The Virginia Governor’s Office announced in June the appointment of a new member of the University of Mary Washington Board of Visitors and renewed the terms of two current members.
A Mary Washington alumnus, Gregory Chambers ’84, executive director of CRA Research LLC, in Fredericksburg, will join the board. In addition, the Governor’s Office renewed the terms of UMW alumnae Rachel Greszler ’03, a senior research fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, and Terrie Suit, MBA ’16, retired CEO of Virginia Realtors.
In his lead role with CRA Research, Chambers supports local businesses and organizations with systems engineering and project management. He has more than 40 years of leadership and management in the defense and aerospace industry, in both the federal government and private sector, with expertise in prototype design, development, training and systems deployment to military forces.
Formerly, Chambers served as chief engineer and deputy program manager for Intelligence Systems at the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico, Virginia. There, he received the Commander’s Excellence in Engineering Award and the U.S. Marine Corps’ Meritorious Civilian Service Award for leading the team that performed rapid development and fielding equipment to the operating forces. Chambers served previously as a lead project engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, designing environmental systems, guided projectile prototypes and Nuclear, Biological and Chemical prototype detectors. He also spent six years as a combat engineer in the Virginia Army National Guard. Read more.