Board of Directors
MG Antonio Taguba, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Chairman
MG Tony Taguba retired on 1 January 2007 having served 34 years on Active Duty. He is President, TDLS Consulting LLC, which provides business consulting services to small companies – disabled veteran owned and economically disadvantaged. He is the Chairman, Pan Pacific American Leaders and Mentors (PPALM), a national, all volunteer, nonprofit, 501(c)3 tax exempt organization committed to mentoring and professional development of military and civilian leaders. He served as Vice President for Army Account, SERCO Inc., a leading global services company from July 2007 to Nov 2008. As a community service advocate, he provides assistance to Veterans with their benefits issues, help raise funds for college scholarships, and as a volunteer to the United Services Organization (USO).
Born in Manila, Philippines on October 31, 1950, Major General Taguba was commissioned as an Armor officer following his graduation from Idaho State University in 1972. He served in numerous command and staff positions from platoon to General Officer level. His service tours included assignments in the United States, South Korea, Germany, and Kuwait forward deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
Selected for Brigadier General in 1997, he served as Chief of Staff, US Army Reserve Command, as Assistant Division Commander, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), and as Commanding General, US Army Community and Family Support Command. Major General Taguba was then assigned as Vice Director, later as Acting Director of the Army Staff, Pentagon—responsible for directing and coordinating the staff actions of the Army’s Executive Offices and Senior Staff directorates within Department of the Army, Department of Defense, Congress, and Interagency elements.
During Operation Iraqi Freedom, he was assigned as Deputy Commanding General for Support, Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC)/ARCENT/Third US Army, forward deployed to Kuwait. He was responsible for overseeing the logistical and support services to US and Coalition Forces totaling over 150,000 troops conducting combat operations in Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan. His duty included coordination of host nation support from the Government of Kuwait, and security cooperation and training requirements with Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, and Qatar.
Upon his redeployment, he was assigned as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs (Readiness, Training and Mobilization), Office of the Secretary of Defense, Pentagon. He was later assigned as Deputy Commanding General for Transformation, U.S. Army Reserve Command in his final assignment on active duty.
His numerous military awards include the Army Distinguished Service Medal (2 awards), the Legion of Merit (4 awards), the Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (6 awards), the Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge, and the Army Staff Identification Badge.
He received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of San Francisco on May 17, 2008. He was appointed a Senior Fellow to New Westminster College, British Columbia, Canada on June 21, 2013.
He is a graduate of Idaho State University with a BA Degree in History, Webster University with a MA Degree in Public Administration, Salve Regina University with a MA Degree in International Relations, US College of Naval Command and Staff with a MA Degree in National Security & Strategic Studies, US Army Command and General Staff College, and US Army War College.
He is married to Debra Ann Taguba. They are proud parents of two adult children-Lindsay, the Central Services Director of Newspring Church in South Carolina, and Sean, a US Army Captain who has deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Christine V. Enriquez
Executive Director
Christine V. Enriquez is a U.S. Army Human Resources (Adjutant’s General Corps) Officer with over 30 years of service to the nation. She is honored to serve military members, DoD civilians, veterans and their families as a senior HR advisor and consultant. She is skilled in civilian and military HR management, conflict resolution, talent acquisition, General Officer/Flag Officer/Senior Executive Service management, mentoring programs, reasonable accommodations, and postal operations. She currently serves as a Presiding Officer for Army Discharge Review Boards, Army Review Boards Agency.
In previous positions, she managed over 200 assigned personnel consisting of joint military, DoD civilians, contractors and coalition partners and provided HR support to a population of more than 120,000 personnel worldwide and oversaw inventory over $50 million dollars. She is passionate in building teams that operate as collaborative, strategic partners to acquire, develop and sustain a highly competitive, skilled workforce ready to support the mission, vision and values of the organization.
She served in various duty stations worldwide to include Korea, the Pentagon, FortBelvoir, VA, Fort Drum, NY, Fort Hood, TX, Fort Carson, CO, Fort Knox, KY, Fort Huachuca, AZ and deployed in combat to Afghanistan.
She earned several awards and decorations during her military service to include the Defense Superior Service Medal and Bronze Star Medal. For her distinguished service to the Adjutant General’s Corps and Human Resources Community, she received the AGCRA Superior Lifetime Achievement Award. She is married to Jan Roy Enriquez, a former U.S. Army Signal Officer, and they have two children.