September 2008 until
September 2010. From October 2010 until August 2011, he was the Commander of
United States Joint Forces Command.
Other significant assignments include: Arms Control Officer, Office of the Secretary of
Defense; Chief of Staff, V Corps; Assistant Division Commander (Support), 1st Armored
Division; Deputy Commanding General, Task Force Hawk, Albania; Director of Force
Management, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans; and
Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff where he was the primary military
advisor to Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice.
General Odierno holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from West Point
and a master’s degree in Nuclear Effects Engineering from North Carolina State
University. He is a graduate of the Army War College and holds a master’s degree in
National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. He also holds an
honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from North Carolina State University and an
honorary Doctorate of Laws Honoris Causa from the Institute of World Politics.
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General Odierno is married to his high school sweetheart, Linda. They have three
children: son Tony and his wife Daniela; daughter Katie and her husband Nick Funk;
and son Mike. He and Linda also have four grandsons. His oldest son, Army Captain
(Retired) Tony Odierno, is a combat veteran.
General Odierno’s awards and decorations include four Defense Distinguished Service
Medals, two Army Distinguished Service Medals, the Defense Superior Service Medal,
six Legions of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal,
four Meritorious Service Medals, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army
Achievement Medal, and the Combat Action Badge. He has also received the
Secretary of State Distinguished Service Medal and Orders of Military Merit from Brazil,
Columbia, Romania, and Italy. He was also appointed as an Officer in the French
National Order of the Legion of Honor.
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SUSAN S. LAWRENCE
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
Booz Allen Hamilton Senior Vice President Susan S. Lawrence is a leader in the firm’s defense business.
As a seasoned technology leader and retired senior military officer, she supports a number of businesses
and initiatives that cut across the defense and security markets. These include Command, Control,
Communications, and Computers (C4); Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR); enterprise
IT; joint information environments; cyber; integrated mission systems; and emerging technologies.
Ms. Lawrence enlisted in the US Army in 1972, received her commission as an officer in 1979, and
retired in 2013, after having attained the rank of Lieutenant General and serving as the Army’s Chief
Information Officer (CIO) and G-6. Prior to that role, she served as the Commanding General for the
Army’s Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM). Ms. Lawrence had end-to-end
responsibility for Army C4 and Army Enterprise IT.
She had scores of command and staff assignments during her Army career, mostly within the Army
Signal Corps, including assignments leading network, C4, and IT functions during recent operations in
Iraq and Afghanistan.
Ms. Lawrence received her commission from Campbell University, North Carolina. She holds an MS
degree in Information Systems Management from the University of Georgia, and is a graduate of the
Army War College and the Army Signal School.
profile updated February 2014
DANIEL P. HUGHES, BRIGADIER GENERAL, U.S. ARMY
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KEVIN M. FAHEY
Executive Director
System of Systems Engineering and
Integration Directorate, Assistant Secretary of
the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and
Technology)
Mr. Fahey was selected for the Senior Executive Service in
February 2000. Effective 1 June 2014, Mr. Fahey
assumed his current duties as the Executive Director,
System of Systems Engineering and Integration
Directorate, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and
Technology).
Mr. Fahey previously served as the Program Executive Officer for Combat Support and
Combat Service Support, Program Executive Officer Ground Combat Systems at
Warren, MI, as well as the Deputy Program Executive Officer Ammunition, Senior
Technical Executive for Close Combat Armament Systems, Armament Research,
Development and Engineering Center, at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. Mr. Fahey also served
as the Deputy Project Manager, Crusader and the Chief of the Systems Engineering
and International Division for the Crusader Program, the Future Armored Resupply
Vehicle (FARV) Program Development Project Officer and Chief of Systems
Engineering, the U.S. delegate to the international 155mm Joint Ballistic Working Group
and the M119 Development Project Officer.
Mr. Fahey, a native of Massachusetts, entered civil service in 1981 following graduation
from the University of Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial
Engineering/Operations Research. Upon graduation from college, Mr. Fahey attended
the Quality and Reliability intern program at the DARCOM Intern Training Center, Red
River Army Depot, Texarkana, Texas.
Mr. Fahey has been the recipient of multiple awards and honors; Exceptional Civilian
Service Award (2nd award), Meritorious Civilian Service Award, Superior Civilian Service
Award and has been inducted into the Honorable Order of Saint Barbara, Ancient Order
of Saint Christopher, Honorable Order of Samuel Sharpe, Distinguished Order of Saint
Martin, Bronze Order of the Fleury Medal. He currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia
with his wife.
Galen B. Jackman
Vice President
Business Development
Army and SOF Programs
Raytheon Company
1100 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA
22209, USA
703.284.4264
Biography
Galen B. Jackman is Vice President – Army and Special Operations Forces Programs, U.S. Business
Development, for Raytheon Company. Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2014 net sales of $23 billion,
is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government
markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning over 90 years, Raytheon provides
state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing;
effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of
mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 63,000 people
worldwide.
Jackman serves as Raytheon’s Army and SOF lead and the company’s internal U.S. Army and SOF subject
matter expert. He has served in this position since 2008. He is responsible for Raytheon’s enterprise
business development with the Army and the U.S. Special Operations Command. He leads a local team in
Rosslyn focused on Headquarters, Department of the Army and the Office of the Secretary of Defense in
the Pentagon. He also leads 11 field offices located with the Army’s Centers of Excellence, Acquisition
Program Executive Offices, SOCOM, and key operational Army organizations.
Major General (Ret) Galen B. Jackman retired from the US Army in 2008 after serving 35 years. General
Jackman grew up in western Nebraska and graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1973 as a
Distinguished Military Graduate. He was commissioned an Infantry Officer in the Regular Army from the
University of Nebraska ROTC Program in 1973.
His early formative professional years included a variety of infantry officer assignments in the 1st Battalion
(ABN) 508th Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC; and the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry, 25th Infantry
Division in Hawaii. He also served as a squadron Executive Officer and Squadron Commander in 1st
Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Delta Force), Fort Bragg, NC.
Galen B. Jackman
Vice President
Business Development
Army and SOF Programs
Raytheon Company
1100 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA
22209, USA
703.284.4264
General Jackman commanded the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks,
Hawaii; 2d Brigade, 7th Infantry Division, Fort Ord, CA; the Ranger Training Brigade, Fort Benning, GA; Joint
Task Force – Kuwait; and the United States Army Military District of Washington and Joint Force
Headquarters – National Capital Region, Washington, DC. He also served as the Director of Combined
Arms and Tactics at the United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, GA; Deputy J3, United States
Pacific Command, Hawaii; Chief of Staff and Assistant Division Commander, 10th Mountain Division (Light
Infantry), Fort Drum, NY; Chief of Staff, Multi-National Division – North, Bosnia: J3, United States Southern
Command, Miami, FL; and the Army’s Chief of Legislative Liaison to the United States Congress.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Nebraska and a Master of Science in
Acquisition and Contract Management from the Florida Institute of Technology. He is a graduate of the
Command and General Staff College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
Galen and his wife Cathy have two grown sons, David and Patrick. David is a Special Forces Soldier and
Patrick is a mechanical engineering college student.
James P. Woolsey
President, Defense Acquisition University
Mr. Woolsey is President of the Defense Acquisition University (DAU), a position he has held
since January 2014. In that role, he is responsible for delivery of learning products through the
DAU regions, the Defense Systems Management College, and the College of Contract
Management; curriculum development; online learning programs; learning technology; and
library services for a major Department of Defense corporate university. DAU, strategically
located within five geographical regions across the country and servicing a global workforce,
provides practitioner training, career management, and services to enable the acquisition,
technology, and logistics community to make smart business decisions and deliver timely and
affordable capabilities to the Warfighter.
He previously served as the first Deputy Director for Performance Assessments (PA) in the
office of Performance Assessments and Root Cause Analyses (PARCA). In standing up the
PA organization, he created the processes and practices that allowed it to perform its statutory
responsibility of assessing the progress of all Major Defense Acquisition Programs. The new
office also made a substantial contribution to re-invigorating the Defense Acquisition Executive
Summary process and provided the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology
and Logistics with unique analyses to give him improved visibility into the status of the MDAP
portfolio.
Mr. Woolsey was previously an Assistant Director in the Cost Analysis and Research Division
of the Institute for Defense Analyses. His responsibilities included management of the
division’s cost analysis and research, and leadership of a wide range of cost and acquisition
studies. His work included a congressionally-directed cost benefit analysis of the F-35
alternate engine, an evaluation of KC-767A lease prices, C-5 re-engineering costs and
benefits, F-22 production readiness, Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile costs, and space
launch alternatives. Mr. Woolsey also served on a Defense Science Board Task Force on
long-range strike.
Mr. Woolsey’s other previous positions include service as a structures engineer for F/A-18
aircraft at Naval Air Systems Command, and work as an engineer for Lockheed Martin airlift
programs in Marietta, GA.
Mr. Woolsey has a bachelor of science in aerospace engineering from Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, a master’s in business administration from George Mason
University and was a Fellow in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI on
International Relations.
LTG (ret) Jim Pillsbury spent 38 years in the Army, a majority of them as
an Army Aviation Logistician/Maintenance Test Pilot. He served three
tours in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) where he commanded
from platoon to the Division Support Command. He spent a total of 16
years in Infantry Divisions. His overseas tours included Korea, the Sinai,
Germany and Desert Shield/Storm. His General Officer assignments
included: commanding the Defense Distribution Center for DLA, Deputy
Chief of Staff, Logistics for USAREUR, Commander, Army Aviation and
Missile Command, G3 and later Deputy Commanding General for the
Army Material Command.
He and his wife Becky have retired in Huntsville, Al.
Lieutenant General Patricia McQuistion
DEPUTY COMMANDING GENERAL
Lieutenant General Patricia E. McQuistion assumed duties as the Deputy
Commanding General of the United States Army Materiel Command Aug. 7, 2012.
She previously served as the Commanding General, U.S. Army Sustainment
Command, Rock Island, Ill. Previously, she was the Commanding General of the
21st Theater Sustainment Command for U.S. Army-Europe and Seventh Army in
Kaiserslautern, Germany. She is a 1980 graduate of the University of Akron, Ohio,
where she earned a commission in the U.S. Army through the ROTC program.
She has served in numerous assignments, starting with the 25th Infantry Division
(Light) at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and the U.S. Army Western Command at Fort
Shafter. She then moved to Germany, where she served as a company commander in
the 56th Field Artillery Command (Pershing) and V Corps, Seventh Army.
She was next assigned to the U.S. Army Personnel Command in Alexandria, Va., as ordnance systems manager, and
then moved to the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., as a speechwriter for the U.S. Army Chief of Staff. Later
assignments took her to the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kan.; then to Fort Hood, Texas, where she
commanded the Special Troops Battalion in the 13th Corps Support Command. She returned to the Pentagon as a
special assistant for personnel and logistics to the U.S. Army Chief of Staff.
From June 2000 to June 2001, Lieutenant General McQuistion served in Sinai, Egypt. She returned to the United
States to command Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pa. Lieutenant General McQuistion was then assigned to the
headquarters of the U.S. Army Materiel Command at Fort Belvoir, Va., as executive officer to the deputy
commanding general, followed by a third Pentagon assignment as director for strategy and integration within the
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army (G-4).
In 2006, Lieutenant General McQuistion went to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, as ASC deputy commanding general with
duty as commanding general of Army Materiel Command-Forward (Southwest Asia), director of operational
sustainment, and G-4 for US Army Central Command. She next commanded the Defense Supply Center Columbus,
Ohio (now Defense Logistics Agency-Land and Maritime). In August 2009, she was named as commanding general
of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command.
She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Akron, and Master’s Degrees in
Acquisition Management from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and National Resource Strategy from
the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. Her military schooling also includes the Ordnance Officer
Basic and Advanced courses, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.
Lieutenant General McQuistion's awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense
Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with three oak leaf clusters; the Bronze Star; the Meritorious Service
Medal with five oak leaf clusters; the Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster; the Air Force
Commendation Medal; the Army Achievement Medal; the Army Staff Identification Badge; and the Ehrenkreuz der
Bundeswehr in Gold.
Lieutenant General McQuistion is married to Colonel (Ret) Leif Johnson. They have three grown children: Leif,
Nick, and Laura.
Aug. 2012
Lieutenant General Gustave F. Perna
U.S. Army, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4
Lieutenant General Gustave F. Perna assumed duties as the U.S. Army's Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, on 18 September
2014. He oversees policies and procedures used by 240,000 Army logisticians throughout the world. Prior to joining
the Army staff he served for two years as Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/4, U.S. Army Materiel Command, one of the
Army’s largest commands with 70,000 employees impacting all 50 states and 155 countries.
LTG Perna's other command assignments include: Commander, Joint Munitions Command and Joint Munitions and
Lethality Lifecycle Management Command, responsible for the lifecycle management of $40 billion of conventional
ammunition; Commander, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Defense Logistics Agency, responsible for the
procurement of more than $14.5 billion worth of food, clothing, textiles, medicines, medical supplies, construction and
equipment items for America's Warfighters and other customers worldwide; Commander, 4th Sustainment Brigade,
where he deployed the brigade to combat operations during OIF 05-07; Commander, 64th Forward Support Battalion,
3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado, where he deployed the battalion to combat operations
during OIF I; Deputy Commanding Officer, 64th Corps Support Group, 13th Corps Support Command, Fort Hood,
Texas; and Commander, B Company, 143rd Ordnance Battalion, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
LTG Perna’s key staff assignments include: Director of Logistics, J4, U.S. Forces-Iraq, responsible for sustainment
plans and policies for strategic and operational logistics to sustain coalition and joint forces; Executive Officer to the
Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, supporting the Director's mission of providing Army, Navy, Air Force,
Marine Corps and other federal agencies with logistics, acquisitions and technical services support; Ordnance Branch
Chief, Human Resources Command; DISCOM Executive Officer and G4, 1st Cavalry Division, where he deployed to
Bosnia; 544th Maintenance Battalion Support Operations Officer and Battalion Executive Officer, 13th COSCOM;
and G4 Maintenance Officer, 13th COSCOM, where he deployed to Somalia as a member of Joint Task Force
Support Command.
He graduated from Valley Forge Military Academy with an Associate’s degree in Business Administration.
Graduating as a Distinguished Military Graduate, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Infantry Officer. He
earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the University of Maryland and a Master’s degree in
Logistics Management from Florida Institute of Technology. His military education includes: Infantry Officer Basic
Course, Ordnance Officer Advance Course, Logistics Executive Development Course, Support Operations Course,
Command and General Staff College and Senior Service College.
His awards and decorations include: Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Defense Superior Service
Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Defense Meritorious
Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Parachutist and Air Assault Badges.
LTG Perna is married to the former Susan L. Pollack. They have two sons, Cody (married to Ashley) and Ryan; and
two granddaughters, Adryiana and Priscilla.
Major General Kevin G. O’Connell
Commanding General
Major General Kevin O’Connell became the Commanding General, Army
Sustainment Command and Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois on August 21, 2014.
O’Connell is a native of Clinton, Maryland and a graduate of High Point
College, North Carolina. He was commissioned through Army ROTC in 1982.
His Command assignments include the 289th General Supply Company,
Fort Hood, Texas; 11th Armored Cavalry Regimental Support Squadron,
National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California; 1st Infantry Division Support
Command, Kitzingen, Germany; 1st Sustainment Brigade, Fort Riley, Kansas
and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Taji, Iraq; and Joint Munitions Command,
Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois.
O’Connell’s previous key Staff assignments include Inspector General and later Aide-de-Camp to the
Commanding General, Fifth US Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Support Operations Officer, 123d Main
Support Battalion, Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR, Lukavac, Bosnia and Slavonski Brod, Croatia; Chief,
Division Materiel Management Center, 1st Armored Division, Bad Kreuznach, Germany; Senior Logistics
Trainer, National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California; Executive Officer to the Commanding General,
Army Materiel Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; and Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, US Army Forces
Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He has served in two Joint assignments in the US Pacific
Command, first as Chief of Supply and Services in the J-4 and later as the Director, Logistics,
Engineering, and Security Assistance, J-4, both at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii.
He is a graduate of the Quartermaster Basic and Advanced Courses at Fort Lee, Virginia; the US
Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; the Armed Forces Staff College
in Norfolk, Virginia; and the US Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, where he earned a
Masters degree in Strategic Studies.
O’Connell is married to the former Etie Podo from Jogjakarta, Indonesia. They have a son, John, who
lives in Fountain, Colorado with his wife Caitlin and son Patrick. The O’Connell’s daughter, Shannon,
lives in Pasadena, California.
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Major General Jim Richardson, Commanding
General, AMCOM
December 4, 2014
Major General Jim Richardson is a native of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and a 1982 graduate of the
University of South Carolina. His education includes a Bachelor of Science Degree, a Masters Degress
in Advanced Military Studies from the Command and General Staff College, and a Masters Degree in
National Security and Strategic Studies from the National Defense University. He is a graduate of the
Armor Officer Basic and Aviation Officer Advanced Courses, the Army's Command and General Staff
College, School of Advanced Military Studies, and the National War College.
Major General Jim Richardson's most recent assignments include Deputy Commanding
General III Corps and Fort Hood and while deployed he was assigned as the Deputy Commanding
General, United States Forces Afghanistan and Commander of the U.S. National Support Element.
Throughout his career he has served in Army units in the United States, Republic of South Korea,
Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan. Major General Richardson is a Master Army Aviator who has
commanded Soldiers in combat on six different occasions both in Afghanistan and Iraq, and has
commanded at every level.
MG Richardson commanded an Attack Helicopter Battalion in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
at Fort Campbell Kentucky where he deployed his battalion to both invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq;
he commanded the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort
Campbell Kentucky and deployed his Brigade to Afghanistan in 2009; Deputy Commanding General,
1st Cavalry Division from 2010 to 2011at Fort Hood Texas; and Deputy Commanding General,
Combined Joint Task Force 1 in Regional Command East, Afghanistan from 2011 to 2012.
His principal staff assignments include Executive Assistant to the Commander, International Security
Force Afghanistan; Executive Officer to the Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army; Executive
Officer, Army G3/5/7; Chief of the Army Initiatives Group; 101st Airborne (Air Assault) Division Plans
Officer, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Brigade Operations Officer, 159th Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault) Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Squadron Executive Officer, 4th Squadron, 6th US
Cavalry, Fort Hood Texas; Squadron Operations Officer, 1st Squadron, 6th US Cavalry, Fort Hood
Texas; Battalion Operations Officer, 4th Battalion, 501st Attack Helicopter Battalion, Republic of South
Korea; and Brigade Adjutant (Personnel Officer), 17th Combat Aviation Brigade, Republic of South
Korea.
Major General Richardson is married to MG Laura Richardson and they have one daughter.
Platforms & Services
Senior Leadership
Mark Signorelli
Vice President and General Manager, Combat Vehicles
Mark Signorelli is vice president & general manager of Combat Vehicles focused on the tracked
vehicle market and associated support functions servicing both U.S. and international
customers. This portfolio includes the Bradley family of vehicles, M88 recovery vehicles, M109
family of vehicles, M113 family of vehicles, the Future Fighting Vehicle (FFV) program and the
portfolio of USMC products, including the Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) and Amphibious
Combat Vehicle (ACV). In addition, this business unit also includes the Support and Technical
Services and Protection Systems businesses.
In his previous roles as vice president and general manager of both the Vehicle Systems and
Armored Combat Systems businesses, he oversaw portfolios of vehicle systems included in the
legacy Land & Armaments sector. Before that Signorelli led the Weapon Systems, New
Vehicles, and Amphibious Systems businesses. He also held leadership positions over various
Army and armament organizations including Future Combat Systems and the Crusader
program.
Signorelli joined the former United Defense in 1997 after serving 21 years as a field artillery
officer in the U.S. Army. He served in a wide variety of command and staff positions including in
the National Military Command Center, in III Corps, the 1st Cavalry Division, Eighth U.S. Army,
U.S. Field Artillery School, and 72nd Field Artillery Brigade. During Operations Desert Shield
and Desert Storm, Signorelli served as the 1st Cavalry Division Artillery operations officer in
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq.
Born in Hempstead, N.Y., Signorelli lived his childhood as an Air Force brat before receiving a
Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Florida. Following graduation, he was
commissioned as a second lieutenant in the field artillery through the ROTC program.
Signorelli is married to the former Pamela Warm, a nationally board certified art teacher.
Their son John attends North Dakota State University focusing on playing lacrosse with
occasional interest in pursuing an engineering degree. Their daughter Maria attends the Wayne
State University with interests in engineering and the performing arts. Together they enjoy
fishing, hunting, golf, running, and bicycling.
February 2015
VICKIE F. PLUNKETT
Professional Staff Member
Committee on Armed Services
U.S. House of Representatives
Vickie F. Plunkett joined the House Armed Services Committee in
February 2007 and currently serves as minority Professional Staff lead for
the Readiness Subcommittee which has jurisdiction over military operations,
readiness, and training issues, funding, and programs; logistics and
maintenance funding, issues, and programs; depot maintenance policy;
equipment reset; prepositioned stocks; U.S. Transportation Command;
Defense Logistics Agency; working capital funds; civilian personnel policy;
services contracts execution and funding; and military construction,
installations, and family housing issues, including the base closure process.
She also handles services contracts and small business policy for the full
committee’s Policy team.
Previously, she was a consultant for five years for WBB Consulting, a
Reston, Va.-based defense technical services and consulting firm,
specializing in legislative strategies. From 1989 to 2002, she was deputy
chief of staff and military legislative assistant (MLA) to former U.S. Rep.
Solomon Ortiz (D-TX), former Readiness Subcommittee chairman, and
MLA to former U.S. Rep. Glen Browder (D-AL), who also was a member of
the House Armed Services Committee’s Readiness Subcommittee. In the 14
years prior to her congressional work, she was a publisher, editor, reporter,
and photographer for daily and weekly newspapers in Alabama and Georgia.
Mrs. Plunkett holds a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from
Auburn University. She completed the Air Command and Staff College
seminar program and the Senior Managers in Government course at the John
F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
She is married to David W. Plunkett, senior staff attorney, Food
Safety Program, at the non-profit Center for Science in the Public Interest.
EXPERTISE: Planning and development of strategic partnerships in support of
National Defense objectives which are linked to world class educators and
researchers to address complex issues. Mr. White leads a group of academia
researchers, students and staff in solving immediate issues related to a variety of
complex problems faced by our nation and our military.
Mr. White is a former Colonel in the U.S. Army and a Department of Defense certified
project/program manager with numerous assignments to include Army Director
Joint Electromagnetic Interference at Eglin AFB; Project Manager for a major Army
Command and Control system at Ft Monmouth, NJ., Chief War Plans III Corps and Ft
Hood.
Mr. White is a graduate of the Defense Acquisition University, the U.S. Army War
College, the Command and General Staff College, St Mary’s University of San Antonio,
Texas, The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M Central Texas (Formerly
American Tehnological University).
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