BRIGADIER GENERAL SAMUEL NICHOLS, JR. Director, Enterprise Records Service
Veterans Administration in Washington, DC Brigadier
General Samuel Nichols, Jr., a citi- zen soldier, is di- rector of enterprise records service for the Veterans Administration in Washington, D.C. He most recently
served as deputy commander of Joint Task Force Guantanamo in Cuba. He has commanded both the 3rd Personnel Command in Jackson, Mississippi and the 87th Army Reserve Support Com- mand (East) in Birmingham, Alabama. Additionally, he was an Army Senior Service Fellow at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Brig. Gen. Nichols graduated from Mis- sissippi State University with Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Degrees in Education.
BRIGADIER GENERAL LAWARREN PATTERSON Command of 7th Signal Command, Fort Gordon, GA.
Brigadier
General Lawarren Patterson gradu- ated in 1982 from Norfolk State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Commu- nications. He also holds a Master’s degree in General Administration from Central Michigan University and a Mas- ter’s degree in Strategic Studies from the Army War College. In 2010, he assumed command of 7th Signal Command, which operates and defends the U.S. Army’s portion of the Global Information Grid. Previously, he commanded the 1st Signal Brigade in Korea, and served in the Na- tional Military Command Center Com- munications based in Washington, D.C.
BRIGADIER GENERAL RENWICK PAYNE Director, Joint Staff, New York Joint Force Headquarters
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Brigadier
General Renwick Payne enlisted in 1974 and received his commission as a Second Lieuten- ant of field artil- lery on August 17, 1979. Since being assigned to the
National Guard Bureau in October 1993. Most recently, Brig. Gen. Payne served as Assistant Adjutant General - Army, New York National Guard. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from Governor’s State University, and he was a senior service fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is affiliated with the National Guard Association of the United States, the Militia Association of New York, the Association of the United States Army and the 369th Historical Society.
BRIGADIER GENERAL AUNDRE PIGGEE Commander of 21st Theater Sustainment Command in Europe
Brigade Gen-
eral Aundre Pig- gee most recently served as the J4 of the United States Forces in Korea. Previous assign- ments include Commander of the 15th Sustainment
Brigade, Executive Officer to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, and G4 of the 1st Cavalry Division. He graduated from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff with a Bachelor of Science degree in Bi- ology. Subsequently, he earned a Masters of Arts in Materiel Acquisition Manage- ment and a Master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the Army War College.
MAJOR GENERAL DANA J. H. PITTARD Commanding General of Fort Bliss, Texas
Major Gen-
eral Dana J.H. Pit- tard was commis- sioned as a Second Lieutenant from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1981,
with a Bachelor’s degree in History. He later earned a Master’s degree in Military Arts and Science from the Army School of Advanced Military Studies. Maj. Gen. Pittard also completed a National Security Fellowship at the John F. Ken- nedy School of Government at Harvard University. He served as a Deputy Chief of Staff of Operations and Training at the Training and Doctrine Command. He has also served as the Commanding General of the National Training Center and Commanding General of the Iraqi Assistance Group. Maj. Gen. Pittard’s army career has taken him to more than seventy countries around the world. In 2011 he returned to his hometown in Texas to become a senior commander of Fort Bliss..
BRIGADIER GENERAL BARRYE PRICE Director of Human Resources Policy Directorate, Army G1
Brigadier
General Barrye Price is a Distin- guished Military Graduate of the University of Houston’s Col- lege of Business Administration. He also holds a Master’s degree in History from Texas A&M University, a Master’s in National Security Strategy from National Defense University, and in 1997, he became the first African American to obtain a Ph.D. from Texas A&M’s Department of His- tory. Prior to his current assignment he was the Deputy Commanding General of the Army Cadet Command and he served as the first J1 of United States Forces- Iraq. Brig. Gen. Price also served on the President and First Lady’s task force on “Raising Responsible and Resource- ful Teenagers” in 2000; on President Clinton’s “Mississippi Delta Task Force” which sought to revitalize the Mississippi River flood plain from 1999 through 2000. He also served as an Associate Pro- fessor of History at West Point and was a White House Fellow, serving as a Special Assistant to the Director of the U.S. Of- fice of Personnel Management.
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