Gerald (Jerry) Faunt:  

Since leaving Erie, I spent nearly 40 years in the US Army, either active duty or reserve and enlisted and commissioned. I have served in various command (company through brigade) and staff (battalion, brigade, group, joint task force, theater special operations command) positions through combatant command in Infantry and Special Operations units as well as the Executive Officer to the Deputy Commanding General, US Forces-Afghanistan and as the Chief of Staff, US Forces-Afghanistan. In the civilian realm, I am the Senior Vice President of Engineering and Quality in a contract manufacturing company of complex technology products. Just prior I was the Global Vice President of Quality in a Fortune 100 company's defense and commercial aerospace business after having worked in the automotive industry since 1996. I have served as a plant quality engineer, plant quality manager, a supplier quality engineer and supervisor (at GM), corporate quality manager (Tenneco) and Quality Director (Tenneco & Hayes-Lemmerz) previously. I received my Bachelors in Chemical Engineering and Masters in Manufacturing Engineering from Wayne State University, Masters in Strategic Studies from the US Army War College and have attended the Executive Management Program at the University of Michigan Business School. I am married (since 1999) to the former Shannon Adams of Northville and we added a beautiful daughter (Reese) to the family in Oct 02 and a rugged son (Aiden) in Dec 04. We've made our home in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Shannon works for her family's business, Zerbo's Market, as the nutritionist having received her degree in Dietetics fro...Expand for more