This article was originally published in the March 22, 2010 issue of Coins2Day. Read the original article, “Battle-Tested.”
Tracey Lloyd
Age: 30
Education: West Point, class of 2003
Military Experience: Army, 2003-09, Captain
Mission: Managed communication systems for a battalion in Iraq and built a fiber-optic network in Baghdad
Corporate Path: Recruited through Walmart‘s (WMT) junior military officer program; now manager of a supercenter in Palm Coast, Fla.
Croft Young
Age: 37
Education: University of North Carolina, class of 1995; Marine Officer Candidate School, 2002
Military Experience: Marines, 2002-06, Captain
Mission: Two deployments to Iraq; led Marine reconnaissance platoon near Fallujah
Corporate Path: Earned MBA from UNC in 2009; now associate investment banker at Morgan Stanley (MS)
Steve Mumm
Age: 30
Education: West Point, class of 2002
Military Experience: Army, 2002-07, Captain
Mission: Platoon leader and Army task force engineer in Tikrit
Corporate Path: Entered GE’s (GE) Junior Officer Leadership Program in 2007; now project manager for GE Oil & Gas; working on MBA from University of Texas
John Whang
Age: 30
Education: Naval Academy, class of 2001
Military Experience: Marines, 2001-08, Captain
Mission: Three tours in Iraq; led Marine reconnaissance platoon near Fallujah
Corporate Path: Financial analyst at Northrop Grumman (NOC) working on F-18 program; pursuing MBA at UCLA
Maura Sullivan
Age: 30
Education: Northwestern University, class of 2001; Marine ROTC
Military Experience: Marines, 2001-06, Captain
Mission: Logistics officer at Camp Fallujah
Corporate Path: Joint MBA/MPA degree from Harvard, 2009; joined PepsiCo’s (PEP) Leadership Development Program as a senior franchise development manager