Geopolitical Intelligence Group

Major General James A. “Spider” Marks is Head of Geopolitical Strategy and Academy Securities’ Senior Advisory Board Member. General Marks is the Founder and President of The Marks Collaborative, an advisory for corporate leader development, education and training and has led entrepreneurial efforts in global primary research and national security. He served over 30 years ... Read more

Janie L. Mines is an Academy Securities’ Advisory Board Member. Ms. Mines is a former naval officer who was the first African-American woman to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in General Engineering. She graduated in 1980 after serving in several leadership positions in the Brigade of Midshipmen. ... Read more

Leslie Beavers is an Academy Securities’ Advisory Board Member and Brigadier General in the U. S. Air Force Reserves. Prior to joining Academy Securities, Ms. Beavers was the Deputy Director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Enterprise Capabilities for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security.  She co-led the transformation and ... Read more

Wendy B. Lawrence is an Academy Securities’ Advisory Board Member. Ms. Lawrence is a former NASA astronaut who has logged over 1225 hours in space as a mission specialist and was a veteran of four space flights. A retired United States Navy Captain, Ms. Lawrence was a helicopter pilot with more than 1,500 hours of ... Read more

Rear Admiral (Ret.) Danelle Barrett is an Academy Securities’ Advisory Board Member.  Danelle Barrett is a retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral. She has over 30 years of proven leadership expertise in innovative cyber, digital transformation and telecommunications strategy development, and global operations. As an admiral, Ms. Barrett served as Director of Current Operations at U.S. Cyber ... Read more

Major General Clarence K.K. Chinn is an Academy Securities’ Board Member. Major General Chinn brings decades of experience to Academy’s Advisory Board, having served in the U.S. Army for over 36 years.  He most recently served as Commander, U.S. Army South, where he was responsible for the conduct and support of multinational operations and security ... Read more

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Vincent R. Stewart is an Academy Securities’ Advisory Board Member. Lieutenant General Stewart served in the United States Marine Corps for over 35 years. He most recently served as Deputy Commander, U.S. Cyber Command. Prior to this assignment, Lieutenant General Stewart served as the 20th Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. A ... Read more

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Robert S. Walsh is an Academy Securities’ Advisory Board Member. Lieutenant General Walsh served in the Marine Corps for over 35 years, completing his career as the Commanding General of the Marine Corps Combat Development Command and the Deputy Commandant for Combat Development & Integration. In his last assignment, he was responsible ... Read more

Rear Admiral Mark Heinrich is an Academy Securities’ Advisory Board Member and a General Manager at Microsoft, where he leads a supply chain and logistics effort which is building Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud. Prior to joining Microsoft, Admiral Heinrich was the CEO of AAMSI, an aerospace manufacturing & repair firm located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Additionally, ... Read more

Lieutenant General Deptula served in the United States Air Force for more than 34 years where he took part in operations, planning, and command leadership at the most senior levels. He was the principal attack planner for the 1991 Operation Desert Storm air campaign, commander of no-fly-zone operations over Iraq in the late 1990s, and ... Read more

A native of the Carolinas, Mastin Robeson was commissioned in 1975 and served over 34 years on active duty in the United States Marine Corps, during which time he served in more than 60 countries. He retired from the Marine Corps in February 2010. Major General Robeson served in combat zones in Liberia, Desert Storm, ... Read more

Lieutenant General Hernandez served in the United States Army for 39 Years and was the first Commander of Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER), where he was responsible for the daily operations, defense and risk management of all Army networks with 1.2 million users. As the Army’s lead for all cyberspace activity, Lieutenant General Hernandez built a ... Read more

Brigadier General Anthony J. Tata (U.S. Army, retired) is a cross functional leader involved in an array of successful business ventures including aviation cargo, cold supply chain and home medical care. Previously, he performed the duties of Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, the #3 position in the United States Department of Defense. His leadership in ... Read more

Rear Adm. (Ret.) Caesar is a Surface Warfare Officer who earned his commission from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1977. He also holds a Master of Business Administration Degree from the College of William & Mary. Admiral Caesar is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI Fellow in Foreign Politics, International Relations, and the National ... Read more

Edward M. Straw is the founder and managing partner of Osprey Venture Partners—a firm that finds investment capital and assists with business development for startup entrepreneurs. He is the retired President, Global Operations of The Estee Lauder Companies, and currently sits on the boards of the following companies: Performance Equity Management, Odyssey Logistics, Helius Medical ... Read more

Vice Admiral Robert S. Harward, Jr. is the Chief Executive Officer for Lockheed Martin in the UAE and lives in Abu Dhabi. In this role, Vice Admiral Harward is responsible for all aspects of the company’s business interests in the UAE, including strategy, operations, and growth of Lockheed Martin programs, as well as successful execution ... Read more

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Frank Kearney served 35 years in the United States Army as an Infantry and Special Operations officer. Most recently, LTG Kearney served as the Deputy Director for Strategic Operational Planning at the National Counter-Terrorism Center in Washington, DC. In this position, he was responsible for whole-of-government planning with over 29 Inter-Agency partners ... Read more