SRC board of trustees names new chair, elects new member

CICERO, N.Y. — The SRC board of trustees has named long time member Donald Kerrick as its new chairperson.

Kerrick, a retired lieutenant general in the U.S. Army, succeeds M. Catherine Richardson in the chairperson’s role, Cicero–based SRC said in a news release.

Besides Kerrick, the board also elected Joan Dempsey as its newest member. Dempsey is the executive VP of McLean, Virginia–based Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., which has an office in Rome.

Richardson, the board’s former chairperson, and F. William (Bill) Smullen, III are retiring from the SRC board. 

Richardson served for 18 years and was appointed as chairperson in 2013, SRC said. Smullen has served on the board for five years.

Kerrick served in the U.S. Army for 30 years and retired as a three-star general. 

By presidential appointment, he served as a principal negotiator on the U.S. Balkans peace delegation that negotiated an agreement ending the Bosnian War, per the website of the American Security Project.

Kerrick became deputy national security advisor to President William Jefferson Clinton in July 2000. He was responsible for managing the nation’s deputies committee and developing, implementing, and managing U.S. foreign and national-security policies. 

After leaving the military, Kerrick served as VP of Fairfax, Virginia–based General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, SRC said. In that role, he was responsible for strategic planning, business development, mergers and acquisitions, international business, and customer and corporate relations. 

He is a graduate of Florida Southern College and holds a master’s degree from the University of Southern California.

As executive VP of Booz Allen Hamilton, Dempsey is a leader in the firm’s defense-intelligence group and functional-service organization, SRC said. 

During her career in the federal government, Dempsey was appointed to serve as deputy director of Central Intelligence for Community Management and as executive director of the president’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. 

Dempsey also worked 17 years as a senior civilian in the U.S. Department of Defense, working as deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence and security and as the designated (acting) assistant secretary of command, control, communications and intelligence. 

Dempsey holds a master’s degree from the University of Arkansas and bachelor’s degree from Southern Arkansas University.

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