Maynard C. Anderson, Member, Board of Directors Emeritus, , The Arcadia Institute, Inc. was the former President and CEO of Arcadia Group Worldwide, Inc., a firm engaged in national and international security matters. He is a former member of the National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Intellectual Property Law Institute, and is a member of the board of directors of two other non-profit organizations as well as three commercial corporations. He serves as a delegate to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Committee on Sustainable Development.
Formerly, he was:
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Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Security Policy;
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Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for CI and Security;
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Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense in development of policy for international security programs, emergency planning and preparedness and crisis management;
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United States Representative to the NATO Security Committee;
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Chairman, National Advisory Group/Security Countermeasures;
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Holder of various senior level positions within the Department of Defense in areas of policy, research, education, and industrial security; and has
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Served on Active Duty with the US Army Counterintelligence Corps.
Mr. Anderson was a frequent lecturer who also writes in areas of management, policy, strategic planning and national security disciplines.
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General Michael
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Michael E. Ryan is a retired United States Air Force general Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. He served as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training and equipage of 700,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he and the other service chiefs functioned as military advisers to the Secretary of Defense, National Security Council and the president.
Ryan entered the U.S. Air Force after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy in 1965. He has commanded at the squadron, wing, numbered air force and major command levels. He flew combat in Southeast Asia, including 100 missions over North Vietnam. He also served in staff assignments at the major command level, Headquarters U.S. Air Force and the Joint Staff. As Commander of Sixteenth Air Force and Allied Air Forces Southern Europe in Italy, he directed the NATO air combat operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina which directly contributed to the Dayton Peace Accords.
Before assuming the Chief of Staff position, Ryan was Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Commander, Allied Air Forces Central Europe, with headquarters at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Ryan retired from the U.S. Air Force on October 1, 2001.
General Michael Ryan
Member
Board of Advisors
Michael E. Ryan is a retired United States Air Force general Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. He served as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training and equipage of 700,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he and the other service chiefs functioned as military advisers to the Secretary of Defense, National Security Council and the president.
Ryan entered the U.S. Air Force after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy in 1965. He has commanded at the squadron, wing, numbered air force and major command levels. He flew combat in Southeast Asia, including 100 missions over North Vietnam. He also served in staff assignments at the major command level, Headquarters U.S. Air Force and the Joint Staff. As Commander of Sixteenth Air Force and Allied Air Forces Southern Europe in Italy, he directed the NATO air combat operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina which directly contributed to the Dayton Peace Accords.
Before assuming the Chief of Staff position, Ryan was Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Commander, Allied Air Forces Central Europe, with headquarters at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Ryan retired from the U.S. Air Force on October 1, 2001.