Brynt Parmeter is the Howard G. and S. Louise Phanstiel Chair in Leadership and a Professor of Practice at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School, where he is also a senior research associate in the Campbell Public Affairs Institute. He served as the inaugural Chief Talent Management Officer for the U.S. Department of Defense, leading Total Force talent strategy. Before that, he led military and veterans affairs, non-traditional talent, and STEM workforce programs at Walmart. A combat veteran, he served nearly 25 years as a U.S. Army infantry officer, including 40 months in Iraq, and retired as a colonel. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, an M.A. from Louisiana State University, and a master’s degree from the U.S. Army War College.