Executive Vice President

Joe Garner is an Executive Vice President leading the firm's largest segment—the Defense business comprising more than 8,000 professionals with $1.9 billion in annual sales. He is a member of the firm’s Leadership Team and the Operating Council.  Mr. Garner also co-leads the firm’s comprehensive People Strategy Initiative, which is ensuring that Booz Allen Hamilton’s approach to recruiting, developing, and retaining staff is attractive to both staff and clients.
 
With more than 26 years of experience in the Defense business, Mr. Garner is responsible for driving Booz Allen’s support and strategy for the firm’s Defense clients.  These  range from the respective Armed Services (Air Force, Army, and  Navy/Marine Corps) to the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Defense Agencies and from the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Joint Combatant Commands to Defense-related clients in the area of Space, such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Defense Information Systems Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

His passion for client service and for preparing Booz Allen staff to excel in this area has been central to both his personal success and that of the firm. Mr. Garner initiated the firm’s Ready for What’s Next award-winning communications program and also leads a firmwide effort to share Booz Allen’s thought leadership with clients.  Early in his Booz Allen career, Mr. Garner established himself as an expert in program and acquisition management, supporting Navy clients at the Naval Air Warfare Center-Aircraft Division in Lexington, Park, MD, and providing key support for the stand-up of the then newly-formed US Special Operations Command.

Mr. Garner received a BA in Social Sciences from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and has completed a number of graduate level courses in Program and Acquisition Management.

profile updated October 2009