Lieutenant General Donald Kerrick (Ret.)
Last Name: Kerrick
First Name: Donald
Middle Name: Lewis
Nickname: Don
ACNSL Offices and Committees:
Rank: Lieutenant General
Service/Department: U.S. Army
Medals and Honors: Defense Distinguished Service Medal (two awards), the Defense Superior Service Medal (two awards), the Legion of Merit (three awards), the Bronze Star medal, the Meritorious Medal (four awards), the Air Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal.
Master Army Aviator Badge, the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge, the Army Staff Identification Badge, and the Presidential Service Badge. Defense Intelligence Agency Director's Award, Knowlton Award from the Military Intelligence Corps Association.
Secretary of State's Distinguished Service Award, the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Citation for Career Achievement from Florida Southern College, and Doctor of Diplomacy (HON) conferred by Florida Southern College. He was inducted into the Military Intelligence Hall of fame in 2002 and the US Army ROTC
Last or Significant Assignment: Deputy National Security Advisor to the President
Areas of Experience: Europe and the E.U., International Relations and Diplomacy, NATO, The Balkans
Lieutenant General Donald Kerrick is a Fellow of the American College of National Security Leaders. He served in the United States Army for 30 years and retired as a three-star General. At retirement, he was serving in the White House as the Deputy National Security Advisor to the President of the United States. He managed the nation’s deputies committee and was responsible for developing, implementing, and managing United States foreign and national security policies.
For five years after leaving the military, Kerrick served as Vice President, General Dynamics Advanced Information systems. Subsequently, he was the Managing Director of Kerrick Consulting providing consulting services for select defense and intelligence clients. He served on the Defense Intelligence Agency Advisory Board and was a Florida Southern College Trustee.
Donald Kerrick served, by Presidential Appointment, as a principal negotiator on the United States Balkans Peace Delegation that negotiated an agreement ending the Bosnian War. Later, he was appointed by the President to serve on the Steering Committee for the Protection of the United States Critical Infrastructure and developed the blueprint for the structure and procedures designed to protect national critical infrastructure.
Other significant military assignments include: Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Chief of Staff/Staff Director, the National Security Council, The White House; Director of Operations, Defense Intelligence Agency; the Army Staff, Commander 701st Military Intelligence Brigade and Field Station Augsburg, Germany; and Commander 3rd Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation), Korea. Additionally, he is a rated pilot in both rotary and fixed wing aircraft and is a multi-engine instructor pilot.
Lt. General Kerrick is a member of the American Security Project’s Consensus for American Security. He holds a Masters degree from the University of Southern California and a Bachelors degree and honorary Doctor of Diplomacy from Florida Southern College.
