CAPT (Ret.) Kenneth J. Barrett, USN
DACOWITS Position
- Well-Being and Treatment Subcommittee Member
Other Positions/Employment/Community Involvement
- Serves on the National Organization on Disability board of directors
- Serves on the Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering board of directors
- Board of Trustees – St. John’s High School – Shrewsbury MA
- Former Global Chief Diversity Officer – General Motors
Prior Military Service or Affiliation
- Retired from the Navy in 2012 after 28 years
- Surface Warfare Officer, Diversity Director for the U.S. Navy
- Last assignment: Acting Director, Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity – OSD
Highest Education (Military/Civilian)
- Federal executive fellow – Harvard University, Olin Institute for Strategic Studies
- Executive MBA – Naval Post Graduate School
- Master of Arts, National Security Affairs and Strategic Studies – Naval War College
- Bachelor of Arts, Political Science – College of the Holy Cross
Achievements/Awards/Recognition
- Defense Superior Service Medal
- Legion of Merit
- Defense Meritorious Service Medal
- Meritorious Service Medal (2 gold stars)
- Ted Childs Life Work Excellence Award
- Global Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Award – World Diversity and Inclusion Congress