Christopher Kasker, Trustee

Christopher Kasker is the Chief Operating Officer of HEPCO, Inc., an engineering staffing firm located in the greater New York City area.  Chris is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and lives in Tuxedo Park, New York, wherein 2020 he was elected to the village board of trustees.  He is a volunteer firefighter and vice president of the Tuxedo Park Fire Department. Since 2019, Chris has served as an appointed member of the planning board for the Town of Tuxedo. In 2021, he was appointed to the advisory board for the Transformative Leadership in Disruptive Times Certificate Program at the Seton Hall University Stillman School of Business. 

Chris is a graduate of Phoenixville Area High School and was a criminal justice major and ROTC cadet at the West Chester University of Pennsylvania. His graduate degrees include a master’s in business and organizational security management from Webster University and a master’s in communication sciences from the University of Connecticut. 

Some of the positions Chris held in the Army include military police platoon leader in Germany, Bosnia, Kosovo (1998-2001); operations officer then company commander at Fort Hood, Texas with two deployments to Iraq (2002-2006); instructor then assistant professor and acting director of Defense and Strategic Studies at West Point (2007-2010). public affairs officer to the secretary of the Army at the Pentagon (2012-2015); and director of public affairs and comminations at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (2015-2017). 

Chris is the recipient of numerous awards and decorations.  In 2000, Chris was a recipient of the General Douglas MacArthur leadership award for U.S. Army-Europe. He was and the first-ever Major Megan McClung Award recipient for “excellence in leadership” in 2011. He led his public affairs team to win a New York City Big Apple award in crisis communication in 2016. Additionally, Chris presented award-winning academic research in 2010. In 2020, West Chester University presented Chris with their Distinguished Alumni Award.  His highest military awards include two Legions of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, and two Meritorious Service Medals.