Leadership
Board of Directors
Michael A. Rowland
Chairman of the Board
Mike Rowland was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for O’Neal Industries, Inc. (“ONI”), a $3 billion metals distribution and manufacturing services company with more than 80 stocking locations around the world. He joined ONI as Treasurer in 2009 and took over as Chief Financial Officer in February 2010. He graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering in 1981 He received his Master of Business Administration degree from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1989. From 1989 through 2008, he held various financial and management positions in investment banking and consulting, including co-managing a $180 million private equity fund for Harbert Management Corp. in Birmingham before joining ONI.
He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Auburn University Chemical Engineering Alumni Council, is on the Board of the Parkinson Association of Alabama, and serves as a Legislative Advocate for the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Honored as CFO of the year by the Birmingham Business Journal in 2011.
Ed Tracy
Edward Tracy is the chief executive officer of Hard Rock Asia LLC. Tracy was previously employed at Sands China Ltd, a subsidiary of Las Vegas Sands Corp, and was its president and chief operating officer, from July 2010 and then became the company CEO in July 2011. Mr Tracy was responsible for the oversight of the country’s largest integrated resort operator by revenue, capacity and content, with 13,000 hotels rooms and 30,000 team members. In October 2014, Harvard Business Review named Mr Tracy as one of “The Best-Performing CEOs in the World” in its respected annual top 100 ranking. Prior to Sands, Mr Tracy served as President and CEO of Capital Gaming, a multi-jurisdictional manager of regional casinos. He also served as president and CEO of the Trump Organization, where he was responsible for managing over 12,500 employees, 3,000 luxury hotel rooms and 240,000 square feet of casino space.
Kirk Moore
Chairman, Spookstock Finance Committee
Kirk is the President and Chief Executive Officer of TW Metals, a $1B revenue global specialty metals distributor. With nearly forty years of experience, Moore originally joined TW Metals in 2002 as Vice President of Finance and Administration and later became Chief Financial Officer before being appointed President and CEO in 2017.
Moore has a deep background in finance, accounting, and executive leadership, with prior experience at companies such as MEDIQ Incorporated, PCI Services, and Owosso Corporation. He is recognized for his expertise in financial operations, supply chain management, strategic planning, and organizational leadership.
Kirk Moore holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the College of Charleston and is a CPA.
Mike Morehouse
Mike is the founder and CEO of Core4ce that specializes in data operations and cybersecurity solutions for the U.S. national security community.
Prior to Core4ce, he co-founded FGM, Inc., a software engineering firm, where he held numerous executive roles and led key acquisitions and integrations, helping position the firm for successful acquisition by Novetta, which was later acquired by Accenture.
Core4ce has achieved more than $500 million in Department of Defense contracts and has expanded through several strategic acquisitions.The company merges innovation labs from acquired firms (e.g., Azimuth’s AAIM Lab with Core4ce’s The Forge) to drive advanced research and operational deployment of new technologies.
Core4ce has secured over $1.1 billion in contract awards since 2019, reflecting both organic and acquisitive growth in federal cybersecurity, R&D, and IT contracting.
Kathleen Reilly
Kathleen Reilly is a former professional staff member of both the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), serving in roles directly involved with U.S. congressional intelligence oversight and policy development.
Reilly enlisted in the Navy in November 1988 and served both on active duty and in the reserves, taking on technical roles in advanced aviation electronics and ISR missions.
She was honored as the 2007 Reserve Sailor of the Year, reflecting distinguished performance and leadership in her field.Her assignments included work with units such as VQ-2, VQ-5, VPU-2, VP-64, VP-66, and VR-53, all of which are involved with specialized airborne ISR activities.
Her military background served as a foundation for her congressional staff roles focusing on military intelligence programs, counterintelligence, and strategic defense issues.
Phil Reilly
Phil Reilly is a retired senior CIA paramilitary officer with a distinguished 29-year career, including time as the CIA's Afghanistan station chief and as deputy station chief in Baghdad. Reilly led the agency’s Counterterrorism Mission Center and was notably involved in the development of the US drone strike program after the September 11 attacks.
Reilly served in the US Army Special Forces prior to joining the CIA and became known for training Contra fighters in Nicaragua and supporting Northern Alliance forces in Afghanistan following 9/11.
After retiring from the CIA, Reilly held advisory and executive roles, including senior advisor positions at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Orbis Operations, and involvement in the private sector with Safe Reach Solutions, a firm responsible for security at food aid distribution sites in Gaza.
Awards: CIA Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal, Hugh Montgomery Award and the Intelligence Star.
JR Robinson
JR is the Americas Logistics Manager for ExxonMobil, where he leads regional logistics strategy, operational performance, and enterprise-wide improvement initiatives across the Western Hemisphere. His work focuses on optimizing supply chain resilience, strengthening strategic partnerships, and enabling long-term business continuity for a global Fortune 10 company.
Prior to joining ExxonMobil, JR completed a distinguished 20-year career in the United States Army, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. He served in leadership and staff roles within the 25th Infantry Division, 3rd Ranger Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, and U.S. Army Special Operations Command. In 2012, JR was selected into a Special Mission Unit (SMU), where he held multiple senior executive-equivalent positions including Troop Commander, Squadron Operations Officer, Force Generation Director, Deputy Operations Officer, and Director of the Applied Technologies Directorate. He led teams in dynamic, high-risk environments and deployed extensively to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria in support of national-level missions and Overseas Contingency Operations.
He holds a Bachelor of Science University of North Georgia, an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is a Harvard Business School alumnus, completing both the Certificate of Management Excellence and the intensive six-month Program for Leadership Development.
Pack Fancher
Founder & CEO of Spookstock Foundation
Spookstock Foundation seeks the flourishing of shadow warriors and their families.
Since inception Spookstock has provided $12.5 million to:
- Educate the surviving dependents of fallen and severely wounded
- Provide health and wellness for shadow warriors and their families
- Assist shadow warriors transition to post-service vocations
Prior to founding Spookstock, Pack spent thirty years in the financial, investment banking, and merger and acquisition fields, including: Co-founder of MissionLink, a CEO & leadership forum supporting US DoD and intelligence agencies. Director with Pagnato Karp, a multi-family office serving more than eighty founders/entrepreneurs.
Director with investment bank KippsDesanto & Co (a subsidiary of Capital One) for 7 years. Vice President, 13 years with Merrill Lynch, providing M&A as well as commercial lending services to small & middle market companies.
Co-founder, along with former CIA CTO Bob Flores, the Virginia Tech Alumni Intelligence and Defense Executive Alumni, VT-IDEA.