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Col Suzanne Gehri Fortune, USAF (Ret) has over 30 years experience as business executive and military professional. A retired US Air Force Colonel specializing in international/joint logistics and airlift operations, her 24-year career included both squadron and group commands, a joint tour as Chief of the US European Command's Logistics Operations and International Divisions, and four years as an Instructor/Assistant Professor at the US Air Force Academy.
She is also the co-founder and CEO of DeFeo Gehri Associates, Inc--a small, private company which provides specialized aerospace and defense business development expertise to companies seeking first-time entry into the Department of Defense marketplace. DeFeo Gehri clients have included Dynamics Research Corporation (DRC), Andover, MA; SAP Public Services, Inc., Newtown Square, PA and Aeronautical Radio, Inc. (ARINC), Annapolis, MD. In that capacity, Col Gehri Fortune has also been a consultant logistics and transportation for the RAND Corporation's Project Air Force. In addition, as a consultant to SAIC, and at the request of the Secretary of the Air Force, she recently teamed with Admiral Charles Larson USN (Ret) to co-author the "Larson Report"-a comprehensive and comparative review of the US Air Force Academy faculty.
Since 1998, Col Gehri Fortune has also been a part-time Senior Lecturer at the Center for Civil Military Relations at the US Naval Postgraduate School, and is Chairman of the Advisory Board of the School of International Studies, University of the Pacific (UOP) in Stockton, CA. She has a BA in International Relations from UOP, and an MA in Political Science from UC Berkeley.
