Rear Admiral Jan C.
Gaudio, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Henry Tom Glisson, U.S. Army
(Ret.)
Sheila McNeill, Past National President,
Navy League of The United States
Rear Admiral Jan C. Gaudio, U.S. Navy
(Ret.)
Advisory Board Member
Admiral Gaudio served as the 84th commandant of Naval District
Washington, the oldest continuously-operated Navy installation in
the U.S. He also served on the staff of Commander, U.S. Atlantic
Feet as director of the Fleet Readiness, Logistics and
Infrastructure.
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Lieutenant General Henry Tom Glisson, U.S. Army
(Ret.)
Advisory Board Member
Tom Glisson is the managing director for True North Logistics,
LLC., a full service logistics company offering warehouse
management services, business development, strategic planning,
project management, business process improvement and supply chain
management consulting services to clients conducting business with
the U.S. Department of Defense and federal state and local
governments. As managing director, he shares budget and line
responsibility for the administration, management, business
development and delivery of all True North Logistics services to
clients.
Glisson is a retired Army Lieutenant General with more than 35
years experience in the Department of Defense leading and managing
large, complex logistics organizations. In 2001, he was selected by
Supply Chain Technical News as one of the Top 25 Supply Executives
in the U.S. A logistics specialist, his last position on active
duty was as the director, Defense Logistics Agency, the largest
global logistics organization in the Department of Defense, with
sales ranking in Fortune Top 100. He was responsible for the
operation and management of 43,000 people worldwide, a $17B budget
and the procurement and distribution of repair parts, food,
clothing, textiles, pharmaceuticals, medical
supplies and equipment, petroleum products, industrial supplies and
energy (electricity, natural gas, coal) for the Department of
Defense. He also administered $850B in customer contracts
and provided electronic business systems, logistics information
management and materiel disposal services to the Department of
Defense.
Prior to joining True North Logistics, LLC., Glisson had more than
10 years experience in the public sector as president of Exus
Defense and Government Services, LLC.; managing director (partner),
Logistics & Installation Services Group, Army Sector,
BearingPoint, Inc.; and director, Pacific Operations, KPMG
Consulting. He holds a bachelor's degree in psychology with a minor
in economics from North Georgia State College and University and a
master's degree in education from Pepperdine University, Calif.
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Sheila McNeill, Past National President, Navy League of
The United States
Advisory Board Member
McNeill served as National President of the Navy League of the
United States from 2003-2005. The Navy League is a civilian
organization dedicated to supporting the sea services-the U.S.
Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Flag Merchant
Marine.
As National President, McNeill was responsible for leading the
Navy League's 70,000 members, who are dedicated to educating
American citizens and elected officials about the importance of sea
power. The Georgia native is the only woman to hold this position
since the League was founded in 1902. She has been a member of the
League since 1966 and served at every leadership level, and now
serves on the national advisory board.
McNeill served as a national vice president responsible for the
organization's legislative affairs activities. While serving in
that position, she aggressively sought support on Capitol Hill and
made educating congressional members about the sea services her top
priority. McNeill also served as a national vice president for
strategic planning and development and national director for the
U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps. She serves on the Board of Directors
for the Dolphin Scholarship Foundation, The Navy League Foundation
and is currently the President of The Camden Partnership, a
501(c)(4) non-profit organization that promotes community support
for Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay (NSBKB) and the military
missions housed there.
Because of McNeill's long history of active involvement with the
sea, she served as vice chairman of the executive committee for the
Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS), an
influential advisory committee to the secretary of defense and
other DOD officials. During her three-year DACOWITS tour, McNeill
visited 45 U.S. military installations throughout the world.
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