Executive Fellows

VADM Michael F. McAllister
_{USCG (Ret)}

Vice Admiral McAllister recently retired from the U.S. Coast Guard after 36 years of active duty service. His culminating flag assignment was as Commander of the Coast Guard’s Pacific Area where he oversaw all U.S. Coast Guard missions from the U.S. West Coast to the Indo-Pacific region, including both the U.S. Arctic and Antarctic. He previously served as the Deputy Commandant for Mission Support where he led all human resources, engineering and logistics, C4I, acquisitions and procurement, training and education, and security functions for the Coast Guard. Earlier flag assignments included duty as Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard District in Alaska; a joint assignment as the Deputy Director of Operations for United States Northern Command; and as the Director for Coast Guard Enterprise Strategy and Management.

Earlier in his career, Vice Admiral McAllister served in a variety of operational assignments, both aboard multiple Coast Guard cutters and at shore-based units conducting search and rescue, law enforcement, aids to navigation, port and vessel inspections, icebreaking and other missions. He has extensive experience in contingency and interagency operations. He led maritime response and security operations in New York City following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and prototyped the Department of Homeland Security’s successful Interagency Operations Center Program following 9/11.

Vice Admiral McAllister graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1986. He received a Master of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1991 and a Masters of Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a member of the Sloan Fellows Program in 2004. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Washington.

Vice Admiral McAllister is the president and owner of Banner Consulting LLC, providing professional advisory services on a wide range on national and homeland security, federal procurement, logistics, talent management, and both U.S. and international maritime safety and security issues. He lives in the Charleston, SC area and is an active volunteer both at the local and national levels, particularly supporting military members and their families and advocating for U.S. national security needs. He is also active developing the next generation of public service and community leaders as a member of the Arizona State University President’s Flag Officer Advisory Council.

following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York City. He also served as Commander of Coast Guard Sector Charleston, South Carolina where he oversaw all Coast Guard missions in the states of South Carolina and Georgia and prototyped the Department of Homeland Security’s successful Interagency Operations Center Program.

Admiral McAllister’s staff assignments include duty as a Construction Project Manager at Facilities Design and Construction Center Pacific in Seattle, Washington and as Executive Officer of Civil Engineering Unit Miami, Florida. He served as a program reviewer in the Office of Programs and Budget at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, DC, and the Officer Assignments Branch Chief at the Coast Guard Personnel Command, Arlington, Virginia. He was also the Executive Assistant to the Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard, the Executive Director for the Deputy Commandant for Mission Support, and the Director of Coast Guard Enterprise Strategic Management and Doctrine.
Admiral McAllister attended the United States Coast Guard Academy, graduating in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering. In 1991, he was awarded a Master of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. In 2004, he received a Masters of Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a member of the Sloan Fellows Program. His personal awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (four awards), the Meritorious Service Medal (five awards), the Coast Guard Commendation Medal (three awards), the DOT 9/11 Medal, as well as numerous other personal, unit and Service awards. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Washington.