Management Team
David A. Whaley — Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer, The Linc Group
Prior to his current role, Whaley held the same position at ServiceCo and has served as CEO or President of several of The Linc Group’s current or former business units. Prior to pursuing a career in the commercial sector, Whaley served 33 years with the U.S. Army, retiring as a Major General. Major General Whaley served in the Pentagon as an Army War Planner and as a Joint Chiefs of Staff War Planner. He commanded soldiers and units at all levels including as the Deputy Commanding General 22nd Support Command during operation Desert Storm and as the Commanding General, U.S. Army Transportation Center; Commandant, U.S. Army Transportation School; and Chief of Transportation at Fort Eustis, Virginia. He also served as the Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics and Readiness, Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces Command at Fort McPherson, Georgia. His last duties before retiring in February 1999 were as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management, Headquarters, Department of the Army. In this assignment, he functioned essentially as the Army’s Real Estate or Property Manager developing and defending before Congress a $9 billion annual budget and was responsible for the operations and maintenance functions of all 264 Army installations worldwide representing 12.8 million acres, 169,000 buildings, 1.1 billion square feet of family housing, 70,000 miles of road, 13,700 miles of waterway, and 2,600 miles of railway. Additionally, he was responsible for the development and execution of the Army’s Outsourcing and Privatization Program, Base Realignment and Closure (“BRAC”) Programs, Environmental Restoration, Military Construction and Barracks Renewal Programs and the Army’s Residential Community Initiative. Whaley holds a BS from the University of Rhode Island and a MBA from Adelphi University. He is a graduate of the Army’s Command and General Staff College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
