Brendan McPherson
Board Member and Senior Strategic Advisor
Background
Board Member and Senior Strategic Advisor
Brendan McPherson serves as a Member of the Board and Senior Strategic Advisor for Hemisphere Aerospace Defense, supporting defense strategy, program oversight, and senior engagement with government, allied, and industry partners. A retired United States Coast Guard Rear Admiral, he brings nearly four decades of maritime security and homeland defense leadership. Rear Admiral McPherson served nearly 12 cumulative years at sea aboard six cutters, including command of three.
As a two-star Flag Officer, he served as Military Advisor to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Commander of the Coast Guard Seventh District, Deputy Commander of Coast Guard Pacific Area, and Director of Operations (J3) at U.S. Southern Command. He graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science in Management, and holds a Master of Arts in Public Relations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the United States Naval War College. That operational background now informs his advisory work on the company's autonomous and unmanned maritime programs.