Captain Walter K. Steiner, US Navy (Retired), is a Navy helicopter pilot, squadron commander and Vietnam veteran. He also served our Nation as a senior Civil Servant in four Federal Departments: Labor, NASA, DIA, and Navy. His last military tour was Chief of Navy Mission for the US Mission to NATO in Brussels, Belgium. After retiring from his Federal career, he was the Director of Sea Services at the Reserve Officers Association, a Senior Manager of strategic business development with The Boeing Company and a Senior Consultant to the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy) for Touchstone Consulting/CSRA International/General Dynamics. He also served as the President of the Association of the United States Navy.

Walt graduated from Tennessee Tech and completed a Master of Arts’ degree in Political Science at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, as well as the Contemporary Executive Development program at The George Washington University. His military schools include the National Senior Intelligence Course, NATO Senior Policy Officer Course, Naval War College and both the Army and Navy Inspector General Courses.

Walt lives in Sarasota, Florida with his wife of 45 years, Michelle. They have three grown children.

M.A. Political Science, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

B.S. Political Science, Tennessee Tech University