Merrill A. Mcpeak

General (Ret.) McPeak has extensive leadership experience in the military and as a member of public and private company boards of directors. He joined the Iovance Board of Directors in July 2011, and served as the interim Chief Executive Officer of Iovance from January 2013 until July 2013. General McPeak currently is the President of McPeak and Associates, a consulting firm that he founded in 1995. General McPeak previously served as a director of several public companies, including Tektronix, Inc., Trans World Airlines, Inc., and ECC International Corp., where he was for many years the chairman of the board. General McPeak has served as a director of Research Solutions, Inc., Aerojet Rocketdyne, Lilis Energy, Valence Surface Technologies, and Navex Global. General McPeak was Chairman of the Board of Coast Plating, Inc., a privately held turnkey provider of metal processing and metal finishing services, from January 2009 until the company was acquired by Trive Capital and renamed Valence Surface Technologies. General McPeak helped found, and served as Chairman of the Board, of EthicsPoint, Inc., a provider of risk management and compliance software-as-a-service that was acquired in 2012 and restyled Navex Global.

From 1990 until his retirement from active military service in late 1994, General McPeak was Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General McPeak was a military advisor to the Secretary of Defense and the President of the United States. General McPeak received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from San Diego State College and a Master of Science degree in international relations from the George Washington University, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. From July 2010 to December 2017, General McPeak was Chairman of the American Battlefield Monuments Commission.