Jack Keane

Former Vice Chief of Staff, US Army

General Jack Keane, a four-star general, completed 37 years in public service in December 2003, culminating as acting Chief of Staff and Vice Chief of Staff of the US Army. In January 2007 he and the scholar Frederick W Kagan published a policy study for the American Enterprise Institute entitled “Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq”. The study called for a large and sustained surge in US forces in Iraq and was in part acted upon by George Bush when he soon afterwards ordered the deployment of 21,500 more troops in Iraq.

General Keane is a member of the Secretary of Defense’s Policy Board, the George C Marshall Foundation and the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also Senior Partner at SCP Partners, a private equity firm, and a Director of MetLife, General Dynamics, MacAndrews & Forbes and Cyalume Technologies Holdings, Inc. He is also a trustee of the Rand Corporation, chairman of the Knollwood Foundation, and an advisor to two foundations assisting veterans: Welcome Back Veterans and American Corporate Partners.