Lt. Gen. (Ret) Jack Klimp, USMC, to speak at DC Army & Navy Club for DC chapter of NMCBN, National Marine Corps Business Network, Quarterly meeting, April 6

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Lt. Gen. (Ret) Jack Klimp, USMC, to speak at DC Army & Navy Club for DC chapter of NMCBN, National Marine Corps Business Network, Quarterly meeting, April 6

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) March 29, 2011 --The DC Chapter of the National Marine Corps Business Network invites you to hear Lt.Gen. (Ret.) Jack Klimp, USMC, as our featured speaker at the Army & Navy Club in Washington DC. As former CEO of AHRI, one of the nation's largest trade associations, he will share with us how lessons learned over a 33 year Marine Corps career contributed to business success.
His post-Marine Corps career accomplishments also include serving as Senior Vice President of Phoenix House. Currently, Klimp is President and CEO of Second Genesis.
NMCBN is the National Marine Corps Business Network and is a nationwide network of Marines doing business with Marines, with chapters in many states.
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When:
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
11:30 am to 1:00 pm

Where: The Army and Navy Club
901 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20006

Registration includes lunch.
Members: $20 Non-Members: $25 Click here to register
Seating is limited, but you may secure your seat by paying in advance.

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Information about our speaker from the USNA website:

LtGen Jack Klimp, USMC (Ret.) ’68
Hometown: Utica, Michigan.
After graduation from USNA and completion of The Basic School (TBS), went to Vietnam as a rifle platoon commander, company XO, then company commander.

Command tours included:
2 recon companies;
Recruit training company;
Recruiting station;
Infantry battalion
Task Force Mogadishu and Marine Forces Somalia during Operation Restore Hope

Staff assignments include
USNA company officer
Tactics instructor
Staff platoon commander at TBS
Assistant provost marshal
Aide-de-camp
Recruit training battalion XO
Recruit training regiment S-3
Amphibious unit S-4
Plans officer for Korea’s Combined Forces Command and Assistant G-3, 1st Marine Division.
At Central Command, served as Chief, Field Training Exercise Branch then Chief, Exercise Division and finally as Director of General Schwarzkopf’s JOC during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

In 1993, while serving as Commander, Task Force Mogadishu, during Operation Restore Hope in Somalia, Klimp was selected for promotion to brigadier general and then commanded the Recruit Depot and Eastern Recruiting Region at Parris Island.
Final command assignment was CG, Marine Corps Recruiting Command.
Upon retirement, he joined Phoenix House as Senior VP and director of its New York region. Responsible for 40+ drug rehab programs, he supervised the treatment of about 2700 addicts daily.
In 2005 he returned to Arlington as the President of GAMA, an association of space and water heating appliance and equipment manufacturers.
In January Klimp led a merger of GAMA with ARI (Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Institute) creating AHRI (Air-conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute) where he was the CEO. In May 2009 he was asked by its board of directors to take on the leadership of Second Genesis, a substance abuse recovery program similar to Phoenix House. He has been the President and CEO since then.

NMCBN Mission Statement
NMCBN is a professional organization of Marines. Our purpose is to support fellow Marines by promoting commerce, sharing knowledge and building relationships within our network. Members will always maintain the highest level of integrity and commitment to excellence while adhering to our motto Semper Fidelis.

Disclaimer
NMCBN is 100% owned by veterans of the United States Marine Corps. NMCBN has been created specifically for Marines doing business with Marines. NMCBN and the National Armed Services Business Network, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company, is not directly affiliated with the United States Government or any armed services branch thereof. Neither the United States Marine Corps nor any other component of the Department of Defense has approved, endorsed, or authorized this web site.

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