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Keith Thurgood's Biography

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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

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

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