Lieutenant General Mike Dana
Member, Board of Directors
United States Marine Corps (Retired)
Lieutenant General Mike Dana retired from the United States Marine Corps (USMC) in 2019 after 37 years of service. In his last two assignments, he was the head of Marine Corps Logistics and then the Director of the Marine Corps Staff.
During Dana’s decades of service, he deployed 10 times—including Saudi Arabia in 1991, Somalia in 1992, Croatia in 1996, Kuwait in 2004, Iraq in 2006, Haiti in 2010 and Afghanistan in 2011. He served on joint duty three times, including tours as the NORTHCOM J-4 and PACOM J-5. As a Lieutenant General, he formed the Next Generation Logistics Team (NEXLOG), which found new and adaptive ways to leverage emerging technology for Marine Corps logistics.
Dana is a Senior Director with Pallas Advisors and an Outside Director for Blue Yonder Defense Solutions. He earned a master’s degree in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College and is a graduate of the School of Advanced Warfighting. View his profile on LinkedIn.
Lieutenant General Mike Dana
Member, Board of Directors
United States Marine Corps (Retired)
Lieutenant General Mike Dana retired from the United States Marine Corps (USMC) in 2019 after 37 years of service. In his last two assignments, he was the head of Marine Corps Logistics and then the Director of the Marine Corps Staff.
During Dana’s decades of service, he deployed 10 times—including Saudi Arabia in 1991, Somalia in 1992, Croatia in 1996, Kuwait in 2004, Iraq in 2006, Haiti in 2010 and Afghanistan in 2011. He served on joint duty three times, including tours as the NORTHCOM J-4 and PACOM J-5. As a Lieutenant General, he formed the Next Generation Logistics Team (NEXLOG), which found new and adaptive ways to leverage emerging technology for Marine Corps logistics.
Dana is a Senior Director with Pallas Advisors and an Outside Director for Blue Yonder Defense Solutions. He earned a master’s degree in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College and is a graduate of the School of Advanced Warfighting. View his profile on LinkedIn.
