Lieutenant General Lee K. Levy II, Ed.D., USAF (Ret.) is a nationally recognized aerospace and defense executive, corporate director, and internationally respected authority on national security, global logistics, strategic deterrence, aerospace sustainment, industrial base policy, and multinational operations. Over a distinguished career spanning more than three decades, he has led some of the largest and most complex aerospace, logistics, sustainment, and national security enterprises in the United States government and defense industrial base.

General Levy currently serves as Senior Vice President at American Global Strategies and is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of The Levy Group, LLC, where he advises corporations, boards of directors, investment firms, government organizations, and international partners on geopolitical risk, global security policy, strategic planning, industrial base resilience, supply chain modernization, aerospace and defense strategy, crisis management, and organizational leadership. His advisory work spans the defense, aerospace, autonomous systems, cyber, manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, and space sectors.

A nationally certified corporate director through the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), General Levy was part of the inaugural cohort to achieve the NACD Directorship Certification credential. He serves as an independent director on multiple public, multinational, and privately held corporate boards, including appointments to Audit and Compensation Committees, and is a strategic advisor to firms across the private equity and investment banking sectors. He also earned the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight from Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute, strengthening his expertise in enterprise risk management and cyber governance.

General Levy recently completed more than three years of service on the NASA Advisory Council, the senior external advisory body to the NASA Administrator on matters related to the United States space program and national aerospace policy. He has also been appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma to serve on the Oklahoma Aerospace and Autonomous Systems Council and is a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies in Washington, D.C. In addition, he serves on the Board of Directors of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) and previously served as Chairman of the NDIA Logistics Management Division, one of the defense industry’s leading forums for sustainment, logistics, and industrial base strategy.

During his final Air Force assignment, Lieutenant General Levy served as Commander of the Air Force Sustainment Center at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, one of the largest and most strategically critical logistics and sustainment organizations in the world. As Commanding General, he led a global enterprise of nearly 43,000 military and civilian personnel operating across 73 worldwide locations with responsibility for more than $26 billion in assets and multi-billion-dollar annual operations supporting U.S. and allied combat readiness.

Under his leadership, the Air Force Sustainment Center served as the Air Force’s Logistics Numbered Air Force and principal sustainment organization responsible for global supply chain management, depot maintenance, modification, repair and overhaul operations, software sustainment, agile logistics, aerospace sustainment, installation support, and lifecycle management of critical air, space, cyber, missile, and nuclear systems. His command also held sustainment responsibility for major portions of the United States nuclear deterrent enterprise and provided mission-critical support to joint operations, allied nations, coalition partners, and foreign military sales programs worldwide.

Prior to commanding the Air Force Sustainment Center, General Levy served as Vice Director for Logistics (J4) on the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, where he supported the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as a principal advisor on global logistics, readiness, strategic mobility, sustainment planning, and joint operational support to combatant commanders worldwide. Throughout his military career, he held numerous operational, command, and staff assignments involving logistics, nuclear operations, civil engineering, sustainment strategy, acquisition, multinational operations, and strategic planning.

General Levy’s military decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, and numerous additional commendations recognizing exceptional leadership and service to the United States and allied operations.

A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, General Levy entered the United States Air Force in 1985 following graduation from Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He also earned a graduate certificate in Systems Management from the University of Southern California, a Master of Science in International Relations from Troy University, and a master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the United States Naval War College. He later earned a Doctorate in Organizational Change and Leadership from Vanderbilt University.

His executive education includes advanced leadership and national security programs at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, and the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, where he completed senior executive programs focused on enterprise leadership, national security, logistics, and transformational organizational strategy.

General Levy is also a widely respected keynote speaker, published author, and guest lecturer on aerospace strategy, national security, industrial base resilience, transformational leadership, logistics, supply chains, sustainment, assured space access, and geopolitical strategy. He lectures and advises organizations including the iizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management, the University of Oklahoma, NATO-related organizations, and multiple defense and aerospace institutions.

He currently serves on numerous advisory and nonprofit boards, including the Veterans Administration Veterans Council, the Oklahoma Israel Exchange, the Logistics Research Institute at the University of North Texas, the Knudsen Institute, Women in Aviation International, and the Defense Management Institute. He is also a member of the National Defense Industrial Association, the Association for Supply Chain Management, the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, the Logistics Officers Association, and the Air & Space Forces Association. He was inducted into Louisiana State University’s prestigious “Cadets of the Ole War Skule” Hall of Honor in recognition of his distinguished military service and leadership.

Recognized throughout government, industry, and international defense circles for his strategic insight, operational leadership, and enterprise-scale management expertise, General Levy remains one of the most respected voices in aerospace, defense sustainment, national security strategy, global supply chains, and industrial base modernization.