Can you tell us a little about your journey to FEI? 

I transitioned from the Marine Corps after 28 years of service as the director of the Marine Corps War College, a graduate-level national security program for senior-level military officers and government officials. Interested in expanding my horizons, I accepted a prestigious position as the vice president for defense strategy and operations for a commercial IT services and solutions firm. Soon after joining, I learned the private sector lacked the leadership, common purpose, and camaraderie I enjoyed in the military. After two years of trying to diligently adapt and simply accept, I quit. Perplexed by what to do next, I scanned my bookshelf in search of an answer. In the titles I found my passions. Enlightened, I sat at my computer and typed into a search engine “executive,” “education,” and “leadership.” In the results, I discovered the Office of Personnel Management’s Federal Executive Institute. As an FEI faculty member, I leverage my military expertise and experience on a daily basis to advance the leadership development of senior-level government executives. I am afforded an enviable and unsurpassed opportunity to inspire and instruct Federal executives to transform themselves, their organizations, our government, and the world.