ILSS Leadership
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Billy Wells, Senior Vice President for Leadership and Global Engagementbilly.wells@ung.edu Colonel (Ret) Billy E. Wells, Jr., EdD, graduated from Mississippi State University in 1975 as a Distinguished Military Graduate and was commissioned in the Regular Army as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry. He graduated from the Army War College, and has a master’s degree in education from Louisiana State University and a doctorate in higher education from Vanderbilt University. Colonel Wells’ Army assignments included service with the 82d Airborne Division; the 7th Army and 1st Armored Division in Germany; the 75th Ranger Regiment and the infantry school at Ft. Benning, GA; the 101st Airborne Division at Ft. Campbell, KY; the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii; the 188th Infantry Brigade at Ft. Stewart, GA; the 1st Army at Ft. McPherson, GA; and Professor of Military Science at UNG. He retired from the Army in 2005 after a highly successful 30 year career in the infantry. |
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Joseph (Joe) Matthews, Commandant of Cadetsjoseph.matthews@ung.edu Colonel (Ret) Joseph (Joe) Matthews was commissioned a second lieutenant in the air defense artillery from the University of North Georgia in 1994. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in History degree from North Georgia College, a Master of Strategic Studies degree from the Army War College, and a Master of Military Operational Art and Science degree from the Air Force Command and Staff College. Early in his career, Colonel Matthews served in air defense units in Korea and the 3d Infantry Division at Ft. Stewart. He then served as a military intelligence officer in the 10th Mountain Division at Ft. Drum, Robins Air Force Base, Ft. Meade, Maryland, Germany and Hawaii. He is also a veteran of deployments to Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He served in many key staff positions, and commanded at the platoon, company, and battalion levels. |
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Colonel Joshua D. Wright, Professor of Military ScienceColonel Joshua D. Wright is a native of Girard, Illinois and a graduate of Eastern Illinois University. Commissioned as an Infantry Officer, he has served in air assault, airborne, infantry, mechanized and cavalry units and has deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and Freedom Sentinel in Afghanistan, Operation Spartan Shield in Kuwait, Operation Joint Forge in Bosnia, Operation New Horizons, and the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai, Egypt.
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Keith Antonia, Associate Vice President for Military Programskeith.antonia@ung.edu Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Antonia retired from 20 years of service in the U.S. Army as an infantry officer in August 2001. He is a 1981 graduate of the University of Connecticut and holds a Master’s Degree from the Naval War College in National Security and Strategic Studies. He served two tours in the 82d Airborne Division, two tours in the 75th Ranger Regiment, and three tours in the Airborne Ranger Training Brigade. He was designated a distinguished member of the Ranger Training Brigade in 2005; inducted into the U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame in 2009; and served at the Honorary Colonel of the Ranger Training Brigade from 2011 to 2014. |
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Phil Collins, Director of Development, Corps of Cadetsphil.collins@ung.edu Phil Collins was commissioned in 1975 and served two years on active duty as an air defense artillery officer at Ft. Ord, California and later with the 21st Military Intelligence Detachment, Dobbins Air Reserve Base. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from UNG and a master’s of business administration from Mercer University in Atlanta. After leaving the Army, Phil worked with the John H. Harland Company and Lockwood Greene Engineers, Inc. as a recruiting specialist and assistant manager of human resources. He then founded an executive search firm, Claremont-Branan, Inc. (CBI) specializing in the architecture and consulting engineering design services professions. He managed that company until joining UNG in 2010. |
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Mike Ivy, Director of Cadet Admissionsmike.ivy@ung.edu Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Mike Ivy graduated from the University of North Georgia in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in political science and commissioned as an aviation officer. His Army career took him to assignments in the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii; the 101st Airborne Division at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky; the University of North Georgia Department of Military Science; Baghdad and Mosul, Iraq; Ft. Rucker, Alabama; back to Hawaii to the U.S. Army Pacific Command; and his last assignment was Professor of Military Science at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. During his career, Mike flew OH58-D Kiowa Warrior attack helicopters and led air cavalry units. Colonel Ivy also holds a master’s degree in international relations from Webster’s University.
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Anthony Fritchle, Associate Director Center for Global Engagementanthony.fritchle@ung.edu Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Tony Fritchle retired after more than 24 years in the U.S. Army as an infantry officer in 2012. He is a graduate of Armstrong Atlantic State University, holds a master’s degree from the Air Force Command and Staff College, and has completed work toward a doctorate in management. Colonel Fritchle served 15 of his 24+ years in airborne, air assault, mechanized and Ranger special operations and training units. He also served as an assistant professor of military science and adjutant at the University of North Georgia, and his last assignment prior to Army retirement was Professor of Military Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology (GaTech). |
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Sharon Hamilton, Director of Liaison and Military Operationssharon.hamilton@ung.edu Colonel (Ret) Sharon Hamilton, Ph.D., is a former Army intelligence officer with 27 years of service. She earned her bachelor’s degree in geology from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in 1985; holds one master’s degree in security studies from the Army War College, and a second master’s degree in administration from Central Michigan University; and a Ph.D. in management from Walden University. She is an adjunct faculty member teaching online graduate leadership courses for the Citadel. Prior to coming to UNG, she was the Deputy Director of the Leadership Institute at Hampton University and Program Manager/Deputy Program Director for Cubic Global Defense. |
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Terry Baumann, International & Military Program Coordinatorterry.baumann@ung.edu Sergeant Major (Ret) Terry Baumann began working for the Center for Global Engagement in June 2017 after serving as the Operations Coordinator for the Corps of Cadets as a member of the Commandant of Cadets staff. |