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U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE 2018 BALLOT | Candidate Profiles BOARD OF DIRECTORS CANDIDATES for women, but is most proud to have been a her ODS tour, Klein served as Chief of Staff role model and inspiration to all members of for the Joint Staff J5 and United States Cyber the service. Command. In 2011, she commanded an ADM Thad W. Allen, USCG (Ret.) Expeditionary Strike Group of three ships, 30 (Nominated for a 2-year term) At the time of her retirement she was the 27th aircraft, and over 3,300 Sailor and Marines in Admiral Thad Allen is an executive vice Vice Commandant, second in command, and combat operations in the Mediterranean Sea. president in Booz/Allen/Hamilton’s Chief Operating Officer of the Coast Guard. Other Departments of Justice and Homeland Security flag assignments included: Deputy Commandant From 2008–2010, she served as Director of business. He completed his distinguished for Operations; Commander, Fourteenth Coast Operations for the Navy Network Warfare career in the U.S. Coast Guard as its 23rd Guard District; Director of Reserve and Training; Command, the pre-cursor to Fleet Cyber Commandant, having served previously as Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District; and Command. Klein served at eh 82nd Coast Guard Chief of Staff. In 2005, he was Director of Personnel Management. Commandant of Midshipman at the US Naval designated principal federal official for the Academy, responsible for 4,400 midshipmen. U.S government’s response and recovery An Annapolis, Maryland, native, she graduated Klein commanded an E-6 squadron and the operations in the aftermath of Hurricanes from Goucher College in 1974. She holds Navy’s nuclear command and control wing. Katrina and Rita throughout the Gulf Coast advanced degrees from the Harvard Kennedy region. In 2010, President Barack Obama School and the National War College. Mr. Kenneth O. Klepper selected him to serve as the national incident (Nominated for a 3-year term)* commander for the unified response to Vice Admiral Brice-O’Hara serves on the Board of the Coast Guard Foundation and the U.S. the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf Kenneth O. Klepper is Co-Founder, Chairman Coast Guard Academy Board of Trustees. She of Mexico. Admiral Allen is a fellow in the and CEO of ReactiveCore, an advanced also serves on the Military Advisory Board of National Academy of Public Administration technology company that facilitates innovation First Command Financial Services. and a member of the Council on Foreign and business transformation by extracting Relations. A 1971 graduate of the U.S. Coast critical information assets from legacy silos and Guard Academy, he holds a master’s in public ADM Jonathan W. Greenert, USN (Ret.) arraying them in a modern big data platform to administration, The George Washington (Nominated for a 2-year term) enable advanced analytics, business process University, and a master’s in management, automation and master data management. the Sloan School of Management at the Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology. the U.S. Naval Academy, majored in Ocean Prior to Co-Founding ReactiveCore, Mr. Klepper Engineering, and was graduated and served as President and Chief Operating Officer commissioned in June 1975. He completed of Medco a fortune 35 pharmacy benefits Mr. Philip M. Bilden studies in nuclear engineering and entered the provider, and is a twenty-year veteran of the (Nominated for a 3-year term) nuclear submarine force. managed care industry specializing in large- Philip Bilden is a co-founding member of His Navy career gave him the opportunity scale organizational change. Mr. Klepper HarbourVest Partners ($42 billion in private to serve as: Commander, U.S. Forces oversaw Medco’s sales and account market equity assets). He established and managed Micronesia; Deputy Commander, U.S. Pacific groups and all business operations, including the firm’s Asian business for 15 years in Hong Fleet; Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet; Chief Medco’s world-class automated pharmacies Kong and served in the senior leadership of Financial Officer of the Navy (OPNAV N8); and information technology group. firm management. Mr. Bilden retired as a Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command; Vice Senior Advisor in 2016 after 25 years. Chief of Naval Operations; and Chief of Naval Prior to joining Medco, Mr. Klepper served in Operations (2011–2015). executive management positions at WellChoice, His non-profit service includes: Vice Chairman, Inc. (formerly Empire BlueCross BlueShield) Naval War College Foundation Board; Chairman, Admiral Greenert has been recognized for his and Cigna Healthcare. Mr. Klepper is formerly Center for Cyber Conflict Studies Task Force, leadership and distinguished performance a member of the United States Navy Corporate NWCF; Board of Directors, U.S. Naval Academy with numerous awards and citations, including Executive Panel (CEP) providing advice and Foundation; Asia Pacific Advisory Board, Dean’s recognition from 8 international navies. He counsel to 5 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Board of Advisors, Harvard Business School; considers his greatest reward and to be the and the Defense Business Board (DBB), which Board of Visitors, Georgetown University’s privilege of serving with and leading the provides independent advice that reflects School of Foreign Service. hundreds of thousands of Sailors and civilians private sector perspective on proven and from around the U.S. who volunteer to protect effective best business practices for application Mr. Bilden graduated magna cum laude, and serve their nation. to the Department of Defense (DoD). BS Foreign Service, 1986, Georgetown University, as Distinguished Military Graduate, Army Reserve Officer Training Corps. Mr. Bilden RADM Margaret “Peg” Klein, USN (Ret.) ADM Richard W. Mies, USN (Ret.) served in the U.S. Army Reserve, Military (Nominated for a 1-year term) (Nominated for a 3-year term)* Intelligence, 1986–1996. Mr. Bilden received his Rear Admiral Margaret Klein serves as the Admiral Richard Mies is the CEO of The Mies MBA from Harvard Business School in 1991. Dean of Leadership and Ethics for the Naval Group, Ltd. and provides strategic planning and War College, also charge with supporting the risk assessment advice and assistance to clients VADM Sally Brice-O’Hara, USCG (Ret.) Navy’s leader development strategy. on international security, energy, defense, and (Nominated for a 3-year term)* maritime issues. A distinguished graduate of She completed a 35-year Navy career in March the Naval Academy, he completed a 35-year Vice Admiral Sally Brice-O’Hara retired from 2017. Rear Admiral Klein’s last active duty career as a nuclear submariner in the US Navy the U.S. Coast Guard in July 2012. During 37 assignment was as the Secretary of Defense’s and commanded US Strategic Command for years of active duty, she achieved several firsts Advisor for Military Professionalism. Prior to four years prior to retirement in 2002. 58 UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE Admiral Mies served as a Senior Vice Security. From 2009 to 2013, he served as the tour in the USS Newport News (SSN-750) President of Science Applications Under Secretary of the Navy. deploying to the U.S. 4th Fleet and U.S. 6th International Corporation and as the Fleet areas of responsibility and as Navigator President and Chief Executive Officer of Mr. Work served on active duty in the U.S. and Operations officer in the USS Springfield Hicks and Associates, Inc, a subsidiary of Marine Corps for 27 years, retiring as a Colonel (SSN-761) deploying to the U.S. 6th Fleet area SAIC from 2002–2007. He also served as in 2001. He joined the Center for Strategic of Responsibility. the Chairman of the Department of Defense and Budgetary Assessments in 2002, where Threat Reduction Advisory Committee from he wrote and spoke extensively on maritime Ashore he has served at the Navy Warfare 2004-2010 and as the Chairman of the affairs. He also was an adjunct professor at The Development Command (NWDC) in the Future Boards of the Navy Mutual Aid Association George Washington University. Concepts Directorate. His current assignment from 2003-2011 and the Naval Submarine is as Operations Officer at Submarine Squad- League from 2007–2016. Mr. Work holds a bachelor of science degree in ron Six in Norfolk, VA. biology from the University of Illinois; a master He presently serves as the Chairman of the of science in systems management from the Lieutenant Commander Chuma holds a mas- Strategic Advisory Group of US Strategic University of Southern California; a master ter’s degree in Engineering Management from Command and is a member of the Committee of science in space system operations from Old Dominion University. on International Security and Arms Control the Naval Postgraduate School; and a master of the National Academy of Sciences, the in international public policy from the Johns Boards of Governors of Los Alamos National Hopkins School of Advanced International CAPT Scott Erb, USN Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Studies. (Nominated for a 1-year term)* Laboratory, and the Board of Directors of BWX Captain Scott Erb is a 1992 graduate of the Technologies, Exelon, the US Naval Academy *Currently Serving on the Board of Directors. U.S. Naval Academy. At sea, he has served in Foundation and the US Naval Institute. Terms as indicated. the USS Tortuga (LSD-46) and USS Vicks- burg (CG-69), as operations officer in the He also serves on numerous advisory boards. USS O’Kane (DDG-77), and on the Destroyer Admiral Mies completed post-graduate Squadron 18 staff. education at Oxford University, the Fletcher EDITORIAL BOARD CANDIDATES School of Law and Diplomacy, and Harvard He served as executive officer in the USS Car- University. He holds a Master’s degree in Col Glen Butler, USMC ney (DDG-64) and USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) government administration and international (Nominated for a 1-year term) and commanded Chung-Hoon from May 2010 relations.