Board of Directors
Lt. General James Abrahamson
(USAF Ret.) (Chairman of the Board)
Lt. General Abrahamson is Chairman of GeoEye Inc., the largest commercial provider of satellite imagery. Additionally, he has served as Chairman of Oracle Corporation and as Executive Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors of Hughes Aircraft Company. During an impressive 34-year military career, General Abrahamson has served many posts including Associate Administrator for NASA in charge of Man Space Flight, and prior to that as Executive Director of the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars). He served as a fighter pilot during the Vietnam War and is a graduate of the Air Force Test Pilot School and Command Staff College. He is also a graduate of MIT University.
Charles H. Pardoe
Mr. Pardoe is a Managing Director of Prudential Investment Management, with current responsibilities for institutional marketing and client service for international investors. Mr. Pardoe has been dedicated to managing aspects of Prudential's international investment operations since 1990, and has operating experience in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Fredrick D. Barton
Mr. Barton is a Senior Adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Co-Director of the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project. He has led work to improve the way the United States and the international community approach war-prone situations, including action strategies for Iraq, Sudan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. Mr. Barton continues to teach at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School, where he was the Frederick H. Schultz Professor of Economic Policy and Lecturer of Public and International Affairs. Prior public service includes work for Cabinet Secretaries Joseph Califano and Patricia Roberts Harris, and for U.S. Senator William D. Hathaway of Maine.
Robert Cohen
Mr. Cohen is founder and President of Perseus Realty, LLC. Formerly the Chairman and CEO of Barnes Morris Pardoe & Foster, Mr. Cohen has created successful Washington area real estate transactions for over three decades and brings a wealth of business and financial experience to GRT. Mr. Cohen serves on the Board of Visitors at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University and has served on the boards of WETA and Norwood School.
Ralph A. Cusick, Jr.
Mr. Cusick has over forty years of experience in investment banking specializing in the initial public financing of high tech companies. He served as a general partner and then the managing director at Alex Brown and Sons where he oversaw all of the firm’s branch offices as well as supervising sales operations both in equities and real estate. Mr. Cusick retired from the investment banking world in 1999 and is currently a private investor. He has served as a Naval Officer aboard two ships and was later assigned to the Office of Naval Intelligence.
Michael D. Gray
Mr. Gray, CEO and Founder, founded Global Relief Technologies in the spring of 2003. From 2001 to 2003 he served as a U.S. State Department advisor to U.S. Central Command and General Tommy Franks regarding humanitarian and reconstruction operations. Prior to his assignment at U.S. Central Command, beginning in 1998, Mr. Gray served as a U.S. State Department refugee coordination officer in various conflict stricken areas such as Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania. Additionaly, he has served as a U.S. Naval Reserve Officer as well as Program Director for the U.S. Department of Justice's Anti-Organized Crime Assistance Program for Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
James Johnston
Mr. Johnston founded Johnston, Reid and Mitchell, Inc., an investment counseling and management company headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1984. Additionally, he was a Vice President and portfolio manager with T. Rowe Price Associates for 17 years.
Major General Thomas S. Jones (USMC Ret.)
Major General Jones currently serves as an advisor to the USMC on identifying solutions for the Improvised Explosive Devise problem. His impressive military career includes positions as Weapons Platoon Commander Executive Officer and Company Commander. In 1995, Major General Jones assumed duties as the Director of the Amphibious Warfare School, Quantico, Virginia. In 2000, he was designated as the Commanding General, Training and Education Command. He is a decorated veteran and has led marines in Vietnam, Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Major General Jones' personal decorations include: the Defense Superior Service Medal; Legion of Merit with 2 gold stars; the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V"; the Meritorious Service Medal with gold star; and the Combat Action Ribbon with gold star.
Fred Kocher
Mr. Kocher is president of Kocher and Company Inc. and the New Hampshire High Technology Council. Mr. Kocher was named the 2007 Business Leader of the Year by Business NH Magazine and the NH Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. He also served as Chief of Staff to Senator Warren Rudman. Mr. Kocher has been recognized for his considerable contributions to New Hampshire businesses, including his efforts to support new companies and to promote high technology as an engine of New Hampshire’s economy.
Charles E. Pardoe
Mr. Pardoe is a private investor based in Bethesda, Maryland. He was a founding partner of Barnes, Morris and Pardoe Commercial Real Estate Services in Washington, D.C. (now Insignia Commercial Group), and has over forty years of experience in real estate and other private investments and in the management of private companies.
Lawrence Paul
Mr. Paul is the Director of Business Development for Vizada, Inc. (the successor entity to Telenor Satellite Services, Inc.). He is responsible for managing strategic relationships and directing commercial negotiations on a global scale in the telecommunications and satellite industries. Prior to joining Telenor, Mr. Paul served as the Director of International Relations for Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications and before that COMSAT Corporation. He contributed to the U.S. Government and COMSAT/LMGT initiatives concerning the privatization of both satellite agencies.
Phillip L. Spector
Mr. Spector is the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the global satellite communications provider Intelsat, Inc. He is formerly the Managing Partner of the Washington, D.C., office of the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison LLP. After clerking for a U.S. Supreme Court Justice and working as a White House aide, Mr. Spector has since 1980 practiced law continuously in telecommunications and related areas, with particular emphasis on high-technology companies and those in emerging areas of growth.
Lt. General Wallace C. Gregson (USMC Ret.)
Lt. General Gregson retired from the Marine Corps in 2005 at the grade of lieutenant general after 37 years of service. Assignments included command at every level as well as service in Vietnam and Somalia. He currently manages his own consultant corporation, WCG and Associates International, LLC, which concentrates on national security policy, defense, and Asian security issues. Lt. General Gregson serves as a Director and Treasurer of the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund; as Trustee, Marine Corps University Foundation; as Honorary Director of the Okinawa Development International Council, and as Advisor, Center for Unconventional Security Affairs. Memberships include the Council on Foreign Relations; the Pacific Council on International Policy; the International Institute for Strategic Studies; the US Naval Institute; and the Marine Corps Association.