Patrick Howell

About Patrick Howell

Innovative, analytic, and results-oriented executive leader with an unwavering commitment to improving processes, solving problems, and achieving success; 30 years of experience leading high-performing cross-functional teams to ensure organizations achieved US foreign and security policy objectives. I assist hierarchical, matrix, and flat organizations develop creative policies, strategies, and plans to achieve their vision and goals while managing their risk. I build consensus among internal and external stakeholders on these strategic initiatives by combining a shared understanding of the organization\'s issues, challenges, and opportunities with detailed analysis that leverages a wide range of diverse perspectives. My expertise is based on a breadth and depth of experiences- • Leadership- Twenty-two years of providing purpose, direction, motivation, and vision to a variety of operational, operational support, and academic organizations. • Management - nine years supervising various programs providing [human relations, logistics, equipment maintenance, facility construction & maintenance] support to the parent organization. • Planning- six years of providing strategic and operational planning in support of senior organizational leadership in the Army, ISAF, and JSOC. • Academic - six years as a Professor/Instructor with over formal “podium hours”; over twenty years of informally conducting leader development. • Education- graduate research on national security issues and the factors affecting organizational effectiveness.

Experience

1. Member of the Board of Advisors

   Modern War Institute At West Point

   Jun 2022 — Present · West Point, NY, US

Education

• United States Military Academy at West Point

  BS, International Relations and Affairs

  1988 — 1992

• U.S. Army Engineer School

  Certificate

• U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS)

  Master's Degree, National Security Policy Studies

  2008 — 2009

• Duke University Graduate School

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Political Science

  2014 — 2018

• The Fletcher School at Tufts University

  Master of Arts (M.A.), International Relations and National Security Studies

  2000 — 2002

• Duke University Graduate School

  Master's degree, Political Science

  2014 — 2016

• U.S. Army Command and General Staff College

  Graduate Certificate, Military Operational Art and Science/Studies

  2005 — 2006