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| Name | Gregg H. Smith |
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Westcliffe, Colorado , United States |
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| Info | Rancher running for Congress in CO-3. USMC. Spartan Undergrad. Wolverine MBA. Former Deloitte Partner. Former Frontier Services Group CEO.
Gregg Smith is a rancher and decorated combat Marine who will bring his small town values, patriotism and love of country to Congress.
Gregg grew up in Brooklyn, Michigan, a one-stoplight town in rural Michigan, home of the famous Michigan International Speedway. It was there that Gregg developed the foundation of his values that helped ground him and continue to guide him to this day: honesty, respect, and duty.
That sense of duty led Gregg to enlist as a Marine on his 18th birthday, during the height of the Iran Hostage crisis. Gregg served as a NCO with the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, Weapons Company. He deployed twice to Lebanon in 1983. The second time following the Beirut barracks bombing that killed 241 United States military personnel.
After the deadly bombing, Gregg and the other Weapons Company marines, spent 45 days defending the perimeters around the airport and the library where they were in regular contact with terrorists, resulting in numerous firefights. For his service, Gregg was awarded the Combat Action Ribbon. During his time serving our country as a Marine, Gregg also earned a meritorious promotion, a Letter of Commendation, a Rifle Expert Badge and various other ribbons and medals.
After leaving the Marines in 1985, Gregg went back home and enrolled at Michigan State University, graduating with honors and earning a finance degree. After working as a commercial banker for a couple of years, Gregg decided to continue his education and received his MBA from the University of Michigan in 1992. Gregg later joined Deloitte in 1996, where he ultimately became a partner.
In 2001 Gregg was working at Deloitte in Lower Manhattan, when reports came in about the first plane crashing into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, Gregg quickly made his way downtown to make sure everyone in his World Financial Center office was evacuated. Soon after he arrived, the second plane crashed into the South Tower.
He made his way across the street from the South Tower to coordinate with first responders when, without warning, the South Tower collapsed on him and the first responders, forcing Gregg to take cover in an adjacent parking garage. Once he emerged, Gregg turned towards Battery Park and helped evacuate survivors onto ferries and tugboats. Gregg was one of the last civilians to leave Lower Manhattan on 9/11.
In 2013 Gregg became CEO of Frontier Services Group, a pan-African logistics business. Gregg was named CEO and Blackwater Founder Erik Prince was named the Chairman of the business.
While Gregg had always been cautious about Erik Prince, things went wrong in 2015. Gregg blew the whistle on Prince after he discovered that Prince was turning FSG surveillance aircraft into combat aircraft without the company's knowledge. He immediately reported the activity to the board of directors which included Admiral William Fallon, the former Commander of U.S. Central Command. Gregg confronted Prince and then hired an independent law firm to conduct an investigation. The investigation findings were concerning enough that both Gregg and Admiral Fallon resigned and reported their findings to both the Department of Justice and the State Department.
After leaving FSG, Gregg and his wife moved to their ranch in Colorado that they had been part owners of since 2008. Today, they live at a horse ranch in the magnificent Wet Mountain Valley.
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