Recently retired from active duty service with over 27 years of servant-leader experience, culminating as a Colonel at U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM),  Joshua Potter has been a driving force in national security and special investigations. He has led organizations in Special Forces, Civil Affairs, PATRIOT missile systems through security & intelligence activities and reconnaissance operations in more than 47 countries – including over 10 combat and operational deployments.  Orchestrating broad campaigns with local, state, federal, and international partners, he has developed multi-cultural communities across global engagements.  

As a distinguished veteran, Josh has earned 5 Bronze Star Medals and a Purple Heart for meritorious actions in combat zones, among other dozens of other decorations and awards.  In Baghdad in 2006, Josh had a $8,000 bounty on his head, which his wife openly disputed as “way too generous.”   He established and led the first-ever Business Intelligence unit within the Department of Defense, responsible as the lead component for Counter Threat Finance (CTF), while simultaneously coordinating Counter Narcoterrorism (CNT) and Counter Transnational Organized Crime (CTOC) efforts with 28 interagency organizations.  

The author of three books and armed with two Masters degrees, a mild caffeine addiction, and a vorpal sense of humor, Josh has served as an executive-level director in multiple disciplines and programs including strategic planning, community development, full-spectrum security, intelligence, counter terrorism, counter threat finance, anti-money laundering, and special operations.  

He hates bullies and loves puppies.