Advisors

General
Charles H. Jacoby, Jr.

General Chuck Jacoby brings over 36 years of experience leading military, government, and international organizations.

Prior to retiring from the U.S. Army as a four-star General, he was the first Army officer to Command North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command. He has commanded at all levels in joint and Army assignments, from Company to Geographic Combatant Command, including combat operations in Grenada with the 82nd Airborne Division; Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan; and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq.

William Wechsler, CFA

Mr. Wechsler joined the Board of Advisors in 2016, and brings to GeoFrame his decades of experience in senior leadership positions in both the private and public sectors.

Mr. Wechsler is Vice Chairman of Capitol Peak Asset Management, whose mission is to harness the power of public-private partnerships and the capital markets to foster critical infrastructure projects that spur economic growth and job creation on a significant scale.

Manny Diaz

Manny Diaz joined the Board of Advisors in 2014. Mr. Diaz served two terms as City of Miami Mayor beginning in 2001 and worked closely with Mr. Pfeffer and Mr. Cutright during his tenure as Mayor.

He was chosen to lead the United States Conference of Mayors as its president in 2008. Mr. Diaz is a member of the Board of Directors of several high-profile corporations and also serves on a wide range of commissions and cultural, educational and volunteer boards including Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Institute of Politics Senior Advisory Committee, Bloomberg Family Foundation. He is a former member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council/U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Sandra L. Charles

Ms. Charles started C&O Resources inc in 1992 as a strategic advisory and business development group with primary focus on the Middle East, after serving in the USG for over 15 years in both the National Security and Foreign Policy communities. During that time she was assigned to the White House under Presidents Reagan and GHW Bush as Director, Near East and South Asia, on the National Security Council staffs; and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs as Deputy Assistant Secretary (acting), in the Near East and South Asia office, as well as other positions in OSD. With her experience and expertise, she was engaged on issues and programs related to US national security and foreign policy goals and objectives in these regions. She participated in high level negotiations and strategic policy development regarding security cooperation, international agreements, crisis management, foreign military sales, and peace initiatives, including the GHW Bush Administration’s policy and strategy for Operations Desert Shield and Storm.

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