Major General William J. Walker, USA (Ret.) Chief Security Officer, Allied Universal, brings leadership expertise and passion to help return American service members missing in action
Project Recover, a global nonprofit dedicated to repatriating American service members missing in action (MIA) and providing answers and closure to MIA Gold Star Families, is proud to announce the appointment of Major General William J. Walker (Ret.) to its Advisory Council.
“We are honored to welcome MG Walker, Chief Security Officer for Allied Universal, a leading security services company with over 800,000 employees in 90 countries to the Project Recover Advisory Council,” said Derek Abbey, President & CEO of Project Recover. “MG Walker joins us as a highly respected strategic leader with a rich professional background who will undoubtedly help us to grow our mission and positive impact on Gold Star families and communities across our nation.”
MG Walker was the 38th House Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives during the 117th Congress and the first African American to hold the office. Prior to this position, he was the 23rd Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard. For 30 years, MG Walker enjoyed a distinguished parallel career with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). He was promoted to the DEA Senior Executive Service in January 2003, with his final assignment being Deputy Assistant Administrator in Charge of Strategic Intelligence. MG Walker is an Afghanistan war veteran, a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a National Academy of Public Administration Fellow and MIT Seminar XXI Fellow.
