Chad Vincelette
Located In: Virginia
Position: Managing Director
Chad retired from the U.S. Navy in February 2019 after serving 26 years as a fighter pilot. He has over 15 years of senior executive experience leading complex and diverse organizations in high stress environments. He provided problem solving leadership in high reliability organizations amidst undefined and ambiguous environments with a proven record of achieving the highest levels of safety, productivity, and efficiency.
Chad capped his career as the Commanding Officer of Naval Air Station Oceana, the Navy’s Master Jet Base and home to 14 deployable FA-18 Super Hornet squadrons. At Oceana, he led a workforce of military, union and non-union civilians, and contractors across 17 departments and provided strategic vision and implementation of policies to ensure safe, efficient, and effective operations in support of 70 tenant organizations. Chad fostered enduring and collaborative community relationships through regular interaction with federal agencies, state and local governments, Chamber of Commerce members, and Virginia Beach City Public School leadership.
A native of Virginia Beach, VA, Chad attended the University of Virginia on a NAVY ROTC scholarship. He is a graduate of the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) and commanded a U.S. Navy fighter squadron. He gained multinational experience during five overseas deployments and while stationed at NATO’s Allied Command Transformation.
Chad has a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia and a Certificate in Systems Analysis for the U.S. Navy Post Graduate School. He is an avid cyclist and lives in Virginia on a small horse farm with his wife Beth.