Steve Jones
Steve Jones is the Vice President – Chief Financial Officer of Delta Star, Inc. a leading manufacturer of medium power transformers and mobile substations. Prior to joining Delta Star, Mr. Jones was Chief Executive Officer of McLeod & Company, a CPA firm located in Roanoke, VA. Mr. Jones was a partner with the firm for over 12 years specializing in manufacturing and distressed company turnarounds. He holds an undergraduate degree from Virginia Tech and an MBA degree from Wake Forest.
Brian A. Palmieri
After attending Tennessee Technological University, Mr. Palmieri began his professional career in the manufacturing sector, gaining training and experience before assuming management roles that have included domestic and international start-ups, acquisitions, corporate restructuring, and ongoing operations, in both U.S. and international businesses. His diversified businesses include outfitting, timber, manufacturing, trade, consultant, healthcare products and real estate.
Today Mr. Palmieri is a veteran entrepreneur. He has been instrumental in several start-up ventures, turn-around efforts and he has a unique understanding of the requirements of starting and operating both public and private companies.
Currently, Mr. Palmieri has business interests in several states within the USA, and he also travels the Globe and is involved in various humanitarian ventures as well as seeking out business development and start-up opportunities as both an investor and a consultant.
Mr. Palmieri is a resident of the state of Wyoming and also spends a lot of his time in South Carolina, a state in which he has several business interests.
Jeffrey A. Kaplan, Jr.
Bio coming soon.
Lee Deneen
Lee is a lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia, and his practice focuses on various types of business disputes and commercial real estate deals. Lee grew up between South Carolina, San Francisco, and France. For Lee's studies, he attended Furman University for his undergraduate degree and the University of Georgia for law school. After law school, Lee clerked for a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Since then, Lee has practiced at the international law firm Alston & Bird; he has served as in-house counsel for The Home Depot at its Atlanta headquarters; and he now practices in a boutique law firm with several close friends.
Lee and his wife Ella have traveled all over the world and have spent significant time in other countries, including living in France and Belgium (Lee) and Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic (Ella). Lee and Ella are proud to have three young kids, whom they hope will love travel, languages, and other cultures as much as they do.
Callie Murphy
Callie Murphy is a teacher in Columbia, South Carolina at Cardinal Newman School. She is passionate about CGS’s mission and how eduation may serve as a framework for global connection. She graduated with a degree in Communications from the University of Texas. She then spent two years involved in ethnographic research in Northeastern India. She returned to the states to pursue a graduate degree from Wheaton College. Following graduate school, Callie and her husband, Chris, worked in refugee resettlement with World Relief serving refugees from various nations. From there the Murphys moved to the Middle East to work in humanitarian aid with a focus on Yemen. They have now re-settled in South Carolina with their three children.
Henry L. Deneen
Henry L. Deneen serves as Executive Director of the Center for Global Strategies, Ltd. (CGS) He also serves as GHNI Geneva's Executive Director (www.ghni.org) and served as President of Greater Europe Mission from 2007- 2015. Henry has experience as a trial attorney, Municipal Judge, and Chief Legal Counsel for Governor David M. Beasley, South Carolina. Henry continues to focus on connecting professionals in the West with government and business leaders in the rest of the world. He has led a broader effort to focus on developmental initiatives in Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, Yemen, Turkmenistan, Myanmar, Bulgaria, Dubai, Oman, and Vietnam. Henry earned his Doctorate in Executive Leadership with a focus on Emotional Intelligence in December 2014.