Director Profile

Gordon (Skip) B. Davis Jr. Director

Olmsted Scholar Class '89

  • Rank:

    Major General

  • Branch:

    Army

  • Status:

    Retired

  • City of Study:

    Montpellier, France

  • University:

    University of Montpellier III / Paul-Valery

  • Language School:

    Defense Language Institute

  • Language:

    French

  • Assignments:
  • 2021 - Present:

    Senior Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis; Senior Research Fellow, The Arthur D. Simons Center for Ethical Leadership & Interagency Cooperation; Member, The Alphen Group

  • 2018 - 2021:

    NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Defense Investment

  • 2018:

    Retired

  • 2016 - 2018:

    J3, Director European Planning and Operations Center and Joint Cyber Center, US European Command, Stuttgart, Germany

  • 2015 - 2016:

    Commander, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (US Operation FREEDOM SENTINEL); Deputy Chief of Staff, Security Assistance, NATO Mission RESOLUTE SUPPORT, Kabul, Afghanistan

  • 2013 - 2015:

    Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations and Intelligence, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Mons, Belgium

  • 2012 - 2013:

    Deputy Commanding General for Development & Education, Combined Arms Center; Deputy Commandant CGSC, Ft Leavenworth, KS

  • 2011 - 2012:

    Deputy Commanding General, ANSF Development, CJTF-1 (1st Cav Div – US Operation ENDURING FREEDOM); DCG, Region Command East, ISAF Joint Command, NATO Mission ISAF, Bagram & Gardez, Afghanistan

  • 2010 - 2011

    C/J-5, Director Future Plans, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, NATO Mission ISAF, Kabul, Afghanistan

  • 2009 - 2010:

    Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations and Intelligence, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, Rheindahlen, Germany

  • 2008 - 2009:

    Chief, Strategic Advisory Group, for Commander, NATO Mission International Security Assistance Force, Kabul, Afghanistan

  • 2006 - 2008:

    Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff Southern European Task Force (Airborne), Vicenza, Italy

  • 2004 - 2006:

    Commander, 2nd Brigade, 78th Division (Training Support), Ft Drum, NY; deployed as Commander, Public Order Division, Special Police Transition Team, US Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq

  • 2002 - 2004:

    G5, Deputy Plans, later Chief of Plans, later Chief of Info Ops and Chief of Staff Joint Effects Centre, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, Rheindahlen, Germany

  • 2001 - 2002:

    Student, US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA

  • 2000 - 2001:

    Deputy Commander, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Ft Benning, GA

  • 1998 - 2000:

    Commander, 2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry, Ft Benning, GA

  • 1997 - 1998:

    Executive Officer, SETAF Lion Brigade, Vicenza, Italy

  • 1996 - 1997:

    S3 Operations Group, Combat Maneuver Training Center, Hohenfels, Germany; deployed as J3 Operations Officer, GUARDIAN ASSISTANCE (Kigali, Rwanda) and later deployed as J5 Plans Officer, GUARDIAN RETRIEVAL (Brazzaville, Congo)

  • 1994 - 1996:

    S3, 3rd Battalion, 325th ABCT, Vicenza, Italy; deployed for Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR (Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina), and later deployed as J3 Liaison Officer, Operation ASSURED RESPONSE (Freetown, Sierra Leon; Monrovia, Liberia)

  • 1994 - 1994:

    Chief, G3 Training, Southern Europe Task Force (SETAF), Vicenza, Italy; deployed as J3, Joint Task Force-Alpha, Operation SUPPORT HOPE (Goma, Zaire)

  • 1991 - 1994:

    Exchange Officer S3 / S2, Susa Alpini Battalion, later S3 / S2 3rd Alpini Regiment, Pinerolo, Italy; deployed to Chimoio, Mozambique (UN Operation Mozambique – UNOMOZ)

  • 1989 - 1991:

    Olmsted Scholar Program – Montpellier, France

  • 1986 - 1988:

    Company Commander, 4th Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division; later Officer Personnel Manager, XVIII Airborne Corps, Ft Bragg, NC

  • 1982 - 1985:

    Platoon Leader, C Company, later Operations Liaison Officer & Assistant S3 Air, 1st Battalion, 509th Airborne Combat Team (ABCT); later C Company Executive Officer, later S3 Air Operations Officer, 4th Battalion, 325th ABCT, Vicenza, Italy

  • Education:
  • 2002:

    MS, Strategic Studies, Army War College

  • 1991:

    MA, Defense Studies, University of Montpellier III / Paul-Valery

  • 1990:

    MBA, University of Montpellier III / Paul-Valery

  • 1981:

    BS, Physics, United State Military Academy