Rotarian Jerry Grizzle, president/superintendent of New Mexico Military Institute since 2009, will address the Roswell Rotary Club on Thursday.
Grizzle, a retired Army major general, has a wealth of military, government, and business experience.
Before arriving at NMMI, he was president/CEO of Orbit Finer Foods, Skolniks, CD Warehouse, and AMS Health Sciences. Prior to his tenure with CD Warehouse, he was vice president/treasurer of Sonic Industries.
Grizzle has command experience with the Oklahoma Army National Guard, as well as the U.S. Army.
Immediately after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Grizzle entered active federal service and took command of the Department of Defense Joint Task Force — Civil Support, the only unit in the Department of Defense responsible for the planning and execution a response to any weapons of mass destruction attack within the United States.
