In December 2007, John Moellering was named Chairman of USAA, a Fortune 200 insurance and diversified financial services company, having served on the USAA board for 12 years.  He was previously President and CEO of Lear Siegler Services, Inc of Annapolis, MD for over twelve years.  During that time, Lear expanded from a field services company, to a contract services company that provided numerous world-wide maintenance, flight training, systems integration and engineering services including large operations in Europe and the Middle East, quadrupling revenue.

A 1959 graduate of West Point, Moellering also holds a Master of Science degree in engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a graduate of the Stanford Business School Marketing Management Program for Senior Executives.

Moellering retired from the Army as a three-star general in 1987.  He served in combat in Vietnam.  His key command assignments included Assistant Division Commander of the 9th Infantry Division, Commandant of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and Commanding General of the U. S. Army Engineer Center.

Key staff assignments included service as a White House Fellow on the White House staff; teaching on the Engineering and History Department faculties at West Point; Executive to the Army Chief of Staff in the Pentagon; and finally, Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Moellering is also an Adjunct Faculty member of the Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Defense Industrial Association, and was a founding member of the School of Business Administration Advisory Board of the Citadel.    He is a frequent lecturer on leadership, business ethics and the global war on terrorism.  He and his wife have two sons and a daughter. 

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