Category Archives: Leadership

Town Hall with Dr. Joseph J. Thomas

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Town Hall with Dr. Joseph J. Thomas, the Roger and Linda Tetrault Director of the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership

The U.S. Naval Academy Foundation is pleased to invite you to a virtual town hall on Thursday, 6 August at 12 p.m. PDT  with Dr. Joe Thomas, The Roger and Linda Tetrault Director of the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership. The Stockdale Center works to strengthen the leadership abilities of USNA faculty, coaches and staff, and to prepare the Brigade of Midshipmen to find solutions for many of the ethical challenges facing our nation today. Dr. Thomas will present on successes at the Stockdale Center and highlight specific programs such as the Boeing Leadership Innovation Lab, the Influence the Influencer program and the Lawrence Ethics Essay Award.

About Dr. Thomas:

Dr. Joseph J. Thomas is the Roger and Linda Tetrault Director of the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership and former Class of ’61 Chair and Distinguished Professor of Leadership Education and ADM Jay Johnson Research Professor in Leadership and Ethics. Dr. Thomas holds an M.S.Sc. from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, a M.S.S. from the U.S. Army War College, a Ph.D. from George Mason University and Certificate in Public Leadership from the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. As an active duty Marine his assignments included 1st and 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 26 Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, Assistant Professor of Naval Science at the University of Notre Dame, 6th Battalion Officer at the U.S. Naval Academy, and Head of Training Management and Evaluation/Senior Education Officer at Marine Corps Training and Education Command.

We are honored to have him lead this important and riveting discussion.

We expect Dr. Thomas’ remarks will last approximately 30 minutes with time allowed for questions afterwards.

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Meet Admiral Buck

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Vice Adm. Sean Buck, the 63rd Superintendent of the US Naval Academy, was scheduled for a West Coast Tour this July. We are sorry to have missed this special opportunity to have met Admiral Buck in person. But our Chapter will have an opportunity to meet the Superintendent in a Virtual town Hall with the alumni in the Western Region on Thursday, 30 July at 11:45 am to 13:00.

VADM Sean Buck ’83

Details about this virtual town hall with instructions of how to join this virtual town hall session with the chapter leaders will be emailed to all SF Bay Area Alumni (including those who have not yet had an opportunity to join the chapter) for whom the Alumni Association has a valid email address, provided you have not opted out of communications from the chapter.

Make your you are in the communications loop by updating your profile at https://usna.com/profile.

You can read Admiral Buck’s biography at https://www.usna.edu/PAO/Superintendent/bio.php

More of these town halls with USNA leadership are coming in the future. The next planned event is scheduled for Thursday, 6 August, 2020. Make sure to be on the invitation list by joining the chapter at least three days before the event to get the email invitation.

Chapter Reboot 2020

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It’s time for the SF Bay Area Chapter (the original West Coast Chapter) to pass the leadership baton onto a new generation of Chapter Leadership.  The current Board is now undergoing a re-write of our Chapter Bylaws to take us into the next decade.

We know that many of our alumni living in the SF Ba Area are eager to get more involved in our alumni association.  If you are not in a carer position that you have an opportunity to give back to your academy, please contact us and let us know your interest.