David Slusher:  

After graduating from Roanoke College in 1972, with draft # of 6, went to Navy OCS and then Navy Supply Corps School. Spent 20 years as officer in Navy, serving on USS Dewey DLG-14/DDG-45(Med and North Atlantic deployments); Naval Facility Midway Islands; Acting Director, Current Pay Systems Division, Military Pay Systems Dept., Navy Accounting and Finance Center, Washington, D.C.; Supply Officer, USS King DDG-41,(Med and South America deployments); Asst. Comptroller, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, VA; Director, Regional Financial Services Dept. Naval Supply Center, Norfolk, VA: Asst. Supply Officer, Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, MS; Comptroller, NAVSTA Rota, Spain; Comptroller, NAS Jacksonville, FL. During those years was married and had 3 children : Virginia (Ginny - Honolulu, HI in 1976); Julie (Bethesda, MD in 1978) and Philip (Norfolk, VA in 1980). After Navy ... wife left me with the kids and they were with me until they all headed out on their own, most after college at least. Got an MBA from Old Dominion University in 1984 and an MPA from University of North Florida in 1996. After Navy worked for University of North Florida from 1994 to 1998 as the Associate Director, Division of Sponsored Research and Training, and 1998 to 2000 as Business and Program Manager for the Florida Institute of Education. From 2000 to 2002 was the Deputy Director, Finance and Administration for the Florida Partnership for School Readiness (at that time Florida's lead agency for administering all federal/state/local funding and oversight of all subsidized pre...Expand for more