RON LAMBRECHT
Ron graduated high school with 47 other students from Ivanhoe Public School in Ivanhoe, Minnesota, in 1967. He went on to graduate from Southern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Education. In 1979 he was accepted into Aviation Officer Candidate School (AOCS) Pensacola, Florida, and obtained a commission as a Navy Ensign. He served as a Navy Intelligence Officer for 22 years with nearly 1,300 days at sea on Western Pacific/Indian Ocean deployments. He retired from active duty as a Commander in 2002.
He continued his service as a federal employee assigned to Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego (SPAWAR) (now Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR)) where he achieved certification as a level III Acquisition Program Manager, accredited to lead contract awarding and procurement management. He later assumed a position as the Project Director for the Navy’s Command and Control System and subsequently as the Deputy for Business Development for the Systems Center’s Command and Control Division. He retired in 2015 at the highest General Schedule rank level, GS15.
Ron lives with his wife Anne in the San Diego, California, area.
STEVE LAMBRECHT
Steve graduated high school with 29 other students from Ivanhoe Public School in Ivanhoe, Minnesota, in 1985. He attended the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, where he graduated with a degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1989. From there, he became a Marine F/A-18 Fighter Pilot, graduate of TOPGUN, and went on to amass over 3,473 hours of flight time in fighters, including the F-16. He received a Master’s Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Military Leadership, and has 100 combat missions in Bosnia and Iraq.
Steve has run two small businesses, including a Training and Consulting firm focused on medical safety in the operating room, and a small preschool. He earned a Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. He is a graduate of the Leadership and Strategic Impact course, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, and the Senior Manager Course in National Security Leadership, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. Steve also trained and qualified as a Joint Task Force Commander and a Dual Status Commander for Domestic Operations.
Steve lives with his wife, Laura, and their four children in Vermont, where Steve served as a Brigadier General in the Vermont Air National Guard and works as a pilot for United Airlines.
