"Profiles in Veteran Leadership: John Tien with Citigroup & Kevin Horgan with VETLANTA”

Veteran Voices, Episode 6

This episode features John Tien and Kevin Horgan. As a Managing Director at Citigroup, John Tien currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer for Citi Retail Services’ largest American Express co-brand credit card portfolio, which provides credit card support to over 20 million Citi customers. As a retired U.S. Army Colonel, John also serves as the national Co-Head of the Citi Salutes program (www.CitiSalutes.com) which is Citi’s firm-wide initiative that supports U.S. military veterans and military families both internal to the company and in the communities where Citi works and lives. In this role, John provides national leadership for Citi’s several industry-leading veterans effort which includes Citi’s strategic partnerships with: Veterans On Wall Street (VOWS); the Military.com Military Transition mobile app; the Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation; The Mission Continues; Team Rubicon; and the Columbia University Center for Veteran Transition and Integration. Internal to Citi, John is the senior business sponsor for Citi’s 17 Citi Salutes chapters, the Citi Military Officer Leadership Program, and the Atlanta Citi Salutes chapter. Prior to joining Citi and in his last active tour of duty, John was a senior national security advisor to both President Obama and President Bush.

Kevin Horgan served as a USMC infantry officer from 1979 to 1984. He transitioned to civilian life attending law school and loading trucks for UPS on the same day, two weeks after walking off MCRD San Diego. Kevin retired from UPS in 2017 after 33 years of service in operations, engineering, and corporate real estate. He currently works with VETLANTA and other veteran projects in the community. Kevin and his wife Maureen have four adult children and three grandchildren. Kevin is an avid reader and has published two Civil War novels, and he blogs regularly on corps2corporate.com (for transitioning Marines and servicemen and women) and ourcultureinchoate.com (musings on the world at large). Learn more about Kevin Horgan: www.kevinhorganbooks.com/

Upcoming Events & Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Learn more about VETLANTA: vetlanta.org/

Learn more about Citi Salutes program: www.citigroup.com/citi/citizen/com…ity/citisalutes/

Check out Kevin Horgan’s books: www.kevinhorganbooks.com/

This episode was hosted by Lloyd Knight and Scott Luton. For more information on this episode, please visit our dedicated show page: www.supplychainnowradio.com/episode-208