Military alumni honored

ECU honored four alumni — retired Air Force Col. Daniel Dant, Army Maj. Jessica Georgi, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Jeremy Gore and retired Air Force Col. Rick Jones — for their service during the Distinguished Military Service Society ceremony Sept. 26.

Dant ’90 is a space and cyber professional. He retired from the Air Force in 2016 as the director of strategy and programming in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. Dant helped establish an ECU alumni group for ROTC Detachment 600 and an annual scholarship.

Georgi ’20 earned a master’s degree in health informatics. She serves as the director of the Health Information Management Division at the Fort Belvoir Hospital as well as deputy patient administration consultant to the Army surgeon general. Georgi is an active member of the D.C. Metro Chapter of the ECU Alumni Association.

Gore ’02 earned his bachelor’s degree in history before entering the U.S. Air Force, where he served for 21 years as an intercontinental ballistic missile operator. He held numerous leadership positions within Air Force Global Strike Command and the Pentagon. Gore was a 2018 ECU 40 Under Forty awardee and remains active in the ECU Pirate Club.

Jones ’79 is one of the Air Force’s most decorated logistics officials. He commissioned through the ROTC, earning a bachelor’s degree in marketing. He retired in 2007 as the chief of the Combat Aircraft Division, Directorate of Logistics, Headquarters Air Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base. Jones served as a Defense Department contractor from 2008 to 2020.

To learn more about the DMSS, visit the ECU Alumni Association.