Chief of Staff

Mr. Mark McLeod

Mark Michael McLeod is the Chief of Staff of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center at the Presidio of Monterey. He is responsible for coordinating and providing full spectrum staff support for over 15,000 military language students and 2,000 staff and faculty posted at the Presidio of Monterey and at 31 locations around the world.

McLeod began his career with the United States Air Force in 1986 after completing Officer Training School, Lackland AFB, Texas. In addition to his various wing maintenance positions, he has managed Programmed Depot Repair operations, performed C-5 Weapon System Manager duties, served as Maintenance Liaison to the Republic of Korea Air Force, and oversaw U.S. Central Command strategic sea-/airlift transportation movements. He has also commanded two expeditionary maintenance groups, performed logistics, installation and mission support planning and programming at Headquarters U.S. Air Force, and served as the Director of Logistics for Pacific Air Forces, the Director of Logistics, Engineering and Security Cooperation for U.S. Pacific Command, at Camp Smith, Hawaii, and the Commander of Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.    

Since retiring from active duty is 2016, McLeod has held civilian positions on the Headquarters Air Force A5 Staff, served as the deputy site chief for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency – Europe, and prior to this assignment as the Chief of Staff of U.S. Army NATO in Kaiserslautern, Germany. He and his wife Laura are blessed with 6 children and to date 6 great-grandchildren.