Board of Advisors

General Tuttle consults for several firms in the defense industry. Following his retirement from the Army, he joined the not-for-profit Logistics Management Institute, first as a consultant and then as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1993 through 2001 and a Trustee until 2009 when he became Trustee Emeritus. He has written a book entitled Defense Logistics for the 21st Century, published by Naval Institute Press and has lectured on defense logistics at the Defense Acquisition University, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Army Logistics Management College, the University of North Carolina’s LOGTECH program and at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Donald M. Ervine was born in 1936 in the coal fields of West Virginia and was subsequently raised in a small rural community in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia where he attended and graduated from the West Virginia public school system. His working career spanned 53 continuous years where he had two successful careers, first 27 years with the U.S Government (U.S. Army Reserve and U.S. Navy) and second in private industry in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

Joseph W. (Bill) Kernodle is a retired Army officer who held multiple assignments in logistics, R&D, and acquisition. He served in Army Division and higher level logistical billets including commander of the Army’s largest Division Material Management Center and commander of one of the first forward support battalions. He served five tours in Army/DLA R&D and acquisition positions including Commander, Natick Laboratories during the Gulf War and later as the Director, Clothing and Textiles Directorate, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). These assignments included staff and command responsibilities for the design, development, specification management, quality assurance, contract administration, procurement and supply of clothing and textile-based and other soldier equipment products.

With an economics degree from the University of Virginia, John entered the U.S. Navy in 1972 and for the next 36 years was steeped in the practical side of planning, execution, and organizational leadership. On Sept. 11, 2001, John was commanding 10,000 men and women of the USS Enterprise carrier battle group, just then exiting the Strait of Hormuz. Upon getting word of the second plane hitting the World Trade Center he immediately turned the group—on his own authority—to be first in the theater of operations against al Qaeda and the Taliban. For his leadership in combat, John was awarded the Bronze Star.

Robert T. Dail retired in November, 2008 after serving 33 years in the United States Army. At retirement, he was the senior military logistics professional in the Department of Defense.

General Dail’s last tour on active duty was as the 15th Director of the Defense Logistics Agency. General Dail served in that capacity from August 2006 to November 2008. The Defense Logistics Agency, headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va., is a $40B annual logistics provider to the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and other federal agencies with the full range of logistics, acquisition and technical services in peace and war. It has 23,000 employees.

Brigadier General Stephen M. Seay, since leaving active military service in September 2005, incorporated Seay Business Solutions, LLC, a Florida Small Business, joined the Board of Directors of, eMagin Corporation, New York/Washington (OLED/micro-display) as well as a Director and now Treasurer, for Kid’s House of Seminole County, Florida (child advocacy); Board of Trustees, Orlando Science Center, Orlando, Florida (STEM); Board of Advisors for ADS, Inc., Virginia (logistics/supply/force provider); Member, Florida High Tech Corridor Council, Central Florida; in addition to being an Associate in The Spectrum Group, Alexandria, Virginia and CMA & Associates, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

As Deputy Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, Paul Schneider managed day-to-day operations of an organization with approximately 220,000 employees and an annual budget of $52.6 billion. Earlier, as Under Secretary for Management, he was responsible for the department’s financial management and for the procurement and management of such mission-critical assets as information technology systems, facilities and equipment.

MG Pollock received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Maryland. She attended the U.S. Army Nurse Anesthesia Program and is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA). She received her Master of Business Administration from Boston University; a Master’s in Healthcare Administration from Baylor University, a Master’s in National Security and Strategy from the National Defense University, and an honorary Doctorate of Public Service from the University of Maryland. She is also a Fellow in The American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) and the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN). Harvard University’s Advanced Leadership Institute invited her to participate in their 2011 Fellowship program that begins in January.

General Howie Chandler retired as the Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force in March 2011 after completing over 36 years of distinguished service in uniform. As the second highest ranking officer in the Air Force, he formulated Air Force policy and guidance for over 680,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. He was responsible for organizing, training and equipping Air Force personnel for worldwide operations. General Chandler presided over the Air Staff and served as a voting member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Requirements Oversight Council, reviewing major Department of Defense programs. He led and was responsible for resourcing decisions involving the Air Force’s $120 billion budget as Chair of the Air Force Council.