EXECUTIVE STAFF

Brig. Gen. Carl W. Reddel, USAF (Ret.)Executive Director

General Reddel previously served as Public Service Fellow in the Center for Public Service at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. During 1999-2000 he was President and CEO of the Eisenhower World Affairs Institute in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the Institute, he was Professor and Head of the Department of History at the United States Air Force Academy.

The senior Russian specialist at the Air Force Academy, Gen. Reddel founded the Air Force Academy's Area Studies Council and chaired the Slavic and East European Studies Group. As a Russian studies specialist, he served as a Team Chief of the On-Site Inspection Agency (OSIA) for the implementation of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, participating in missile destruction in the former Soviet Union and completed training for inspections under the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE). He also chaired a governmental interservice/agency curriculum review of the Russian language program at the Defense Language Institute, Monterey, California.

As a specialist in Russian area studies and historiography, Gen. Reddel taught Russian history at the Air Force Academy and directed a department of thirty-five faculty members, which offers one of the largest and most diverse undergraduate programs in global and military history in the United States. He has studied at the Institute for the Study of the U.S.S.R. (Munich) and undertaken research at the U.S. Army Russian Institute (Garmisch) and Moscow State University (Moscow). He was educated at Drake University (B.S.), the Maxwell School at Syracuse University (M.A.) and Indiana University (Ph.D.).

He served as the senior advisor to the leadership of Rotary International concerning its public service activities in the Russian Federation. In 2000, the President of Rotary International appointed him to the Russian Health Initiative Committee to explore new modes of collaboration in support of Rotary's programs in Russia. He has spoken about Russian affairs to thousands of Rotarians in Canada, the United States and Russia.

Daniel J. Feil FAIA Executive Architect

Prior to his joining the Eisenhower Memorial Commission, Dan Feil managed the design and construction of a major expansion of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. The 450,000 SF design by Rafael Vinoly Architects will serve the Center’s Education Program, a new Performing Arts Museum and The Washington National Opera. Two buildings, costing $350M, will frame a new reflecting pool creating a proper setting for the original Presidential Memorial building. Mr. Feil has a proven record of successful management of high profile, complex, public projects in the Washington, DC area.

Before joining The Kennedy Center in 2004, Dan was in charge of the design of all public buildings at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington, DC. The $750M Capital Program created a unified campus with architectural designs by a number of internationally renowned architects including Cesar Pelli, Bill Pedersen, and Shalom Baranes. National Airport’s award-winning, 1.1 MSF, $500M Terminal B/C, has been well received by the public as a signature domestic gateway to the Nation’s Capital. Dan is also responsible for re-establishing the role of Master Architect, giving Cesar Pelli & Associates leadership responsibility not only for the complete terminal design, but also for the 30 piece, $6M art program as well.

Mr. Feil is well respected for guiding his projects through successive reviews by the U.S. Congress, the National Capital Planning Commission, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the DC Historic Preservation Office and the U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. He has represented his projects to both the public and the media, often presenting complex technical issues in easily understood terms.

Dan received his Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Architecture degrees from the City College of New York. He received his Masters in Urban Affairs from Virginia Tech. He was elected to the American Institute of Architects’ College of Fellows in 1997, in recognition of his significant achievements in public service.