Ambassadors

Gregg Vander Ley is a member of the Senior Executive Service, currently serving as the Deputy Director of Operations, Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, for US Air Forces in Europe and Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. He guides an 898-person directorate staff and the 603rd Air Operations Center providing air power capabilities in support of USEUCOM and USAFRICOM. Prior to this position, Gregg served as the Executive Director of the 53d Wing, Eglin AFB, FL providing over-site of business operations regarding operational test and evaluation, tactics development, and force development evaluations for the US Air Force.

Gregg served nearly 26 years in the USAF retiring in 2015 as the United States Special Operations Command Liaison and Support Team Chief to the National Counterterrorism Center. His special operations and conventional forces background included assignments at Headquarters-US Air Force, the Joint Special Operations Command, United States Special Operations Command, United States Air Force Special Operations Command, and multiple assignments as an MC-130E/H Combat Talon aviator. Gregg graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in organizational communication and later earned a master’s degrees from the United States Army Command and General Staff College. He also served as a US Air Force Fellow and adjunct Professor at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Germany.

Gregg has served in multiple overseas assignments and combat tours to Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Afghanistan, as well as several other European, Southeast Asia, and Southwest Asia locations. He is the proud husband of another special operator (Janet) and father of two amazing adults, Austin (who continues to serve in the family business) and Kelsey (serving our planet as an environmental analyst).