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Jeffrey William Eggers[1] served in the White House for six years, most recently as President Obama's special assistant for national security affairs. Eggers retired from the Navy in 2013 after a twenty-year career as a U.S. Navy SEAL. His many operational tours included several SEAL Teams, commander of the Special Operations Task Unit in western Iraq, and operations officer and mission commander for the U.S. Navy's undersea special operations command.[2] From his time as a SEAL, he has extensive combat and leadership experience.[1] Eggers also served as the National Security Council's senior director for Afghanistan and Pakistan for four years.
Jeffrey Eggers | |
|---|---|
 Jeff Eggers in 2013 | |
| Alma mater | Oxford University(M.A.) United States Naval Academy (B.S) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1993-2013 |
| Rank |  Commander (O-5) |
| Unit | Navy SEALs |
| Awards | Samuel Nelson Drew Award |
He currently leads the McChrystal Group's Leadership Institute, a leadership consulting firm whose main goal is to improve the performance of organizations.[3] Eggers is also a senior fellow in New America's International Security program, where he researches policy making in the public sector, focusing specifically on the behavioral science behind decision making.[4] Eggers is a speaker exclusively represented by Leading Authorities speakers bureau, and utilizes his extensive experience to discuss politics and leadership, as well as how our notion of leadership in America needs to change.[5] Eggers is currently on the board of a non-profit that helps families of veterans who were killed in action. He is also a member of the NationSwell Council, which is a group the focuses on solutions to critical challenges in America.[6] He also researches behavioral science, and has many publications, including ones in Fortune, Politico, and U.S. News & World Report. Eggers has taught courses in change management and leadership for U.S. intelligence agencies, the Foreign Service Institute, and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
Education
editEggers has an MA from Oxford University and a BS from the United States Naval Academy.[1]
Books
edit- McChrystal, Stanley; Eggers, Jeff; Mangone, Jay (2018). Leaders: Myth and Reality. Portfolio.
Other groups
edit- Senior fellow at the New America Foundation[7]
- Advisor for the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
- Member of the NationSwell Council
- Board member of the Special Operations Fund, a non-profit that cares for and assists the families of special operations veterans killed in action
Awards and honors
edit- In 2014, Eggers received the Samuel Nelson Drew Award for “distinguished contributions in pursuit of global peace” from President Obama for mediating the political crisis that followed the 2014 Afghan presidential elections.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "White House Fellows: Class of 2006-2007". George W Bush Whitehouse Archives. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Jeff Eggers". Leading Authorities, Inc. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ "Jeff Eggers". McChrystal Group. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Jeffrey W. Eggers". New America. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ Tate, Ashley (6 July 2016). "In Order to Revitalize America, Our Concept of Leadership Needs to Change". Nation Swell. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ "Lessons in Leadership: A Conversation with Jeff Eggers". Harvard Kennedy School. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04.
- ^ Schrieber, Jason (30 May 2016). "Students pay tribute to Exeter's fallen war heroes". New Hampshire Union Leader. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
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