The SPECTRUM Group Welcomes Its Newest Members

May 2008

The SPECTRUM Group proudly announces the expansion of its consulting capabilities in defense and international security, homeland security, energy, manpower and training, congressional relations, and business development with the arrival of its newest members. 

Major General Daniel Dick (USAF, Ret.) is an expert in aerospace/joint operations, military command and control, large-scale project management, and financial management.  His military career included Commander of the 13th Air Force, the largest and most complex Air Force composite wing based at 11 operating locations throughout the Arabian Peninsula; and Joint Forces Command Director of Requirements and Integration. He also has extensive experience in the defense industry market, where he managed major business development opportunities for General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems and L-3 Communications.

Colonel Mary Fuller (USA, Ret.) has over 30 years of military and business experience in acquisition, program management, information technology, and business development, marketing and leadership.  Her Army career highlights include Chief of Staff/Senior Executive Assistant for the Army Acquisition Executive/Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology; Director, Army Acquisition Support Center; and Project Manager, Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) She has also served as President of her own consulting firm.

Colonel Stephen Frankiewicz (USA Ret.) has extensive experience in Federal, State and local homeland security and energy policy and operations. He has served in numerous Department of Energy national laboratories and facilities, including Livermore, Yucca Mountain, Los Alamos, Sandia, Hanford and Brookhaven, and has managed technology-oriented projects for Federal Departments as a contractor since 1989. He has served as Vice President and General Manager of EF&G Defense Materials operating the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal facility and later as Principal, Frankiewicz & Associates. He is an expert in technical project management and technology business development. 

Rear Admiral Mack Gaston (USN, Ret.) brings extensive expertise in defense, manpower and training, and business development. His distinguished Navy career included serving as Base Commander of the Naval Training Base at Great Lakes, Illinois; Commander of the Defense Nuclear Agency, Nuclear Test Organization; member of the Chief of Naval Operations’ Strategic Studies Group; and Director of Manpower and Training Requirements for surface ships for the Chief of Naval Operations. RADM Gaston has also held senior management positions with Waste Management, Inc. and Electronic Data Systems.

Colonel Michael Hadley (USA, Ret.) joins The SPECTRUM Group as part of the Congressional Relations and Defense Team after completing a 23 year career with the Army. He has served in command and staff assignments in aviation, strategic planning and legislative affairs, including assignments as Principal Deputy for Reserve Affairs in the Army Office of Chief of Legislative Liaison and House Director, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Legislative Affairs. Col. Hadley has worked closely with Congress on aviation system procurement, research and development, Army operations and maintenance, and Army National Guard and Reserve programs.
Colonel Richard G. (Dick) Hellier (USAF, Ret.) has almost 29 years of experience in defense and aerospace programs, including service as Deputy Director of Safety and Inspections, Secretary of the Air Force/Inspector General; Commander, 366th Fighter Wing, Tactical Air Command; and Deputy Director, Air Force Issues Team, Secretary of the Air Force, Legislative Liaison. His business development experience includes fifteen years with United Technologies Corporation and Pratt & Whitney, where he served as director of Air Force Programs, responsible for marketing and liaison with U.S. government and embassies of major international customers in the Washington, DC area.
Admiral Joseph Lopez (USN, Ret.) completed a distinguished 40 year career in the Navy culminating is his assignment as Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe and Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Southern Europe. He also served as the Commander of the NATO’s Peace Implementation Forces in Bosnia- Herzegovina; Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Resources, Warfare Requirements and Assessments); and commanded the U.S. SIXTH Fleet and NATO’s Striking and Support Forces, Southern Europe. Following retirement, Admiral Lopez served as Chief Operating Officer of Brown and Root Services and as Senior Vice President of Kellogg, Brown and Root. He brings extensive expertise in defense, international security, and business operations.
Major General Terry Scherling (USAF) is currently the Special Assistant to the Chief, National Guard Bureau (NGB). As the former Director of the Joint Staff, NGB, she was responsible for the development of all policies, programs and plans for domestic military operations. Her career highlights include Deputy Director Antiterrorism/Homeland Defense, Operations Directorate, Joint Staff at the Pentagon, serving as the Principal Military Advisor to the Chairman, JCS and Defense Secretary for domestic military operations. She established the Air Force Directorate of Homeland Security following 9/11. Major General Scherling has extensive experience in force protection, critical infrastructure, continuity operations, and antiterrorism/ counterterrorism, and has served as a private consultant on homeland security issues.

The combined knowledge and experience of our newest members will further enable The SPECTRUM Group to provide the best strategies and solutions to our clients in both the public and private sectors.