Ross Coffman, LTG US Army Retired

Ross serves as the President of Forward Edge AI, the founder of Ross Coffman and Associates, a Board member of The Federal Savings Bank, and as a member of the Board of Advisors for multiple successful companies. He is also a member of the Washington Speaker Bureau and a senior advisor for Ernst and Young.

General Coffman retired from the United States Army with over 35 years of distinguished military service as an Armor officer. He commanded units in nearly every echelon and served in multiple deployments to Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Eastern Europe, Bosnia, and Haiti. General Coffman also served in the generating force training large units for combat. In his final assignment in the military, General Coffman served as the Deputy Commander of United States Army’s Futures Command in Austin, Texas.

General Coffman received numerous awards for his actions as well as those of heroic units of which he was a member. He is enshrined by Centre College as a Distinguished Alumnus. He is the recipient of the Harvey Leadership Award, MacArthur Leadership Award, Draper Leadership Award, Significant Sigma Chi Award, and is an Eagle Scout.

General Coffman holds a bachelor’s degree from Centre College, a master’s degree in business administration from Embry Riddle University, and a National Security Fellowship at Harvard’s Kennedy School.

General Coffman is from Fort Knox, Kentucky and is an enthusiastic, but terrible golfer.