Gary Profit

A Michigan native, Gary Profit spent 31 years in the Army, with a capstone assignment as Deputy Chief of the Army Reserve. Following retirement, he spent two years as an executive at General Dynamics Information Technology. He is currently the Senior Director of Military Programs at Walmart, where he leads efforts to support veterans and military families both within Walmart’s 2+ million workforce and within the community and retail industry. He holds a number of advisory board positions in academia and in organizations supporting the military. In 2015 he was named to the inaugural List of People Shaping Retail’s Future by the National Retail Federation Foundation.