Kevin Burke
Highly accomplished, dynamic leader with a consistent history of building teams and organizations that achieve and perform optimally under the harshest of conditions at locations throughout the world.
- Role
- Program Manager at Pat Tillman Foundation
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kevin Burke
Highly accomplished, dynamic leader with consistent history of building teams and organizations that achieve and perform optimally under the harshest of conditions at locations throughout the world. Motivational, hands-on manager with demonstrated team-building and leadership strengths. Proficient at delivering projects and initiatives on time and within budget. Strategic organizational change agent and “out-of-the-box” thinker, dedicated to achieving organizational objectives. Exceptionally skilled communicator with extensive international experience. Foreign governments I have worked with include; Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mauritania, Iraq, and Korea, included also is the United States Department of State, the Africa, Central and European Combatant Commands, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and National Security Agency (NSA). Selected Achievements Selected as the youngest and most junior ranking Officer above five other more senior ranking candidates to become the Brigade Operations Officer of a Soldier Special Operations organization with an annual operating budget in excess of 15 million dollars that deployed in support of operations worldwide. Selected to Command a Special Operations Civil Affairs Battalion of 850 Soldiers that deployed and operated in Europe, Africa and Afghanistan with an annual budget of 5 million dollars. Completed twenty years of active duty service as an Army Officer with twelve years in US Army Special Operations. Completed four combat tours in Afghanistan and one tour in Iraq all with Special Operations Command.
Experience
Program Manager
Mar 2022 — Present · Chicago, IL, US
Education
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Campaign Planning and Military Decision Making
2007 — 2007
The U.S. Army’s Countermine Training Support Center and Humanitarian Demining Training Center
Deming Trainer Certified
2004 — 2004
Naval Postgraduate School
M.S., Defense Analysis
2006 — 2007
North Georgia College and State University
BS, Criminal Justice
1991 — 1994
US Army Infantry School
Infantry Officer, Leadership, Combat Operations
1994 — 1995
Special Warfare Center and School
Civil Affairs, French Language Training, African Specialist, Special Operations
2002 — 2002
US Army Armor School
Armor Officer
1998 — 1998
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