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Mark Camerer

Mark Camerer is a purpose-led, values-driven leader and problem solver with a track record of overcoming complex crisis’s that matter to the world we live in. He credits his early life in the rural farmlands of southern Illinois and wild prairies of Wyoming with establishing his foundational belief in hard work, meaningful relationships, a sense of fairness, and an unrelenting drive for making things better. A graduate of the University of Wyoming, he entered the United States Air Force in 1989. Fueled by an innate desire to seize the initiative and enjoy life’s adventures, Mark served in nineteen different assignments of increasing responsibility during his 33 year career. Mark retired from the Air Force as a major general in 2022.

During his career, he built depth and expertise in military approaches to strategy, international logistics, resourcing, budgeting, culture change, talent management, senior leader development, diversity, equity and inclusion, crisis response, defense contracting, systems procurement, and training methods. He held numerous positions of responsibility in the Arctic, Pacific, European and African theaters.

Mark is a renowned crisis management and culture change expert. In 2012, he was charged with fixing culture gone awry at US Air Force basic military training in the wake of a massive sexual assault scandal. In 2014 he led the team that wrote the US Air Force’s beat-Russia war plan and personally negotiated with Portuguese senior leaders to right-size Lajes Air Base. In 2017, he established the West Africa Logistics Network and resupplied US Forces engaged in combat over an area the size of the continental United States. In 2018, he led the organization that brought the KC-46 aircraft into service and collaborated with Boeing senior leaders throughout the procurement process to negotiate solutions that countered deficiencies and delivered success to a $30.9B acquisition program. In 2021, he led the team that evacuated 124,000 Afghan personnel from Afghanistan then personally established a safe haven inside the confines of an Air Force Base in New Jersey, where he was responsible for a $350M services and construction contract that dispatched goods and services valued at $1.1M per day to support 16,546 refugees.

Mark served fourteen years in C-Suite and VP-Level positions—the last eight as a general officer. He has worked directly with heads of state, members of congress, ministers of defense, chiefs of partner and allied nation Air Forces, US and foreign Ambassadors, senior DHS, DoS, USAID leaders and industry CEOs and Sr Vice Presidents.

A beneficiary of exceptional executive development and coaching, he knows what right looks like and relies on an optimistic “Yes If” attitude to tackle challenges that go beyond the comfort zones of contemporaries. A skilled collaborator, he is able to work with individuals, teams, and disparate stakeholders to wield influence that delivers results. His favorite Air Force memories stem from building teams that high-fived when they delivered results that surpassed expectations.

Mark lives in O’Fallon Missouri with his wife, Julie. They have two adult children, Matthew and Michael, two granddaughters, Zoey and Addison and two granddogs, Capo and Simon.