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Lee brings over 34 years of distinguished military service as well as unparalleled global leadership experience in national and international security policy, acquisition, sustainment, logistics, global supply chains, advanced manufacturing, civil engineering, strategic planning and military operations. 

Lee is President and CEO of The Levy Group, LLC and serves on the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). Appointed by the NASA Administrator, the NAC is the senior external advisory body to the administrator on program and policy matters related to the US space program. He is also on the Board of Advisors of VeriTX Ltd. 

During his final assignment with the Air Force, Lee was Commanding General of the Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC), headquartered at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He served as CEO of the Air Force’s organization responsible for worldwide logistics, supply chain, sustainment, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) of Air Force, other US military, and allied aircraft, space, and cyber systems.

Lorenzo Marandola is President of M1 Composites Technology in Montreal, Canada. He founded M1 to serve the international aircraft and composites community. M1 is an approved composites repair center and manufacturer of advanced composites aerospace components. 

He is a graduate of Concordia University with a degree in mechanical engineering and holds a Project Management Institute certification. With over 25 years of experience, he is a former Director of Business & Technology Development at L-3 Canada and has held key positions in Engineering at Bombardier Aerospace and Service Investigator at Pratt & Whitney Canada. His management style focuses on growth, team building, and leadership. 

As the winner of the Regional Quebec Entrepreneurship Program in 2013 and the Dunamis Award for Best New Business in 2014. Lorenzo has managed the start-up of this new company achieving Transport Canada accreditations (AMO & DAO), AS9100, AS9110 & ISO9001 certification and quality accreditations, Canadian Controlled Good Program (CGP) approval, Boeing Licensed MRO facility and Aero Montreal MACH 4. The M1 Composites Montreal facility features state-of-the-art equipment and is rapidly expanding in scope of service. 

As Director of Aerospace, Jeff Martin brings aviation logistics knowledge and expertise in defense industrial production spanning over 27 years to RG.  Jeff’s earned a reputation for influencing change and deploying innovative solutions across large, complex production and maintenance operations.

He achieved the rank of Colonel and held numerous positions throughout the United States Air Force culminating as the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex Vice Commander.  Jeff served over 13 years within the Air Force Materiel Command where he honed his manufacturing, repair, and overhaul acumen.  He was also the Headquarters Air Force Logistics Panel Chair overseeing logistics planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE).  Joint assignments include the Army Command and General Staff College and Joint Forces Command where he integrated joint logistics into joint doctrine.  Command tours include the 402d Aircraft Maintenance Group and the 654th Combat Logistics Support Squadron.

Jeff has an M.A.S. in Aviation/Aerospace Management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as well as an M.S. in Strategic Studies from Air University.  He’s also attended the Depot & Arsenal Executive Leadership Program from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Lean Six Sigma Executive Course from North Carolina State University.  Jeff holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Oklahoma State University.

Jeff is married to Melissa, and they have two boys Connor and Garret and they reside in Edmond Oklahoma.  Jeff enjoys attending OSU football, basketball, and baseball games.  He also enjoys camping and going down to the lake house in Kingsland, Texas. 

Mr. Sampels is the Associate Vice President, Defense Logistics, for the Linquest Corporation where he is responsible for developing and executing corporate strategy to grow the Linquest logistics portfolio in the Department of Defense. He is a highly experienced logistician, bringing over 35 years of expertise in logistics operations including systems acquisition; requirements planning; supply chain design; storage operations; global distribution; organizational, intermediate and depot level maintenance; and material disposition. He is certified by the Department of Defense in both Lifecyle Logistics and Program Management.

Mr. Sampels is a retired Air Force Colonel, successfully delivering logistics support services to the Air Force and Joint Warfighters around the world. He has served at all levels in the Air Force, commanded multiple organizations, and deployed in support of numerous operations and exercises around the world. Additionally, he is the Vice Chair of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Logistics Management Division and also serves on the boards of the Logistics Officer Association (LOA) and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Foundation."

Ted Sturgeon is the Vice President of Programs and Curriculum for the Institute for Defense and Business, a non-profit, 501C (3) Research and Education Institute located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, www.IDB.org

Ted is a retired Marine Aviator, retiring in 2007.

Ted has been customizing executive education programs for senior leaders for the Department of Defense and the Private Sector in the fields of Industrial Operations, Logistics, Life Cycle Sustainment, Continuous Improvement and Innovation since joining the IDB. Ted has worked extensively across the industrial base through education programs, best-practice benchmarking, and continuous improvement workshops over the past 17 years.