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The Institute for Defense and Business established the Executive Fellows Program
to provide selected retired senior leaders from the U.S. Department of Defense
and the military services an opportunity to continue to apply their knowledge
and experience. During their tenure, IDB Executive Fellows will participate in,
and present at, LOGTECH and other IDB educational programs, attend and speak at
conferences and provide their insight on emerging issues and trends in a range
of military and educational issues. In addition, Fellows will author, often in
partnership with faculty, articles or case studies on topics of particular
interest to them.
Executives selected as Fellows are uniquely qualified because of the
extraordinary expertise they have demonstrated during distinguished careers. At
least four fellowships are granted annually.
The Institute for Defense and Business is grateful to SAS Institute, the global
leader in business intelligence, for providing the inaugural support for the
IDB Executive Fellows Program.
The current class of IDB Executive Fellows includes:
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 | LTG Claude V. "Chris" Christianson, USA (Ret.)
Consultant
Class of 2008-2009
Lieutenant General Christianson completed his career in the U.S.
Army in June of 2008. His final active
duty assignment was the Director for Logistics, J-4, the Joint Staff,
Washington, D.C., which he assumed in October of 2005. As the Director for Logistics, he was responsible for operational logistics and strategic
mobility support to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary
of Defense.
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 | LtGen John F. Sattler, USMC (Ret.)
Consultant
Class of 2008-2009
LtGen
Sattler completed his career in the U.S. Marine Corps in August of 2008. His final active duty assignment was the
Director for Strategic Plans and Policy, J-5, the Joint Staff, which he
assumed in September of 2006. As
theDirector for Strategic Plans and Policy, LtGen Sattler assisted the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with critical examination of future
trends and provided responsive assessments and recommendations in four major
areas: current and future military strategy, planning guidance, and policy;
politico-military advice and policies; military positions on projected and
ongoing
international negotiations; and interagency coordination within these
three areas.
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 | VADM Paul E. Sullivan, USN (Ret.)
Consultant
Class of 2008-2009
Vice Admiral Sullivan completed his
career in the United States Navy in August of 2008. His final active duty
assignment was the 41st Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), which engineers,
builds, buys and maintains ships, submarines and combat systems that meet the
Fleet’s current and future operational requirements. As Commander, Admiral
Sullivan oversaw a fiscal year 2008 budget of $24.8 billion, which accounts for
nearly one quarter of the Navy’s entire budget, and a force of 53,000 civilian,
military and contract support personnel, and NAVSEA engineers.
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 | Maj Gen Elizabeth Ann Harrell, USAF (Ret.)
Consultant
Class of 2008-2009
Maj Gen Harrell completed her career in the U.S. Air
Force in October of 2006. Her final
active duty assignment was the Director of Maintenance and Logistics, Air
Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, V.A. She was responsible for policy,
budget, and oversight of the command's maintenance, supply, contracting,
transportation, and munitions activities. She provided logistics direction and
oversight to more than 43,000 logistics personnel assigned to 93 ACC combat and
combat logistics support units worldwide supporting 2,840 fighter, bomber and
special mission aircraft. The general led a staff of more than 350 people and
controlled a budget of $4.6 billion. In addition, she supervised three special
staff agencies comprising more than 440 people providing the command's regional
supply support, command-wide contracting activities, and program management of
the radar surveillance systems dedicated to protecting the nation's borders.
Class of 2007 - 2008
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 | Gen William L. "Spider" Nyland, USMC (Ret.)
Consultant
Class of 2007-2008
General Nyland served as the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Headquarters Marine Corps,Washington D.C. from September 2002 until September 2005. He retired from active duty 1 November 2005.
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 | VADM Justin “Dan” McCarthy, USN (Ret.)
Chief Executive Officer, Silver Eagle Consulting
Class of 2007-2008
Vice Admiral McCarthy completed a 37 year career in the U.S. Navy on April 1, 2007. His final active duty assignment was as Director, Material Readiness and Logistics, the senior logistician on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations. In this assignment, he was responsible for Navy policy, programming, and resourcing for Fleet readiness, logistics, strategic sealift, and environmental programs.
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 | LTG Carl A. Strock, USA (Ret.)
Bechtel Group
Class of 2007-2008
Lieutenant General Strock completed his 35 year career in the United States Army in May of 2007. His final position was as Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. As commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers, he led a major Army command that is the world's largest public engineering, design and construction management agency. He is a Registered Professional Engineer.
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 | Mr. Ronald L. Orr, SES, USAF (Ret.)
Chief Executive Officer, RLO Associates
Class of 2007-2008
Prior to his retirement from Senior Executive Service on 3 January 2005, Mr. Orr was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Logistics, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. In this role, he provided guidance, direction and executive oversight to the Assistant Secretary for overall supervision of installations, environment, safety and occupational health and logistics. The department’s responsibilities included military construction, base closure and realignment.
Class of 2006 - 2007
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 | GEN Leon E. Salomon, USA (Ret.)
Consultant, Logistics/Supply Chain Operations
Class of 2006-2007
General Salomon’s last active duty assignment was as Commanding General (CG) of the U.S. Army Materiel Command. His long and distinguished career consisted of numerous logistics-related command and staff positions to also include CG of US. Army Combined Arms Support Command and Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, HQ Department of the Army. Upon retirement he worked for Rubbermaid Incorporated becoming the Senior Vice President for Procurement responsible for the company’s $1.4 billion global procurement and services programs. He has served on several Boards of Directors including as Chairman of the Board for the Armed Forces Benefit Association. General Salomon was a member of the Army Science Board for six years and is an Honorary Regimental Colonel, Emeritus – U.S. Army Ordnance Regiment.
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 | Lt Gen Richard L. Kelly, USMC (Ret.)
Research Chair, LMI
Class of 2006 - 2007
Lieutenant General Kelly completed his USMC career as the Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics, HQ U.S. Marine Corps. During his tenure, he modernized the USMC supply chain employing technology insertion, process reengineering, best practices, benchmarking and other transformational initiatives. His many commands included a Combat Service Support Detachment for the 1st Marine Division in the Gulf War, and the 1st Force Service Support Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force. He also served as Vice Director for Logistics, the Joint Staff. Among his many military and civilian academic honors was his designation in 2005 as a Distinguished Graduate by the Pennsylvania State University Board of Trustees.
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 | Maj Gen Mary L. Saunders, USAF (Ret.)
Executive Director, Texas Woman’s University (TWU) Leadership Institute
Class of 2006-2007
Major General Saunders’s career in the military culminated as Vice Director for the Defense Logistics Agency. She also held General Officer positions as Commander of the DefenseSupplyCenter in Columbus, OH and on the Air Staff as Director of Supply and Transportation. General Saunders’s distinguished career included line and staff transportation and logistics assignments in Air Force, Joint and Combatant Commands throughout the globe. General Saunders’s many honors include being named a Distinguished Alumnus of TWU in 1998 and a TWU woman of Distinction in 2000.
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 | Mr. William R. Lucas, SES (Ret.)
Class of 2006-2007
Mr. Lucas retired from Federal Service in 2005 as the Deputy to the Commander, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) (formerly MTMC). Mr Lucas held a number of positions in his distinguished career with MTMC directing policy and programs in traffic management, railways and freight automation advancing to Acting Assistant Director for Transportation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, HQ Department of the Army before assuming his top position in the SDDC. He has also help positions with the Interstate Commerce Commission, Xerox Corporation and the Middle Atlantic Conference. Some of Mr. Lucas’s many honors include the Exceptional Civilian Service Award in 2005 and the Meritorious Presidential Rank Award in 1997 and 2002.
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 | GEN William G.T. Tuttle, Jr., USA (Ret.)
Consultant
Class of 2005 - 2006
As the Army's senior logistician, General Tuttle led 100,000 soldiers and civilians of the U.S. Army Materiel Command from 1989 until his retirement early in 1992, a period encompassing Operation Just Cause in Panama and Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
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 | Lt Gen Gary S. McKissock, USMC (Ret.)
Consultant and Board of Director, Sapient Corporation
Class of 2005 - 2006
Prior to his retirement, Lieutenant General McKissock served as the Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics, HQ Marine Corps. His distinguished career included combat tours of duty in the Fleet Marine Forces in Vietnam and in Desert Storm and numerous staff positions plus commands at the battalion, group and expeditionary support base level. He also served as Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Service Support Schools.
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 | VADM Gordon S. Holder, USN (Ret.)
Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
Class of 2005 - 2006
Vice Admiral Holder’s most recent active duty position was the Director for Logistics, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, which he began on September 4, 2001 and held for nearly three years during the tumultuous period following 9-11. He has served in numerous staff positions and commands at sea and on shore including Commander of Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific/Commander Naval Base Pearl Harbor and Commander of the Military Sealift Command.
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 | Ms. Donna L. Shands, SES (Ret.)
Principle Owner and Chief Operating Officer, General Logistics, Inc.
Class of 2005 - 2006
Ms. Shands retired from the Department of Defense as a Senior Executive Service (SES) official with more than 30 years of senior logistics and supply chain management experience in the U.S. Army. She has a history of being the first woman to serve in executive and managerial positions in the organization.
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