Board of Advisors

MacArthur Society
Board of Advisors

Rod Bishop, USAFA '74

Lt General Rod Bishop, USAF (Ret.), USAFA 1974, is the founder and Chairman Emeritus of STARRS and served on active duty for 34 years as an aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and flight examiner. He commanded airmen at every operational level, including two squadrons, an operations group, an airlift wing, and a numbered air force. General Bishop’s last assignment was as Commander, 3rd Air Force, United States Air Forces in Europe at Ramstein Airbase in Germany, where he oversaw all American air and space activities in 93 countries in Europe and Africa.

Rusty Casey, USMA '69

Major General John “Rusty” Casey, USA (Ret.), is a 1969 graduate of West Point. He commissioned in the infantry and commanded four infantry companies, a battalion, and a brigade, as well as two Combat Training Centers. He spent about 13 years serving at the brigade level or lower. Additionally, Gen. Casey spent three years as an MS Three instructor for ROTC Cadets, and commanded Cadet Command twice. His experiences reinforced for him what an officer should be, know, and do, and led him to a detailed understanding of what our commissioning process should produce.

Joe Arbuckle

Maj. General Joe Arbuckle, USA (Ret.) graduated from college in 1968, and entered the Army in 1969 as a private. Following training as a combat engineer, he was later commissioned upon graduating from Engineer Officer Candidate School in 1970. Having volunteered for duty as an Infantry Officer, he served a year in Vietnam on Advisory Team 22, embedded with the South Vietnamese Army. He has commanded at every rank from Lieutenant to Major General, specializing in the missile field. During later years, he served in various capacities as an Army strategist and became an industrial base expert, playing a major role in the DoD “Revolution in Military Logistics” campaign. He was inducted into the Army OCS, Engineer, Ordnance and AMC Halls of Fame. General Arbuckle retired after 32 years of commissioned and enlisted service. He served on the STARRS Board of Directors

Ty McCoy, USMA '67

The Honorable Ty McCoy, is a 1967 graduate of West Point. He has had a distinguished career in Washington in senior positions at the Pentagon, including serving as the Acting Secretary of the Air Force. He currently serves on several important defense related boards including being Chairman of the Space Transportation Association and Vice Chairman of the Defense Forum Foundation in addition to our MacArthur Society Board of Advisors. 

Bill Prince, USMA '70

Colonel Bill Prince, US Army (Ret), received his commission in the Infantry from West Point, Class of 1970. He served in Vietnam with both Ranger and Special Forces units. In 1978, he resigned his Regular Army commission to accept a position with the Central Intelligence Agency, subsequently receiving one of the CIA’s highest awards for valor; for extraordinary heroism in the face of hostile, armed opposition. He maintained a commission in the Army Reserve branch transferring to Special Forces. His experience in hostile areas includes: El Salvador, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Colombia and Pakistan with 11 deployments between Afghanistan and Iraq. He holds a Masters Degree from Harvard University with a focus on international relations.

Ron Scott, USAFA '73

Colonel Ron Scott, PhD, USAF (Ret.) is a 1973 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. He has over 30 years of leadership experience in the Air Force, including command at all levels from flight to wing, senior policy positions at a major command and at the Pentagon, combat as a command pilot with flight time in the OV-10, F-4E, and C-130E/H, and overseas assignments in Europe, Asia, and Southwest Asia. Ron has a master’s in psychology from the University of Northern Colorado and a PhD from Arizona State University. He is the President & CEO of STARRS.

Walter Heinz, USMA '71

Lt. Colonel Walter “Wally” Heinz, US Army (Ret.), is a 1971 graduate of West Point and commissioned into Engineer Branch. Biography to come.

Bob Skiver, USMA '73

Bob Skiver is a 1973 graduate of West Point. After his active duty as an Armor officer, he graduated from NYU School of Law and spent most of his legal career as a criminal prosecutor in state and federal courts. Upon retirement as an Assistant US Attorney, Mr. Skiver founded the Liberty & Law Institute, a 501(c)(3) educational organization devoted to teaching middle and high school students our nation’s Founding Documents. Still an avid student of military history, he is also a busy grandfather and a retired rugby player.

David Bell, USMA '71

David Bell is a 1971 graduate of West Point. He was commissioned in the Air Defense Artillery and spent three years on an air base in Germany before transferring to the Adjutant General Corps and finishing his six-year Army service at a division HQ in Germany and an administrative processing station in New Orleans. He earned an MS in HR Management from the University of Utah. He returned
with his young family to his home state of Michigan and spent the next 35 years in a series of Human Resources assignments in original equipment automotive manufacturing and automotive supply companies. The last 20 years of his career were primarily involved in new manufacturing plant start-ups across the US, Canada, Germany, Australia, and the Czech Republic. In 2012, he retired to a resort community on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee.

Mike Alverson, USMA '67

Michael E. Alverson is a 1967 graduate of West Point. As an Air Force computer systems officer, he served at RAF Lakenheath, England, and, while at the Pentagon, was in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff (J-5). He has a master’s in engineering from Arizona State University and an MBA with distinction in finance from American University. He was an information technology executive in large consulting, real estate, and healthcare organizations. Mike was an adjunct faculty member for the MBA program at Southern Methodist University. He served on the West Point Association of Graduates Advisory Council from 2013-2018. An avid student of presidential history, he has been an education docent at the George W. Bush Presidential Library in Dallas since it opened in 2013.

Mike Rose, USAFA '69

Michael T. Rose, JD/MBA is a 1969 graduate of the Air Force Academy and serves as STARRS’ Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Mike has a Juris Doctor degree from the New York University School of Law, where he was an Editor of the Law Review, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He has the highest professional rating of “AV” and is on the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers from Martindale-Hubbell. Mike was an associate attorney at a major law firm and has founded and been President of various entrepreneurial companies. Mike was the winner and plaintiff of a landmark US Supreme Court decision about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). He served four terms as a Republican State Senator in South Carolina, and has lectured at various universities, colleges, professional organizations, and television programs, including on CBS “60 Minutes.

Martha Ostrom, PhD

Martha Ostrom, PhD, is President and CEO of Foundation & Fundraising Consultants, LLC and serves on the STARRS Board of Directors. She has a bachelor’s in Psychology, a master’s in Justice Studies, and a PhD in Public Administration from Arizona State University (ASU) where she and her husband continued serving students, staff, and faculty by leading and coordinating fundraising efforts for the ASU Foundation for over 30 years. Martha was married to the late Professor Lonnie Ostrom who is a veteran of the United States Air Force.