Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services

MG (Retired) Mari K. Eder, USA

DACOWITS Position

  • Committee Member

Other Positions/Employment/Community Involvement

  • Member, Global Strategic Communications Consortium, Board Member, the National D-Day Memorial. U.S. Army War College Foundation 2014 – 2022. 
  • Member Homeward Bound Schnauzer Rescue 
  • Self-employed as author/communications consultant at Benson’s Review

Prior Military Service or Affiliation

  • Retired U.S. Army Major General with 36 years of service 
  • National D-Day Memorial Foundation (Bedford, VA)  
  • American College of National Security Leaders 
  • Department of Defense Information School (DINFOS) Hall of Fame 2024 

Highest Education (Military/Civilian)

  • Military:  Capstone, U.S. Army War College 
  • Civilian:  George Washington University School of Business (certificate in Transformative Leadership in Disruptive Times); Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (PennWest) Doctor of Humane Letters (Hon) 

Achievements/Awards/Recognition

  • National Trust for Historic Preservation/Historic Hotels of America Historian of the Year 2023 
  • The National Society of The Daughters of the American Revolution, Medal of Honor – 2023 
  • Veterans Administration Author of the Month, May 2022 
  • Library of Virginia People’s Choice Award for Nonfiction, 2022 
  • U.S. Army Womens Foundation Hall of Fame, March 2021 
  • U.S. Army Public Affairs Hall of Fame, 2017 
  • Dame, Vatican award of the Knight, Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great, 2008
MG (Retired) Mari K. Eder, USA