MG Glenn A. Dean was commissioned as a US Army Armor officer in 1993 as a Distinguished Military Graduate of the ROTC program at the Florida Institute of Technology. His first assignment was to the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor at Fort Benning, Georgia where he served as a Tank Platoon Leader, Scout Platoon Leader, and company Executive Officer.

His subsequent operational assignments include: Commander, US Army Recruiting Company, Frederick Maryland; Assistant Operations Officer, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division; Commander, Company B, 1st Battalion 8th Cavalry; and Commander, Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion 8th Cavalry.
In 2002, he transitioned to the Army Acquisition Corps, serving as Chief, Small Arms Division, US Army Infantry Center; Assistant Product Manager, Medium Cannon Caliber Ammunition, Picatinny Arsenal; Science & Technology Advisor, Combined/Joint Task Force-82, Afghanistan; and Armament Systems Technology Manager, Armaments Research, Development, and Engineering Center, Picatinny Arsenal; and Product Manager, Bradley Fighting Vehicle & Armored Knight, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan. Following completion of the Army War College, he subsequently served as the Military Deputy for the Tank-Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center and as Project Manager, Stryker Brigade Combat Team, both at Detroit Arsenal. He then served as the Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management (DASM) under the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology. He assumed duties as Program Executive Officer, Ground Combat Systems on 3 December
2020.
MG Dean’s military and civilian education includes: BS, Aerospace Engineering, Florida Institute
of Technology; MS, Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology; MA, Strategic Studies, US Army War College; the Armor Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Scout Platoon Leader’s Course, the Combined Arms & Services Staff School, the Acquisition Officer Basic Course, the Command and General Staff Officer’s Intermediate Level Education Course, the Program Manager’s Course, the US Army War College, and Airborne School.
His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Southwest Asia Service Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Parachutist’s Badge, the Army Staff Badge, and the Recruiter Badge.

Command Sergeant Major Hester enlisted as an Infantryman in the United States Army on 1
August 1990, in Mount Sterling, Illinois. He attended basic and Advanced Individual Training at
Fort Benning, Georgia. Upon graduation, he was assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division in South
Korea.
Previous assignments include: 1-506th INF, South Korea; 2-504 PIR, Fort Bragg, North Carolina;
U.S. Army Recruiting Command; 2-504 PIR, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Joint Readiness Training
Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana; 1-509th PIR, Fort Polk, Louisiana; 2-4 INF, Fort Polk, Louisiana;
Asymmetric Warfare Group, Fort Meade, Maryland; Command Sergeant Major 1-38th CAV
Regiment, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Command Sergeant Major U.S. Army Security Assistance
Training Management Organization, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Command Senior Enlisted
Leader, Office of Security Cooperation -- Iraq, U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq; Command
Sergeant Major 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. He has also served three tours
in Iraq (OIF II, OIF VII, and OIR), two tours in Afghanistan (OEF II and OEF VII) and KFOR 17.
His last assignment was as the United States Army Central – Third Army, Command Sergeant
Major, Shaw AFB, South Carolina. He has served in every leadership position in the Infantry from
Team Leader through Command Sergeant Major.
CSM Hester’s military education includes the Primary Leadership Development Course, Basic
NCO Course, Advanced NCO Course, Airborne School, Air Assault School, Ranger School,
Jumpmaster School, Recruiting School, Pathfinder School, First Sergeant’s Course and the Joint
Special Operations Forces Senior Enlisted Academy. He holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts
from Excelsior College in Albany, New York.
His awards and decorations include: Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (3OLC),
Bronze Star Medal (2OLC), Meritorious Service Medal (5OLC), Army Commendation Medal
(5OLC), Army Achievement Medal (7OLC), Good Conduct Medal (10th Award), National Defense
Service Medal (with Bronze Star), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Afghanistan Campaign
Medal (2 Bronze Stars), Iraq Campaign Medal (2 Bronze Stars & Arrowhead Device), Global war
on Terror Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terror Service Medal, NCO Professional
Development Ribbon (with Numeral 6), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon (with
Numeral 6), NATO Medal, Korea Service Ribbon, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Valorous Unit
Award, and the Meritorious Unit Citation (2OLC). Ranger Tab, Combat Infantryman Badge, Expert
Infantryman Badge, Master Parachutist Wings, Air Assault Wings, Pathfinder Badge and the Gold
Recruiters Badge.

George Jackson is the vice president of events at GovExec – the largest and most-influential media company in the public sector marketplace. George joined GovExec in October of 2020 to enhance the scale of their events and audience experiences.

He graduated from The Ohio State University in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in English. In 2006, he earned his master’s in broadcast journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park.

George spent the first five years of his journalism career at WJHL-TV in Johnson City Tenn. – beginning as an overnight producer for the station’s 6 a.m. broadcast. He advanced to lead on-air reporter for WJHL’s 11 p.m. newscast.

As a reporter, George examined the earnings of two non-profit hospital systems, felony charges filed against a local sheriff, predatory paving companies, a health benefits backlog for local veterans, and a series of cold-case murder investigations. He received an honorable mention for Best TV Reporter in the 2011 Tennessee AP Broadcast awards and won a Best Investigative Reporting award from Media General in 2010.

George joined DC’s ABC affiliate WJLA-TV in 2012 to produce Capital Insider, which won him an Emmy award. One year later, he developed and recorded the pilot episode of Government Matters – a program about the business of government. It debuted as a weekly show on Sunday, August 4th of 2013. George led Government Matters through September of 2020, expanded its reach to a daily worldwide audience, and produced its first feature-length documentary “The Dawn of Generation AI.”

George is from Toledo, Ohio. He lives with his wife, twin daughters, and a pair of rescue dogs in Northern Virginia.