Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr. USMC (Ret).

Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr., USMC (Ret.) retired as the fourteenth commander of US Central Command in 2022, completing a forty-two-year career as a Marine. Prior to Central Command, he served as the director of the Joint Staff. He is currently the executive director of the Global and National Security Institute and the Florida Center for Cyber Security at the University of South Florida and resides in Tampa Bay.