FOUNDATION NEWS, No. 4/Winter 2008 (March 2008)
From the President-
Making a difference
Tom Holcom
Our Foundation celebrated its second anniversary on Feb. 13, 2008, and we have already created significant milestones.
Our Board of Trustees has grown to 60 trustees—carefully designed to benefit from a mix of 50 percent military and 50 percent community executives and leaders. This dedicated group helped design the evolving infrastructure, set it sights on a $10 million fund raising campaign, and made numerous contributions to support the margin of excellence for the Command and General Staff College.
The CGSC Foundation is aggressively growing and we are committed to supporting the College and its core mission of educating leaders for the challenges of the 21st century. We want to expand our financial support of its initiatives and plans to educate the next great Soldier-Statesman such as George Marshall, Dwight Eisenhower or Colin Powell.
Last August we were delighted to announce the creation of an academic chair and lecture series in the name of retired four-star general and former U.S. Secretary of State, Colin L. Powell. And we were excited to announce in February 2008, the first major gift to endow the lecture series. David McIntyre, President and CEO of TriWest Healthcare Alliance, announced their $550,000 gift to the Colin L. Powell lecture series. The business community knows the importance of leadership and educating the leaders of our Army, as well as the international military students. Each year about 90 international officers from 75 countries attend the CGSC officer course; in addition to the formal program, they get to see America and our Army first hand.
Moving into our third year, our Foundation will begin to invite many more military and civic leaders to join with us to fund the Colin Powell chair and expand educational efforts. We are planning more National Security Roundtable events at Fort Leavenworth to showcase the college, leadership and opportunities to donate time and treasure. If you want to make a difference and help build a more secure nation, use our web site at www.cgscfoundation.org to contact us.
