Phillip McGhee joins Board of Directors

We are honored and privileged to welcome Retired US Army Major General Phillip McGhee to our Board of Directors. General McGhee has joined us as a Director and Vice President.

McGhee served in the US Army for 34 years and retired in 2013. In March 2013, he was appointed by the Secretary of the Army as a Senior Executive Services Tier Two executive and assigned to US Army Forces Command for an additional ten years. During his 44 year career in financial management, he served as the Director, Army Budget; Chief Financial Officer, Forces Command; Director of Resource Management, US Army Central/Third Army; Director of Resource Management, Installation Management Command; Comptroller, United States Army Special Operations Command; Deputy Comptroller, US Special Operations Command; Comptroller, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta; Comptroller, Flight Concepts and Comptroller, United States Army Intelligence and Security Command, Panama. Early in his career, he was an Infantry platoon leader, Heavy Weapons platoon leader and Scout platoon leader.

He is a graduate of the U.S. Army War College, Command and General Staff College, the Combined Arms Services Staff School, Webster University and Columbus State University. He is a Certified Defense Financial Manager-Acquisition Specialist (CDFM-A) and is a DoD Financial Management Certification Level 3.

Some of his military and civil service awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Army Distinguished Service Medal, Civilian Distinguished Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Legion of Merit, and Bronze Star.

Currently, McGhee serves as Commander of the American Legion Post 543 in Southport, North Carolina. He is also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Society of Military Comptrollers, Association of United States Army and the National Association of Eagle Scouts.

He and his wife Candy have been married for more than 50 years. Their son, Shawn, is a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and a commercial pilot for Delta, and their daughter-in-law, Stacey, is a Registered Nurse. They have two beautiful granddaughters – Hailey (24) and Aidan (22) both graduates of LSU.