William Lee, Col (Ret)
Office: Lauretta Taylor building 318 
Phone: 910-672-2121
Email: wlee4@uncfsu.edu

CIVILIAN and MILITARY ORGANIZATION/EDUCATION/TRAINING/PLANNING/OPERATIONS/STRATEGY

Professional Qualifications · Thirty years of highly-successful service as a commissioned officer at every echelon in the

U.S. Army, Department of Defense and the US Government.

• Uniquely experienced and qualified in interagency, whole-of-government plans and operations. Expert in emerging civilian Reconstruction and Stabilization doctrine.
• Expert in Psychological Operations, Information Operations and Civil Affairs.
• Highly successful in classroom instruction at the undergraduate level.
• Proven leader; inspires high performance, teamwork and professional development.
• Proven operator; sees the big picture and readily adapts to new cultures, concepts and situations. Gets the job done.
• Proven planner; conducts comprehensive analysis, develops and tests solutions, and communicates the mission clearly to operators.
• Proven trainer; grasps complexities and can teach and coach appropriately for any audience.
• Excellent in written communications.
• Excellent in cross-cultural communications.
• Proficient in French language; high aptitude and interest for learning foreign languages.

Professional Experience

Program Coordinator

/Lecturer Bachelor of Arts in

Intelligence Studies Program

Fayetteville State University (July 2011 – Present)

Director of Psychological Operations and Civil Affairs United States Army Special Operations Command

(July 2008 – June 2010)

• Manage a new (2011) degree-producing program in the University of North Carolina system.
• Teach all courses in the Intelligence Studies Curriculum
• Provide support to a Geospatial-Intelligence Certification program at FSU.
• Manage the growth of the Intelligence Studies Program through outreach to students and potential students both on and off-campus.
• Provide academic advice to all students enrolled in the Intelligence Studies program.
• Supervise faculty assigned to the Intelligence Studies Program.
• Support the Center for Defense and Homeland Security and other committees.
• Primary advisor to the Commanding General, staff offices and subordinate units on Psychological Operations, Civil Affairs and Information Operations.
• Spearheaded the development of a comprehensive program for advanced training and education for Psychological Operations soldiers.
• Led the development of the design and employment of the Army's first active-component Civil Affairs Brigade to support the General Purpose Force.
• Assisted in the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center's efforts for the transformation of Information Operations in the Army.

Senior Military Advisor to the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) United States Department of State

(Oct 2004 – Jun 2008)

• As the first Senior Military Advisor to the office, primary source of advice to the Coordinator and his principal staff as to how to build an organization focused on operational capability.
• Planned and managed change in planning, organization and operations at multiple levels.
• Facilitated coordination between the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, Combatant Commands and the Department of State for matters pertaining to civilian-military organization and planning for Reconstruction and Stabilization.
• Led the inclusion and integration of civilian Reconstruction and Stabilization organizations in Department of Defense exercises, conferences, seminars and planning processes.
• Directly contributed language and concepts to a National Security Presidential Directive, a Department of Defense Directive, legislative initiatives, and other National Security Council- approved documents.

Deputy Director of Information Operations US Pacific Command (July 2001 – July 2003)

• Developed plans for the employment of full-spectrum Information Operations capabilities in US Pacific Command strategic plans and operations.
• Planned and implemented change in the structure, role and integrating mechanisms in US Pacific Command planning and operations processes.
• Initiated key staff processes to establish, achieve and measure strategic US influence objectives in the conduct of Pacific Command missions and Security Cooperation programs.
• Primary Information Operations planner in the initial stand-up of the Joint Interagency Coordination Group for combating terrorism in the Pacific Theater.

Commander, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion

U.S. Army Special Operations Command

(June 1999 – June 2001)

Chief, Leader Training Program; Task Force Operations Trainer; and, Chief of Plans

Operations Group, National Training Center (NTC) (April 1996 – May 1999)

Multiple tactical and operational, developmental positions

(May 1980 – April 1996)

• Led, trained and ensured the combat readiness of the Army’s only Active Component Tactical Psychological Operations Battalion.
• Developed and implemented an innovative program to train and certify assigned teams that were subsequently employed with high success in post-9/11 combat operations.
• Ensured continuous and highly-effective tactical support to a U.S. Brigade conducting Stability Operations in Kosovo.
• Provided Tactical Psychological Operations support to all Combatant Commands and Combat Training Centers.
• Managed a comprehensive, week-long preparatory training program for U.S. Army Brigade and Battalion commanders and staff prior to their training at the National Training Center.
• Provided world-class training to Infantry, Armor and Cavalry battalion-level operations officers and staffs through fifteen rotations in a realistic combat environment.
• Participated in initial Army experimentation for digitized units and provided feedback and data that are incorporated in the design of 21st Century organization of combat units.
• Oversaw and managed the development of ten highly-successful 2-week training plans for Army Brigade Combat Teams in a highly-realistic, simulated combat environment.
• Directly supervised the support and operations staff of a Mechanized Infantry battalion in the 1st Cavalry Division.
• Coordinated, wrote and promulgated Corps-level war plans in the III Armored Corps.
• Commanded the Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Company that developed, produced and disseminated all PSYOP printed and audio material in support of US Central Command in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
• Led the Psychological Operations effort in the Western Zone of Panama during Operation Just Cause.
• Commanded a Mechanized Infantry Company in the 8th Infantry Division in Cold-War Germany.
• Selected to lead a Scout Platoon in an armored battalion in the 1st Cavalry Division.

Education Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort McNair, Washington, DC. MASTER OF SCIENCE

National Resource Strategy, 2004

Concentrations: Africa Studies; National Information Strategy

United States Military Academy, West Point New York BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

No Major Offered, 1980

Concentration: English and French Literature

Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS

Operations, Intelligence, Logistics, Planning and Strategy, 1993

Regional Studies Course, Fort Bragg, NC

Social, Political, Economic, Military Factors in Operations, 1988

Concentration: South Asia Studies

PSYOP Officer Qualification Course, Fort Bragg, NC

Influence, Persuasion, Media and Communications, 1988