BIOGRAPHY Colonel(Ret) John Rolando, USAF John Rolando has served on the Pentagon Federal CU Board of Directors since May 2002. During his twenty-three year military career, John was an Air Force Minuteman Missileer, F-111 bomber navigator with over 1000 flying hours, research analyst at Headquarters Air Force (Pentagon), National Defense Fellow at the Brookings Institute in Washington D.C., and Strategic Systems Analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. His military awards included the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, and the Air Force Commendation Medal. He is now a Systems Engineer with SAIC providing full-time support to the Joint Staff, the Pentagon. He holds a Master of Arts in Public Administration, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley; Master of Business Administration, Marymount University, Arlington; Master of Science in Systems Engineering, George Washington University, Washington D.C.; and bachelors degree in Economics, LeMoyne College, Syracuse. He is a 2003 graduate of the Directors Leadership Institute from the London School of Business. John also has previous employment experience as a National Bank Examiner with the Comptroller of the Currency, U.S. Department of the Treasury.