DR. GLENDA NOGAMI
DR. GLENDA NOGAMI
Dr. Glenda Nogami-Streufert has worked with the U,S. Army in a number of different positions and specialties. In 1979, she started as a research psychologist at the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) in Heidelberg, Germany and in Washington, DC. She has conducted policy research on first term enlisted attrition, on military stairwell living (in Germany), on Army families, organizational performance, NCO and Officer Retention, on women in the Army, and Reserve and National Guard NTC training. In 1988, Dr. Nogami-Streufert was appointed to the U.S. Army War College as Professor and Director of Educational Research and of Civilian Student Liaison. She directed the DoD Senior Executive Leadership Course at USAWC and taught Leadership at the Strategic Level.
In 1997, she joined the Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service as Director of the Workforce Effectiveness and Planning Branch. When INS was integrated into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), she became the Leader of the Workforce Environment and Effectiveness Group in the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer at DHS Headquarters in Washington, D.C. In 2004, she – once again – was with the Army as the Dean of Academics at the U.S. Army Management Staff College at Fort Belvoir, VA. She retired from Federal service in September 2006. Since retiring to Kauai, she has served as the Manager of the Kauai Civil Defense Agency (KCDA), and is now a Commissioner on the Kauai County (Islands of Kauai and Niihau) Planning Commission.
Dr. Nogami was born and spent her childhood on the island of Lanai, Hawaii. Upon graduation from high school she moved to the US mainland for her university education. She holds a doctorate from Purdue University, and is a graduate of the Army War College. She has published over 80 professional articles, several books and a number of technical reports in English and German. She taught strategic level leadership and decision making in the United States, in Slovenia, Taiwan and Germany, and has presented numerous papers at professional conferences and meetings in the U.S. and abroad. She also directed the Department of Defense Senior Executive Leadership Course at the Army War College. Since her retirement she has repeatedly been asked to train senior U.S. personnel in Washington and elsewhere.
Her awards have, among others, included: the Exceptional Civilian Service Award, the “Lamp” from the Center for Army Leadership (CAL) at the Combined Arms Center (CAC), the Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the Superior Civilian Service Award, the Army Achievement Award, the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service, and the National Guard Minuteman Award.