Chris Fussell

About

Chris Fussell is president of McChrystal Group, a management and leadership consulting firm. Prior to joining McChrystal Group, Fussell spent over 15 years as an officer in the Navy SEAL Teams leading SEAL elements in combat zones around the globe. Fussell also served as aide-de-camp to then-Lieutenant General Stan McChrystal during General McChrystal's final year commanding the Joint Special Operations Command. He serves as a Senior Fellow for National Security at New America, a Washington, D.C.-based non-partisan think tank dedicated to understanding the next generation of challenges facing the United States.  He is also actively involved in several non- profits dedicated to helping veterans and their families, and holds a seat on the Board of Directors for the Navy SEAL Foundation. Fussell is co-author of Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement in a Complex World.

Education

• MA in Defense Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School, 2009
• BA in Philosophy, University of Richmond, 1996