Vice President Profile

David Jones Vice President

Olmsted Scholar Class '00

  • Rank:

    Colonel

  • Branch:

    Marine Corps

  • Status:

    Retired

  • City of Study:

    Buenos Aires

  • University:

    University of Belgrano

  • Language School:

    Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Monterey, CA

  • Language:

    Spanish

  • Assignments:
  • 2026 - Present

    Vice President

    The George and Carol Olmsted Foundation

    Falls Church, VA

  • 2024 - Present:

    Board Member, Donor Outreach for Veterans (DOVE)

  • 2024 - 2025:

    Chief Operating Officer, Global Defense, Inc.

  • 2022 - 2024:

    Headquarters Marine Corps

  • 2022- 2024:

     Chief of Staff, Logistics Directorate (J4), USEUCOM

  • 2019 - 2020:

    Executive Officer to the Deputy Commander, USEUCOM

  • 2016 - 2019:

    Deputy Commander, Marine Corps Installations Pacific (MCIPAC)

  • 2014 - 2016:

    Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools (MCSSS), Camp Johnson, NC

  • 2011 - 2014:

    Deputy G5, Plans, then Assistant Chief of Staff G-4, Marine Forces Europe (MARFOREUR), Stuttgart, Germany

  • 2010 - 2011:

    Student, National War College, Ft Leslie McNair, Washington, DC

  • 2008 - 2010:

    Commanding Officer, Marine Wing Support Squadron 371, Yuma, AZ

  • 2006 - 2008:

    Marine Military Aide to the Vice President of the United States, Washington, DC

  • 2005 - 2006:

    Assistant Chief of Staff G-4, 2d Marine Logistics Group (Forward), II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), Multi-National Forces West, Iraq

  • 2002 - 2005:

    Support Branch OIC, Special Operations Training Group, Camp Lejeune, NC

  • 2000 - 2002:

    Olmsted Scholar Program – Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • 1998 - 1999:

    Student, Combined Logistics Career Captains Course, Ft Lee, VA

  • 1997 - 1998:
    Commanding Officer, Landing Support Equipment Company, 2d Landing Support Bn, Camp Lejeune, NC
  • 1996 - 1997:

    Operations Officer, HQ Service Battalion, 2nd Force Service Support Group, Camp Lejeune, NC

  • 1993 - 1996:

    Maintenance Management Officer, HQ Division Officer-in-Charge, Logistics Officer, Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, MCAS New River, NC

  • 1992 - 1993:

    Student, The Basic School and Logistics Officer Course, VA

  • Education:
  • 2019:

    Graduate Certificate, Advanced Management Program – Harvard University

  • 2018:

    Graduate Certificate, Advanced Program in Logistics and Technology – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  • 2017:

    Graduate Certificate, Strategic Business Leadership – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  • 2010:

    MS, National Security Studies, National War College

  • 1998:

    MBA, Campbell University

  • 1992:

    BS, History – US Naval Academy