Michael Barron
Senior Fellow

Colonel Michael Barron

Member Since 2026

Biography

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
Senior Advisor & Corporate Board Member JMH Group 2021 Present
President and CEO Capitol Hill Connect, LLC 2020 Present
Subject Matter Expert & Consultant GLG 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

Expertise

Primary Sector

Federal

Primary Functions

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