11-11-2025
Greg Slavonic is the former Acting Under Secretary of the Navy and previously served as the 18th Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs and after a 34-year distinguished career in the Navy/Navy Reserve retired as a Rear Admiral.
As the Under he served as the deputy and principal assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, as well as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Management Officer for the Department of the Navy. He oversaw intelligence activities, intelligence-related activities, special access programs, development of future weapons systems and a department budget of over $200 billion dollars.
As the Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, he was responsible for the overall supervision and oversight of manpower and reserve affairs and for over 800,000 personnel in the Department of the Navy. Prior to joining the Department of Defense, he served as the first Chief of Staff for U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-OK).
For the past 45 years, he has held various civilian senior level positions in the communications industry and is currently the CEO for Blue Water Strategies, LLC. He has written four books two on leadership development and co-authored a book on American Olympian Jim Thorpe an court arraignment of Saddam Hussein.
During his Navy career he served in combat deployments to Vietnam, Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. His final assignment was the Navy’s Sixth Special Assistant to Chief of Information (CHINFO) and Director of the Navy Reserve Program 35.
In addition, he received the Secretary of Defense for Outstanding Public Service Award and the Secretary of the Navy’s Distinguished Public Service Award.
He currently serves as the Interim Commissioner for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse.
A graduate of Oklahoma State University, majoring in Journalism and Broadcasting, Greg has served on many boards and organizations, such as Vice Chairman of the Board for ChemResearch Corporation, Advisory Board for Next Dynamics, Inc., USS Oklahoma Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame and AirMatrix.
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