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Brig.
Gen. Carl W. Reddel, USAF (Ret.), Executive Director
 General Reddel began work with the Eisenhower Memorial Commission in 2001, while he was 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.
After joining the Commission in 2001, General Reddel organized the Commission's administration and staffing in cooperation with the Agency Liaison Division of the General Services Administration. He proposed and managed the ten-member Legacy Committee under the Chairmanship of Professor Louis Galambos to survey and study the Eisenhower legacy.
During the Legacy Study, which was completed in 2003, the Commission undertook a review of twenty-six alternative sites for the Eisenhower Memorial. While conducting the review, completed in 2005 with the assistance of the architectural firm, Gensler, the Commission moved to its current location and established its website.
After the Commission chose a memorial site in 2005, General Reddel oversaw securing Congressional approval in 2006 for Area I location and negotiated the appointment of an Executive Architect to manage the pre-design process. The Pre-Design Program to secure a designer for the Eisenhower Memorial was completed in 2007, leading to the selection of Frank Gehry as the memorial designer. The Commission is now preparing a pre-design program for President Eisenhower’s electronic memorialization, the “E-Memorial”.
A specialist in Russian studies, Gen. Reddel directed a department of thirty-five faculty members at the Air Force Academy, which offers one of the largest and most diverse undergraduate programs in global and military history in the United States. He served as a Team Chief of the On-Site Inspection Agency (OSIA) for the implementation of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, leading missile destruction teams in the former Soviet Union, and completed training for inspections under the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE).
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.).
Daniel
J. Feil, FAIA, Executive Architect
 Dan Feil joined the Commission in July 2005. Under his direction, a site for the memorial was approved in a record 15 months. He managed the development of the 3-volume Pre-Design Architectural Program for the memorial. Working with the national Capital Region of the U.S. General Services Administration, the design team selection process was completed using the GSA Design Excellence Program. The selection process resulted in a contract awarded to Gehry Partners, marking the first time world renowned architect Frank Gehry has entered into a design contract with the federal government. The memorial design began on January 8, 2010. The design process is projected to be completed in 25 months.
Prior to joining the Eisenhower Memorial Commission, Mr. Feil managed the proposed design and construction of a major expansion of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. 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, D.C. area.
Before joining The Kennedy Center in 2004, Mr. Feil was in charge of the design of all public buildings at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. 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. He 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 D.C. 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.
Mr. Feil 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.
Victoria Tigwell, Deputy Executive Director
 Ms. Tigwell is the Deputy Executive Director of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission. She brings a background in government, both federal and state, and an extensive career in the private sector.
Most recently, Ms. Tigwell was State Director for former U.S. Senator Norm Coleman. In that capacity, she oversaw all Minnesota staff and operations for the Senator, including the management of four statewide offices, delivery and advocacy of constituent services.
Prior to accepting the position with Senator Coleman, Ms. Tigwell was appointed by Governor Tim Pawlenty to be the first woman to Chair the Metropolitan Airports Commission in Minneapolis. Her accomplishments were the conversion of the parking ramps to electronic payment systems, improving the financial stability of the Commission, the bidding and subsequent award of the airport concession program, and a study and implementation of recommendations making the reliever airports more financially self-sufficient. She oversaw the introduction of the Vision 2020 design for terminal expansions, the completion of the newest runway, 17/35, and the opening of light rail connecting the airport to the Mall of America and downtown Minneapolis.
She has also founded and served as the CFO of several telecom and technology business ventures in Minnesota and Tasmania, Australia. She developed each of these enterprises from concept to their eventual sale, growing the companies into multi-million dollar enterprises. After starting a telecom service provider in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, she moved there and served on the Board of Directors of the company until its sale.
She has also been an adjunct professor at the Hamline University School of Business and served on the Boards of many community organizations including the Dodge Nature Center, the St. Paul Police Foundation, the New Life Academy Educational Foundation, and the St. Croix Rowing Club.
Ms. Tigwell received a B.A. in Business Administration from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, IA, and an M.B.A. from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN.
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