Brig. Gen. Shane Reeves to share insights at Neuhaus Leadership Series

Orange County Executive Steven M. Neuhaus will host Brig. Gen. Shane Reeves at the next installment of his Leadership Series at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23, in the auditorium at the county’s Emergency Services Center, located at 22 Wells Farm Road in Goshen.

The event will provide an opportunity for established and emerging leaders in Orange County to learn about leadership and professional development from the dean of the Academic Board at West Point as well as a founding member and director of the Lieber Institute for Law and Land Warfare.

“Brigadier General Reeves has a storied military career, which includes being active in military law and education,” Neuhaus said. “I look forward to talking with [him] regarding his experiences as a faculty member at West Point and in his position as dean of the Academic Board. He has vast knowledge on a variety of leadership topics, and I know our audience with find him interesting and engaging.”

Reeves commissioned in 1996 from the United States Military Academy and served seven years as an armor officer in the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Irwin in California. After attending law school in 2003, he moved to the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. As a judge advocate, he served in several legal positions at Fort Riley in Kansas, brigade judge advocate in the 1st Armored Division in Taji, Iraq, professor of International and Operational Law at the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School and as deputy staff judge advocate of Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Liberty in North Carolina.

Additionally, he taught at United States Military Academy’s Law Department and taught and spoke on International Law and the Law of Armed Conflict. His recent speaking engagements include presenting at the 9th Quadrennial Federal Judges Association in Washington, lecturing at Columbia Law School and the University of California-Berkeley Law School and speaking in Israel as part of the Academic Exchange Program. He is also a founding member and director of the Lieber Institute for Law and Land Warfare, located at West Point.