JAMES BOGGESS, Chaplain (Colonel), is a 1988 grad-uate of Iowa State University and holds both a Master of Theological Studies and Master of Divinity from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. He earned a Doctor of Ministry from Erskine Theological Semi-nary where he focused on the issues of moral injury in soldiers and using religious disciplines to help sol-diers cope. Chaplain Boggess served as an Engineer officer and a transportation officer before becoming a
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chaplain and has three deployments in support of the Global War on Terror.
ADAM J. BOYD, Colonel (COL), is a 1994 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, and was commissioned as a Military Intelligence Officer. He has served in command and staff positions from the tactical to the strategic echelons. COL Boyd’s deployments include Operation IRAQI FREEDOM I, Operation IRAQI FREEDOM 07-09, and currently Operation FREE-DOM’S SENTINEL in Afghanistan.
CHARLES B. CAIN, Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col), is a 1999 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. He also holds master’s degrees from the University of Washington, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, and the USAWC. Lt Col Cain flew C-17A combat missions in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. He later became an experimental test pilot and led multiple developmen-tal test programs in the C-17A, C-130H, and C-130J aircraft. He served as Squadron Commander of the 418th Flight Test Squadron and Director of the Global Reach Combined Test Force at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), California. Lt Col Cain is currently the Chief of the Warfighter Readiness Research Division, part of the 711th Human Performance Wing and Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio.
TROY DENOMY, Lieutenant Colonel (LTC), is a 1996 graduate of Wofford College with a bachelor’s degree in history. Additionally, he earned a master’s degree in project management from George Washington Uni-versity. LTC Denomy served as an infantry officer for the first half of his career. He has deployed in support
of stabilization forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. LTC Denomy became a member of the Army Acquisition Corps in 2005. He has held a variety of program management positions to include most recently as Product Manager, Bradley Fighting Vehicles.
WILLIAM R. FUNCHES, JR. is a Department of the Army Civilian and a senior logistician for the Depart-ment of the Army. He is the Headquarters, DepartDepart-ment of Army’s lead for Army Prepositioned Stocks. He has served as Chief, Wargames and Exercises for the Army Chief of Logistics (G-4) in the Pentagon. Mr. Funches also supported the Chief of Staff of the Army’s Staff Talks Program, which synchronizes all Army-to-Army activities with key international partners and promotes interoperability.
MARK HAMILTON has more than 20 years of experi-ence in the intelligexperi-ence field. His career includes active duty in the U.S. Army and civilian service in the U.S.
Coast Guard, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, and the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Mr. Hamilton has also deployed as a Department of Defense (DoD) civilian to Iraq and Afghanistan in sup-port of Operations IRAQI FREEDOM and ENDUR-ING FREEDOM. As a participant in the Defense Senior Leader Development Program, he is currently on an experiential assignment to the Joint Special Opera-tions Command. Mr. Hamilton received a Master of Strategic Studies and the Commandant’s Award for Distinction in Research from the USAWC in 2017, and his bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from Appalachian State University in 1994.
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MICHAEL KIMBALL, Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) is a 1996 graduate of the University of Arkansas. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in criminal justice and was commissioned as a lieutenant of field artillery. In more than 21 years of service, he has commanded at all levels from battery to battalion and has served in numerous staff positions from battalion to the Joint Staff. He is currently serving as the senior fire support trainer at The National Training Center.
CHRISTOPHER M. KORPELA, Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) is a 1996 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, received a master’s degree from the University of Col-orado, and a doctoral degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University. He previously served as an armor officer, engineer officer, and network engineer with deployments to Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and INHERENT RESOLVE. He currently serves as an academy professor at West Point and is the director of the Robotics Research Center.
JAMES W. MANCILLAS, Department of the Army Civilian, is a 2005 graduate of the University of Ten-nessee, where he earned a multi-disciplinary doctorate in physics and chemistry with an emphasis in compu-tational quantum molecular dynamics. Working at the Center for Nuclear Waste and Regulatory Analyses, Dr. Mancillas has extensive experience developing probabilistic models examining the interaction and degradation of engineered and natural systems, as well as the transport and accumulation of contaminants in the biosphere. Other work experience includes:
naval nuclear power plant operations and commercial nuclear power plant relicensing. Working for the U.S.
Army Environmental Command, Dr. Mancillas has
developed expertise in sustainable infrastructure and energy, with specific interests in resilience develop-ment and metrics. Dr. Mancillas is now assigned to the Office of the Assistant Chief Secretary for Installation Management.
CHRISTOPHER J. NEMETH, Colonel (Col) is a 1996 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and received a master’s degree from Embry Riddle University. He is a command pilot with over 21 years on active duty, holding a variety of command and staff positions.
Col Nemeth has extensive experience in both the F-16 Fighting Falcon and MQ-9 Reaper.
PHILLIP SMALLWOOD, Colonel (COL), is a 1992 graduate of Radford University and received a mas-ter’s degree from the Naval Postgraduate School. He entered the Army as an aviation officer and is cur-rently an acquisition officer. He has held a variety of positions in program management and contracting, to include an assignment at the Training and Doctrine Command’s (TRADOC) Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC) as the senior acquisition officer. He has commanded at the Army Special Operations Com-mand and is currently in Brigade ComCom-mand in Vicenza, Italy. COL Smallwood’s deployments include: Opera-tions JOINT ENDEAVOR (Bosnia), ALLIED FORCE (Kosovo), SOUTHERN WATCH (Iraq) ENDURING FREEDOM (Afghanistan), IRAQI FREEDOM, (Iraq), and INHERANT RESOLVE (Iraq).
ERIC VAN DEN BOSCH, Colonel (COL), is a 1995 graduate of The Ohio State University and received master’s degrees from the USAWC and Western Gov-ernor’s University. He entered the Army as a field
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artillery officer and served in that capacity for 2 years.
He is currently a signal officer and has held a variety of command and staff positions in Army, Joint, and Spe-cial Operations organizations.
ADAM Z. WALTON, Colonel (COL), is a 1994 gradu-ate of the University of California, Davis with a bach-elor of science in chemistry. Additionally, he holds a Master of Science and doctorate degree in chemistry from the University of Florida and a Master of Strate-gic Studies from the USAWC. COL Walton currently serves as a Functional Area 52 (Nuclear Weapons and Counterproliferation) officer detailed to the National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. Over the past 23 years, his assignments have included: tours as a branch chief, Defense Counter-proliferation Office, Defense Intelligence Agency;
instructor and assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Life Science, U.S. Military Academy, West Point; executive officer for the Joint Logistics Command, Combined Joint Task Force 101, Operation ENDURING FREEDOM; and a variety of command and staff positions dealing with all aspects of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense operations JASON A. WESBROCK, Colonel (COL), is a 1994 grad-uate of the U.S. Military Academy with a bachelor’s degree in Russian and Spanish. Additionally, he earned a master’s degree in adult and continuing education from Kansas State University and a master’s degree in strategic studies from the USAWC. COL Wesbrock is an infantry officer with more than 25 years of service in the Army, and he has deployed twice in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. His last assign-ment was on the Joint Staff, and he currently serves as
the Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations for III Corps and Fort Hood.