Robert "Rob" L. Gordon III is a cross-sector leader in the government, military, academic, nonprofit and high tech sectors.

Gordon was appointed the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy on July 19, 2010, serving under U.S. President Barack Obama.

Included within the purview of his office was the strategic development of quality education for more than one million military school aged children.

His oversight included two Armed Forces Retirement Homes, casualty and mortuary affairs, and military funeral honors.

Gordon was also the Founding Chair of ServiceNation: Mission Serve, a nationwide initiative established in 2009 within the Service Nation network that activates and convenes civilian and military organizations across the United States to more effectively focus on issues associated with Veterans, military families, and active-duty service members reintegrating back into the communities across the country.

Gordon then commanded a heavy artillery company in Bamberg, Germany, and soon thereafter was selected to return to West Point to teach in the Department of Social Sciences.

Following his fellowship he returned to field duty at Fort Carson, and eventually was assigned to West Point as the Director of American Politics in the Department of Social Sciences.

Participants served in Federal Way, Bremerton, Seattle, and Yakima in Washington State; Chicago, Illinois, and Austin, Texas.

ServiceNation: Mission Serve is now Got Your 6, a campaign of the Bob Woodruff Foundation focused on Veterans empowerment and bridging the civilian-military divide.

Before serving in the White House, he was the Special Assistant to three Secretaries of Veterans Affairs - the late Ed Derwinski and Jesse Brown; and Anthony Principi.

In 2006, he was a member of the American Jewish Committee Task Force to recommended a new national service strategy for the United States.