Byron Marchant

Mr. Marchant is a partner at Caldwell Partners International, an executive search and recruiting firm. Prior to joining Caldwell, Byron served as president and CEO of the US Naval Academy Alumni and Foundation for over 13 years. He was in the submarine service before transferring to the Naval Reserve in 1984, where he fulfilled numerous assignments in the Naval Reserve Intelligence program and attained the rank of commander in the U.S. Naval Reserves.

Mr. Marchant is a life member of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association and a trustee of the Naval Academy Athletics and Scholarship Foundation. He also serves as a director of the Naval War College Foundation, the YMCA of Central Maryland, the Baltimore Community Foundation, the National Sailing Museum, and the Sailing Hall of Fame. He also serves as an honorary board member of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. He holds a B.S. degree from the U.S. Naval Academy and earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School.