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Michael Barron

MEMBER SINCE: 2009

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Deputy Director, Government Relations, Military Officers Association of America. Former Director, International Operations and Policy, The Boeing Company; Director, Government Affairs, The Boeing Company; Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army, Office of the Secretary of the Army. Former positions with the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Assistant for Legislative Affairs, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Senior Advisor to the Chief Administrator and Presidential Envoy, Coalition Provisional Authority, Baghdad, Iraq; Director, Joint Lessons Learned and Assessment Team, Baghdad, Iraq; Senior Chief Military Strategist and Joint Operational Planner. Former Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance, Department of Defense. Former positions with the U.S. Army: Commander; Director of Army Legislative Affairs to the United States Senate. Former Assistant to the Speaker of the House for Defense and Foreign Policy, Office of the Speaker, United States House of Representatives; Deputy Commander, Multinational Task Force 1-6, United Nations Peacekeeping Operation Able Sentry, Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia; Aide de Camp and Executive Assistant to the Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy.

History of Employment

Position
Division
Organization
Start
End
Subject Matter Expert & Consultant
GLG
2020
Present
Senior Advisor & Corporate Board Member
JMH Group
2021
Present
President and CEO
Capitol Hill Connect, LLC
2020
Present
Senior Advisor to the Undersecretary for Health
Veterans Health Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
2019
2020
Director
Government Relations
Military Officers Association of America
2013
2019
Director
International Operations and Policy
The Boeing Company
2012
2013
Director
Government Affairs
The Boeing Company
2010
2012
Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army
Office of the Secretary of the Army
U.S. Department of Defense
2007
2010
Assistant to the Chairman and Director of Legislative Affairs for the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S. Department of Defense
2003
2007
Senior Advisor to the Chief Administrator and Presidential Envoy
Coalition Provisional Authority, Baghdad, Iraq
2003
2003
Director
Joint Lessons Learned, Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
CENTCOM
2003
2003
Strategist
the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Department of Defense
2001
2003
Commander
1st Bn. 50th Inf. Regiment
198th Infantry Brigade
1998
2000
Director of Legislative Affairs to the United States Senate
Office of the Secretary
Department of the Army
1997
1998
Congressional Fellow, served as the Special Assistant to the Speaker, Defense and Foreign Affairs
Office of the Speaker
United States House of Representatives
1996
1997
Officer Manager, Infantry Branch
U.S. Army, Human Resources Command
Department of the Army
1995
1996
Battalion Executive Officer
1-6 Infantry Regiment
3rd Infantry Division, U.S. Army Europe
1993
1995
Deputy Commander
Task Force 1-6 Infantry, Operation Able Sentry, Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia
United Nations Peacekeeping Force
1994
1994
Aide de Camp to the Superintendent
Office of the Superintendent
United States Military Academy, West Point New York
1991
1992
Instructor and Assistant Professor
Department of Military Instruction
United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
1988
1991
Primary Policy Areas

Defense, Foreign Policy, Government Operations/Innovation, Health Care, Homeland Security, International Aid and Development, National Security, Nonprofit/Philanthropy, Veterans Affairs

Primary Sector of Expertise

Federal

Primary Functions

Academic Faculty, Advocacy, Change Management, Human Capital, Intergovernmental, Military Service, Nonprofit / NGO leadership, Risk Management, Strategic Planning