Ambassador (Ret) Dell L. Dailey served over 36 years on active duty in the U.S. Army. He reached the rank of Lieutenant General as the Director of the Center for Special Operations (CSO), U.S. Special Operations Command, at MacDill A.F.B., Florida. His duties involved participation in all recent major military operations.
Dell is currently the President of a family owned consultant company. This enterprise is the culmination of four decades of government service with a brief period as President, Pacific Architects and Engineers. Currently, he and Family supports the U.S. Special Operations Command mentoring program, numerous product focused companies, private equity firms, explosive ordnance disposal multi-talented company, small arms distribution, selected information technology companies, think tank efforts, and unconflicted service companies (large and small) that support the U.S. Government and international operations. He serves on a number of boards as advisor and director. His directorship covers both being chairman of a private ESOP company and as a director on several Special Security Agreement companies. As a National Association for Corporate Directors Governance Fellow he has both the practical and formal experience as a qualified board director. He is currently a Senior Fellow in the U.S. Military Academy’s Combating Terror Center. Additionally, he served as an advisor on the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Center for Ethics and Rule of Law board.

RADM (Ret) Mike Finley served as the Commander of DLA’s Aviation Center in Richmond Virginia, the Commander of the Navy’s Inventory Control Point and as the Head of Supply, Transportation and Ordnance Policy on the Navy Staff. After retirement from the Navy he was a partner in the Management Consulting firms of PRTM and PwC focused on manufacturing and supply chains in the aerospace and defense industry. He is currently a Senior Advisor with the Boston Consulting Group. Previously, Mike was a Partner/Principal, at the management-consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (PwC). He also was a member of the Aviation Week Top Performing Companies analysis board. Mike served in numerous U.S. Navy leadership positions prior to joining PwC. He was the Commander of the Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP) providing logistics support to both U.S. and allied naval forces around the world. He also served as the Director, Supply, Transportation and Ordnance Programs and Policy Division (N41) in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington, D.C. In addition, Mike commanded DLA’s Aviation Center responsible for global support of all four military services aviation assets. Mike received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Cornell University and was commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy in 1973 through the Navy ROTC program. He received a master’s degree, with distinction, in operations research from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

General (Retired) Edward M. Daly retired from the U.S. Army in 2023 after 36 years of honorable service. In his final assignment, he served as the 20th Commanding General of the U.S. Army Materiel Command. As the U.S. Army’s senior logistician, Ed led Army logistics worldwide, global foreign military sales, and initial materiel fielding efforts in support of Ukraine as well as the Army’s Organic Industrial Base and Infrastructure Modernization initiatives. Ed is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Virtus 9 Corporation, a company guided by the vision to strengthen U.S. and International Security efforts as a world leader in delivering globally integrated logistics solutions to U.S. Partners and Allies. As the President of Daly Consulting & Logistics, LLC, Ed also leverages his expertise in diverse consulting roles and actively contributes to multiple boards across the Aerospace, Energy, Manufacturing, Logistics Services, Construction, and Health & Wellness industries.  Ed graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1987. He earned Master’s Degrees in Business Administration from Gonzaga University and in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.

LTG (Ret) Jim Pillsbury joined the Army in 1973 through ROTC at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He attended flight school in 1976 and the Maintenance Test Pilot School in 1977. His career included 16 years in Infantry Divisions with 12 years in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). He was promoted to Brigadier General in 2001 and his General Officer positions included Command of the Defense Distribution Center, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics for the United States Army Europe, Commander of the Army Aviation and Missile Command (for 44 months), Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations for the Army Material Command and later Deputy Commanding General for Army Material Command from which he retired in 2011. Jim currently sits on several boards, including four pro bono. He is active in his church in New Market, Alabama and has been on several mission trips with the Church to Guatemala.

Lt Gen (Ret) Willie J. Williams served 39 plus-years in the United States Marine Corps. Thirteen of those years serving as a General Officer in positions that included three Commanding General assignments and the Director (Chief) of the Marine Corps Staff in the Pentagon — his final active duty assignment. He holds a Bachelor Degree (Business Administration) from Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; a Master Degree (Business Administration, Human Resources) from National University, San Diego, California and a Master Degree (Strategic Resources Management) from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University; an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Stillman College, and an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy from Albany State University, Albany, Georgia.

VADM (Ret) Kenny Whitesell retired November 2023 after serving 39 years in the U.S. Navy as a naval aviator.  His final tour was dual-hatted as Commander U.S. Naval Air Forces, and Commander Naval Air Forces U.S. Pacific Fleet.  He was responsible for over 100K personnel, 11 aircraft carriers, approximately 1,700 tactical aircraft and just under 600 training aircraft.  He has served as Deputy Commander U.S. Pacific Fleet, Commander of Strike Groups TWO and FOUR, and multiple tours within the Navy Personnel Command, specifically the head of Career Management (PERS-4) and Head Naval Aviation Assignments (PERS-43).  VADM Whitesell is currently VP for INDOPAC Strategy and Growth for Parsons Corporation.  He is a senior advisor for Boston Consulting Group, The Potomac Institute, NextFed and Shift5.  He also serves on the not-for-profit boards of the National Naval Aviation Museum, Project Recover and Soaring By The Sea.  Kenny Graduated from Old Dominion University in Norfolk Va with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, and the Naval War College with an MA National Security and Strategic Studies.