Full Name:
Keith L. Thurgood
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Carol; 5 Children
Masters, Military Strategic Studies, Army War College, 1998-2008
PhD, Organizational Design and Leadership, Capella University, 2004-2008
MS, Business Administration, Boston University, 1985-1987
Bachelors, Political Science and Government, Brigham Young University, 1977-1981
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Texas, District 3, 2016
No caucus information on file.
Senior Leadership Position, For-Profit Business Enterprise
Senior Leadership Position, Non-Profit Business Enterprise
Author, The X Factor: Sustaining Organizational and Personal Xcellence
President, Spend and Clinical Management Division, MedAssets, Jan. 2013- March 2015
Deputy, Cheif Army Reserve, Deputy Commanding General, United States Army, Oct 2011- Jan 2013
President/ Chief Executive Officer, Overseas Military Sales Corporation, Oct 2010- July 2012
Senior Vice President, Sam's Club, Apr 2010- October 2010
Cheif Executive Officer, The Exchange, 2007-2010
Author, Construct for Developing an Integrated Leadership Model: Linking the Correlates of Effective Leadership, Development and Succession Planning, 2008
Commanding General, United States Army, 2006-2007
Director, Strategy and Innovation, PepsiCo, 1988-2006
Author, The Role of the Logistics Leader in Purchasing Freight, 2003
Board Member, America's Future Series, 2015-present
Board of Advisors, Blue Star Veterans Network, 2015-present
Board Member, Hire Heroes USA, 2015-present
Volunteer Business Consultant, Executives in Action, 2011-present
Member, Executive Board, Boy Scouts of America, 2004-present
Key Note Speaker, American Associationof Inside Sales Professionals Leadership Summit
Youth Leader, Church
Awards:
Distinguished Military Graduate (1981)
Recipient George C. Marshall Leadership Award (1981)
Inducted into US Army Transportation Hall of Fame (2004)
Profiled in "D CEO Magazine" as Global Retail Leader(2007)
Recipient Brigham Young University Leadership Alumni Award (2008)
Brigham Young University Distinguished Alumni Award (2011)
Number of Grandchildren:
12