John J. Lombardi, MBA, COL (Ret), U.S. Army
Director, Grants and Training

John was the President and CEO of A. Marshall Consulting and a Founding Partner of the Diogenec Group, a Homeland Security consulting firm. He was previously Senior Vice President for Homeland Security Operations for Logistics Health, Inc. (LHI), a Wisconsin-based health services firm.

Prior to joining LHI, Mr. Lombardi served for 28 years with the United States Army, the last five years at the Pentagon, most recently as Director of Domestic Emergency Preparedness - Medical Programs (Military Assistance to Civil Authorities).

Mr. Lombardi was also the Department of Defense Project Manager for and a Representative to the Gilmore National Terrorism Commission (Congressional Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction). He participated in the development of contingency and remediation plans for a biological attack on the Pentagon and the National Capital Region after the 9-11 attacks. As the Defense Department's representative to the Department of Health & Human Services Interagency Contingency Operations Planning Committee, Mr. Lombardi established policy for the use of DoD medical assets in response to the activation of Emergency Support Function #8, Health and Medical Services, of the Federal Response Plan.

Mr. Lombardi served as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for RAND and the Department of Defense in the conduct of numerous Emergency Operations Tabletop exercises. At Department of the Army Headquarters (the Pentagon) Col Lombardi served as Deputy Division Chief, where he was responsible for the training portion of the Presidents Budget as well being as a member of the Army’s Crisis Action Team (CAT) at the Army Operations Center.

Mr. Lombardi was commissioned Infantry, and then served most of his 28 years as a Medical Service Corps Officer. As the director of Medical Operations (332d Medical Brigade), he was responsible for planning, organizing and coordinating all operations for a medical headquarters (comprised of almost 60 medical units and 5000 personnel) for the preparation of wartime missions in both the Korean and Southwest Asian theaters of operation as well as for ongoing military operations. Mr. Lombardi had direct supervision in the areas of medical operations, communications, medical regulating (of patients), aviation and ground evacuation assets and the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) resources. As a Medical Logistician Mr. Lombardi devised programs for the Army medical system that were instrumental in forging improvements in overall medical logistics system.

COL. Lombardi received his BA from St. John’s University, an MBA from the Citadel, is a graduate of the Air Force Air War College and was awarded the Expert Field Medical Badge while on active duty. Prior to pursuing his military career, Mr. Lombardi was an administrator in New York City at the Jewish Hospital and Medical Center of Brooklyn.