Halfaker & Associates

Harvard Business School Advisor Biographies

Jamie Holden
Harvard Business School

Jamie Holden will graduate with a Masters in Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School in June, 2008.  Prior to attending business school, Jamie served as an Adjutant General Officer in the US Army and garnered Project Management experience at France Telecom Research & Development.  While at Harvard Business School, she interned at Goldman Sachs in their Pine Street Leadership Development Group.

Her military experiences include personnel roles in the 2d Infantry Division in South Korea and leadership roles in the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Hood.  While serving in the 4th Infantry Division, she deployed to Tikrit, Iraq as the Headquarters Detachment Commander of the 502d Personnel Services Battalion.  Her awards include: 2003 Army Adjutant General Officer of the Year, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal and Army Achievement Medal.

Jamie holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Ann Gallo will graduate with a Masters in Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School in June, 2008.  After graduation, Ann will work at Deloitte Consulting in New York City.  Prior to attending business school, Ann served as a Transportation officer in the U.S. Army and was stationed with the 1st Infantry Division in Kitzingen, Germany.  Ann was deployed to Tikrit, Iraq from February 2004 – March 2005.  Her awards include the Bronze Star, Army Commendation Medal and Army Achievement Medal.

Ann graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science degree.

Timothy Joyce
Harvard Business School

Timothy Joyce began advising Halfaker & Associates while he was a student at the Harvard Business School.  He will begin working in real estate development this year when he joins the Greystar Development Group.

Prior to attending Harvard Business School, Tim was a Marine Captain with extensive management experience in deployed units.  Upon returning from a ten-month deployment at sea, he was selected to serve as the infantry operations officer for the Colombian ministry of Defense and as the Assistant Marine Corps Representative to the U.S. Embassy Bogota, Colombia.  Prior to advising the Colombian military during its Plan Patriota campaign, Tim deployed as a logistics officer with the infantry battalion of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) aboard the USS Nassau in support of several operations in Kosovo, Djibouti, and Iraq. 

Tim graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the Virginia Military Institute in 2000 where he was a distinguished academic graduate and the recipient of the General “Chesty” Puller Marine Corps leadership award.