45 Notable alumni of
Golden Gate University - San Francisco
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Golden Gate University - San Francisco is 1461st in the world, 511th in North America, and 479th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 45 notable alumni from Golden Gate University - San Francisco sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Bita Daryabari
- Occupations
- entrepreneurcomputer scientistphilanthropist
- Biography
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Bita Daryabari is an Iranian-American philanthropist, entrepreneur and computer scientist. She is the founder of several community organizations which focus on Persian immigrants in society and arts in the United States. Daryabari has provided financial assistance to various educational institutions for research on the Iranian studies in higher education, including endowments to Stanford, Pembroke College, U.C. Davis, and U.C. Berkeley. She has a named Chair at U.C. Davis in Persian Language and Literature and at U.C. Berkeley in Iranian Studies.
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Gong Zheng
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gong Zheng is a Chinese politician currently serving as deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Shanghai Committee and mayor of Shanghai.
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Timothy Maude
- Occupations
- army officer
- Biography
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Timothy Joseph Maude was a United States Army lieutenant general who was killed in the September 11 attacks at the Pentagon.
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Fiona Ma
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Fiona Ma is an American politician and accountant. She has been serving as the California state treasurer since January 7, 2019. She previously was a member of the California Board of Equalization (2015–2019), the California State Assembly (2006–2012), and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (2002–2006).
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Betty T. Yee
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Betty T. Yee is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as California State Controller from 2015 to 2023. She previously served as a member of the California Board of Equalization from 2004 to 2015. She won the open seat for Controller in the 2014 election, with 54% of the vote. Yee won reelection in 2018, defeating Republican Konstantinos Roditis in a landslide, and she served as Controller until January 2, 2023.
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David Briley
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Clifton David Briley is an American politician. A Democrat, he was the eighth mayor of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. He was elected in 2015 as vice-mayor and was sworn in as acting mayor after Megan Barry's resignation on March 6, 2018. Briley went on to win the May 24 special election for the balance of Barry's term with 55% of the vote over nearly a dozen challengers, avoiding a runoff and making him the official mayor of Nashville. John Cooper defeated Briley in the 2019 Nashville mayoral election. Briley was the first native of both Nashville and Tennessee since Bill Boner in 1991 to be mayor.
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Bernard Tyson
- Enrolled in Golden Gate University - San Francisco
- In 1982 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- In 1985 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- businesspersonchief executive officer
- Biography
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Bernard J. Tyson was an American health executive. He was the CEO of integrated managed care consortium Kaiser Permanente, the largest such organization in the United States, which provides health care to 12 million people.
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Phillip Burton
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Phillip Burton was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from California from 1964 until his death in 1983. He was a member of the Democratic Party and represented California's 5th congressional district.
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Violeta Bulc
- Occupations
- politicianbasketball playerbusinesspersonentrepreneur
- Biography
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Violeta Bulc is a Slovenian politician who served as the European Commissioner for Transport from 2014 to 2019.
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John P. Jumper
- Enrolled in Golden Gate University - San Francisco
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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John Phillip Jumper is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) general, who served as 17th chief of staff of the United States Air Force from September 6, 2001 to September 2, 2005. He retired from the USAF on November 1, 2005. Jumper was succeeded as chief of staff by General T. Michael Moseley.
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Sam Clovis
- Occupations
- politicianradio personalitymilitary officer
- Biography
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Samuel Harvey Clovis Jr. is a former United States Air Force officer, talk radio host, and political figure. Clovis is currently retired in Iowa.
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Cecilia Chung
- Enrolled in Golden Gate University - San Francisco
- Studied in 1987
- Occupations
- LGBTQ rights activisthealth activistHIV/AIDS activist
- Biography
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Cecilia Chung is a civil rights leader and activist for LGBT rights, HIV/AIDS awareness, health advocacy, and social justice. She is a trans woman, and her life story was one of four main storylines in the 2017 ABC miniseries When We Rise about LGBT rights in the 1970s and 1980s.
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John C. Martin
- Occupations
- entrepreneurchemistchief executive officer
- Biography
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John Charles Martin was an American billionaire businessman, and the former executive chairman (2016–2018) and CEO (1996–2016) of the American biotechnology company Gilead Sciences. He joined Gilead Sciences in 1990 as vice president for research and development. Gilead is known for developing drugs such as Atripla (for HIV/AIDS) and commercializing Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) for the treatment of the liver virus hepatitis C. Martin is the recipient of a number of awards, including the Biotechnology Heritage Award (2017).
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Morgan Christen
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Morgan Brenda Christen is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She previously served as a state court judge on the Alaska Supreme Court from 2009 to 2012 and on the Alaska Superior Court from 2002 to 2009.
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William H. Swanson
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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William H. Swanson is an American businessman, engineer and car collector who is the former chairman and CEO of Raytheon Company (2004 -2014).
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Frank Riggs
- Enrolled in Golden Gate University - San Francisco
- In 1980 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianpolice officerreal estate developer
- Biography
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Frank Duncan Riggs was an American U.S. army veteran, law enforcement officer, charter school executive, and Republican politician from the states of California and Arizona. He served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives during the 1990s.
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Lam Quang Thi
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Lâm Quang Thi was a Lieutenant general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
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Gary W. Goldstein
- Occupations
- talent agentfilm producer
- Biography
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Gary Wolff Goldstein is an American author, speaker, consultant and Hollywood film producer, best known for producing Pretty Woman, Under Siege, and The Mothman Prophecies and generating over a billion dollars in worldwide revenue.
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Gary L. North
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Gary Lewis North is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who served as commander of Pacific Air Forces and executive director of Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, from August 19, 2009, to August 9, 2012. Pacific Air Forces is responsible for Air Force activities spread over half the globe in a command that supports 45,000 airmen serving principally in Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Korea and Japan.
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Terence T. Henricks
- Occupations
- astronautmilitary officeraircraft pilot
- Biography
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Terence Thomas "Tom" Henricks is a retired colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut. He served on four Space Shuttle missions.
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Diana Becton
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- judgedistrict attorneylawyer
- Biography
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Diana Becton, also known as Diana Becton Smith, is a former trial judge and is currently both the first woman and first African American to be elected district attorney in the history of Contra Costa County in California.
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Joan Blades
- Occupations
- journalistbusinessperson
- Biography
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Joan Ellen Blades is an American computer software entrepreneur, political activist, and author. In 1987, she and her husband Wes Boyd co-founded Berkeley Systems, a San Francisco Bay area software company that marketed the popular After Dark screensaver and the You Don't Know Jack trivia game. After selling Berkeley Systems in 1997 for $13.8 million, Blades and Boyd founded the liberal political group MoveOn.org.
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Susan Pamerleau
- Enrolled in Golden Gate University - San Francisco
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in sociology
- Occupations
- politicianlaw enforcement officermilitary leader
- Biography
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Susan Lewellyn Pamerleau is a retired United States Air Force major general who served from January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2016, as the Republican sheriff of Bexar County, Texas. She is the United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas.
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Fitzhugh L. Fulton
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Fitzhugh L. "Fitz" Fulton, Jr., (Lt Col, USAF), was a civilian research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, from August 1, 1966, until July 3, 1986, following 23 years of distinguished service as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force.
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Peter Corroon
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Peter Maitland Corroon is an American politician, former Utah Democratic Party chair, and the former mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah. He was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for governor in the 2010 election. Corroon is a first cousin to Howard Dean, former Vermont governor and former head of the Democratic National Committee.
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Richard Belluzzo
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Richard "Rick" Belluzzo is an American businessman who worked as an executive at Hewlett-Packard (HP), Silicon Graphics (SGI), Microsoft (MS), Quantum Corp. (QTM), and Viavi Solutions (VIAV). He has served on the board of directors of several technology companies. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Golden Gate University.
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Sophia Bekele
- Born in
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Ethiopia - Occupations
- journalistbusinessperson
- Biography
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Sophia Bekele Eshete is an entrepreneur, corporate executive, governance and risk management specialist, policy advisor on ICT, Internet and cybersecurity, public commentator, and philanthropist.
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Mary Hayashi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mary Hayashi is a Korean-American healthcare advocate and California Democratic politician, who represented 18th Assembly District in the California State Legislature. Hayashi was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2006 and served six years.
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Kevin Anderson
- Occupations
- academic administratorathletic director
- Biography
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Kevin Bruce Anderson is a former American college athletics administrator for California State University, Northridge and former athletic director for the Maryland Terrapins, the NCAA Division I sports program of the University of Maryland, College Park. On October 16, 2017, the University of Maryland placed Kevin Anderson on a six-month leave of absence, and he officially resigned on April 13, 2018.
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George Christopher
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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George Christopher was a Greek-American politician who served as the 34th mayor of San Francisco from 1956 to 1964. As of 2025, he is the most recent Republican to be elected mayor of San Francisco.
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Dave Cox
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David E. Cox was an American politician from Holdenville, Oklahoma. A Republican, he served as a California State Senator, representing the 1st district from December 2004 until his death in July 2010, and also served as a California State Assemblyman for the six years immediately before his Senate tenure, including three years as Assembly Republican Leader.
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Craig Campbell
- Enrolled in Golden Gate University - San Francisco
- Graduated with Master in Public Administration
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officer
- Biography
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Craig Eaton Campbell is an American politician and businessman who served as the president and CEO of the Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC). He joined the corporation as chief operating officer in February 2011, and was appointed president and CEO by the board of directors in October 2012.
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Lawrence Joseph O'Neill
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Lawrence Joseph O'Neill is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
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Dick Muri
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard Walter Muri is an American politician. He is the appointed Mayor of the Town of Steilacoom after longtime Mayor Ron Lucas stepped down for health reasons in March 2021, before passing away just weeks later. He is a Republican former member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 28th legislative district. Muri was appointed to the Washington State House of Representatives following (now former) State Representative Steve O'Ban's appointment to the Washington State Senate after State Senator Mike Carrell's death. From 2003 to 2012, he served as a Republican member of the Pierce County Council, representing the 6th District. In 2010, he ran as a Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in Washington's 9th congressional district against incumbent Democratic Congressman Adam Smith, eventually losing to Smith by nearly 10 points. In 2012, he again ran, this time in Washington's 10th congressional district against Denny Heck, losing by 17 points.
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Thom Goolsby
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Thomas Cowart Goolsby is a former Republican North Carolina State Senator representing New Hanover County.
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Solomon Darwin
- Biography
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Solomon Darwin is an American professor of business and the director of the Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation and the executive director of the Center for Growth Markets at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He is known as the visionary leader of the Smart Village Movement and for developing "smart village frameworks" for rural villages with the support of state and local governments in India and UC Berkeley. He published four books to support his thesis: "How to Create Smart Villages: Open Innovation Solutions for Emerging Markets", "How to Think like the CEO of the Planet", "The Untouchables" and "Smart Villages of Tomorrow: The Road to Mori" and is known as the Father of the Smart Village Movement.
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Dave Yeske
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Dave Yeske is an American financial planner, researcher, and educator. He is particularly known for his research and writing in the areas of Policy-Based Financial Planning and Strategy-Making by financial planners. Yeske is co-founder and a managing director of Yeske Buie, a wealth management firm; a past national president of the Financial Planning Association; and currently holds an appointment as Distinguished Adjunct Professor in Golden Gate University's Ageno School of Business where he served as director of the school's financial planning degree program from 2014 to 2023.
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Louis M. Pate, Jr
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Louis Milford Pate Jr. is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly. He represented the state's eleventh House district from 1995 through 1996 and from 2003 through 2008. His district included constituents in Wayne County. Pate later was elected as the State Senator representing the 7th district (including constituents in Lenoir, Pitt, and Wayne counties). He resigned from the Senate on January 14, 2019, citing his health.
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Herbert R. Temple Jr
- Enrolled in Golden Gate University - San Francisco
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in management
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Lieutenant General Herbert Ralph Temple Jr. was an American military officer who served as Chief of the National Guard Bureau.
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Andrew E. Busch
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Andrew E. Busch is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force, who previously served as the director of the Defense Logistics Agency, in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, from 2014 until 2017. Busch was responsible for logistics services to all branches of the United States Armed Forces, including spare parts, medical supplies, uniforms, food, and fuel. He oversaw a workforce of over 24,000 military and civilian personnel located in 48 states and 28 countries.
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Bruce William Nickerson
- Occupations
- lawyerhuman rights activist
- Biography
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Bruce William Nickerson was an American civil rights and gay rights attorney in California. He was also an authority on lewd conduct law in the United States. Nickerson operated a solo legal practice in San Carlos, California, and was affiliated with Carlos Scott Lopez-Gelormino, a clinical psychologist and human rights attorney.
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Monique Morrow
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- chief technology officer
- Biography
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Monique Morrow is a Swiss-American business woman, technology engineer and entrepreneur. She is president and co-founder of the Humanized Internet, a nonprofit focused on providing individuals with a digital identity. She was previously Senior Distinguished Architect of Emerging Technologies at Syniverse, and CTO and Evangelist of New Frontiers Development and Engineering at Cisco Systems, Inc. She sits on a number of advisory boards and has 17 patents related to digitalization, networks, the Internet of Things, cybersecurity, and the safe handling of data.
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Linda J. LeZotte
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Linda Joan LeZotte is an American politician from San Jose, California. She served on the San Jose City Council, representing District 1 (West San Jose) from 1999 to 2007. She is an attorney and former member of the San Jose Planning Commission (1992-1998). She lost to City Councilmember Ken Yeager in the 2006 race for a seat on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. From 1999 to 2015 she practiced law with her own law firm and during that period she served as counsel for Berliner Cohen in San Jose.
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J. Gregory Pavlovich
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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J. Gregory Pavlovich is a former brigadier general in the United States Air Force he joined in 1975 and retired in 2005. After being assigned to units within Europe he returned to the United States, and became executive program director in the Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense. In 1994, he was named chief of strategic planning and business process integration at the Defense Logistics Agency. The following year, he became assistant executive director of the Readiness Group. In 1998, he became the vice commander of the 341st Space Wing. He assumed command of the wing later that year. In 2000, he was assigned to Air Force Space Command as deputy director of operations. He became commander of the 45th Space Wing at Patrick Air Force Base.
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Gregory A. Feest
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Gregory A. Feest is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) major general who last served as the Chief of Safety of the United States Air Force, Headquarters USAF, Washington, D.C., and commander of the Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
