Trine prof selected for Bush Institute leadership program

DALLAS — A faculty member in Trine University’s Master of Business Administration program was one of 34 people picked for a national program designed to equip leaders supporting veterans and their families.

Jermaine King, an adjunct professor in the MBA program, was selected to the Class of 2023 for the Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program, sponsored by the George W. Bush Institute.

Jermaine serves as the Mission Support Group Chief (Senior Enlisted Leader) for Edwards Air Force Base in California. In that role, he synchronizes civil engineering, human resource management, hospitality, supply chain operations, fuels and transportation management, security, and contracting operations efforts of military, civilian and contracted personnel in five geographically separated organizations to support 19,500 personnel and $18 billion in assets.

Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program

The Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program seeks to serve bold leaders from diverse sectors nationwide, including civilians, veterans and active military.

The Scholars will gather at the George W. Bush Presidential Center to hear from inspiring leaders such as U.S. Navy Captain and NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy, the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough and retired United States Air Force General Alfred Flowers, among others. Participants will meet with nationally known and distinguished professionals, educators and veteran transition and leadership development experts throughout the five-month program.

Participants were selected after a rigorous application and review process. They join an active network of more than 170 alumni from four previous classes who are rising leaders – both veterans and non-veterans – from a wide range of sectors working to improve veteran outcomes. They hold various leadership roles in business, community involvement, veteran-serving nonprofits, government and academia; many are active and reserve military service members.

The program is part of the Bush Institute’s commitment to developing and supporting effective leaders, and it builds on the organization’s extensive body of work on veteran transition issues. Each participant joins the program with a personal leadership project, which allows them to implement what they learn in the program to improve veteran and military family outcomes across the United States.