Mike Chibbaro is a former senior partner with the global consulting and advisory firm of Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) and has more than thirty years of executive leadership experience. Mike currently serves as a senior business facilitator with Battlefield Leadership, LLC. He also provides leadership consulting and executive coaching services to leading organizations and professionals. In addition to co-facilitating Battlefield Leadership’s Alamo, Antietam, Cowpens, Chickamauga, Gettysburg, Little Bighorn, Normandy, and Washington’s Crossing programs, Mike is a frequent speaker on the topics of leadership, organizational culture, and business ethics.

While at EY, Mike held a number of key leadership positions, including quality and risk management leader and learning and development leader for the firm’s Americas Consulting Practice. As a client-serving professional, he assisted clients primarily in the healthcare industry and was EY’s senior coordinating partner for a number of leading US healthcare organizations.

Mike served as a market leader for the firm’s corporate compliance and integrity services and was also a member of the prestigious Americas Partner Advisory Council. In 2012, he was recognized with EY’s Lifetime Educator Award, given annually to a partner who has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to learning and development.

Mike is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and is a passionate storyteller with a strong interest in preserving stories that relate to faith, sports, and history. He is the author of three sports history books.

Mike resides with his wife and family in Greenville, South Carolina, and is involved in several local community, charity, and ministry activities.

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Elissa Sterry retired from ExxonMobil in 2017, following a 37-year career during which she held a number of senior leadership positions at the corporate and business unit levels and was responsible for identifying and developing senior leadership talent and managing highly diverse teams. Through these experiences, Elissa gained a passion for leadership excellence and additionally became a recognized speaker on ExxonMobil’s outlook for energy and energy-related issues. She has traveled around the world to speak with government officials, government agencies, think tanks, NGOs, investors, national oil company executives, and university students on energy-related matters. Elissa holds bachelor of science and master of engineering degrees from Cornell University.

A 30-year armor officer who commanded at the platoon, company, and squadron levels, Col. Gian Gentile is a combat veteran of two tours in Iraq, a former chief of military history and professor at the US Military Academy at West Point, and a visiting fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a graduate of the University of California-Berkeley with an MA in military arts and sciences from the School of Advanced Military Studies and a PhD from Stanford University. With specialized knowledge in the history of airpower in the United States, Gian is also a counterinsurgency expert currently employed by the Rand Corporation.

James Czupil is a former human resources executive at The Hershey Company with 25 years of experience in global executive development, diversity, and compensation. He also worked for Bank of America where he developed executives from across the enterprise. A graduate of Penn State University with a BA in marketing, James also holds an MA from Saint Francis University in industrial relations. At both Hershey and Bank of America, he excelled at facilitating strategy and business development sessions with global teams. His role at Battlefield Leadership is to ensure that our team fully explores clients’ leadership and business challenges and helps them create workable plans to move their companies forward.