Colonel Athens recently left the federal government, having served for the past decade as

the Director of the U.S. Naval Academy’s Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for

Ethical Leadership and previously, as the Naval Academy’s first Distinguished Military

Professor of Leadership.

Colonel Athens is a retired Marine Corps officer with command and staff assignments in

all four Marine Aircraft Wings and an instructor tour with Marine Aviation Weapons and

Tactics Squadron One (the Marine Corps’ equivalent to the Navy’s Top Gun school). He

also served as a White House Fellow under President Ronald Reagan and the Special

Assistant to the NASA Administrator following the Space Shuttle Challenger accident.

Colonel Athens currently speaks around the country about leading with integrity and

works alongside leaders to help them fulfill their personal and professional calling.

He is married to the former Mistina Root of Williamsburg, Virginia and they have ten

children.

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