A. J. Tata Signing

Join us in welcoming into town A. J. Tata, signing his newest book, Chasing the Lion!

About the author:
Brigadier General Anthony J. Tata (U.S. Army, retired) is a service-oriented leader involved in an
array of successful business ventures including national security, aviation and transportation,
cold supply chain and medical care. Previously, he performed the duties of Undersecretary of
Defense for Policy, the #3 position in the United States Department of Defense where he
implemented the National Defense Strategy and worked closely with allies and partners to
achieve strategic defense goals globally. His distinguished military career includes commands in
the 82 nd Airborne and 101 st Airborne Divisions and the 10 th Mountain Division as well as
operations in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Croatia, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Panama, and Haiti. His
military awards and decorations include the bronze star, combat action badge, ranger tab,
master parachutist badge, and department of defense award for distinguished public service. In
his civilian life, Mr. Tata served as North Carolina’s Secretary of Transportation, superintendent
of Wake County Public School System (Raleigh, NC/Research Triangle), and as Chief Operating
Officer of Washington, DC Public Schools. Mr. Tata frequently provides geopolitical updates
and/or leadership remarks to senior leaders in Fortune 500 and private equity companies such
as Delta Airlines, AFLAC, Goldman Sachs, Salesforce, Google, Emerson Collective, General
Electric, Bank of America, John Deere, Chevron, Andreeson Horowitz, Silver Lake, and many
others.
He is the national bestselling author of 15 novels, including Besieged, a Publishers Weekly Top
10 Mystery/Thriller of 2017 and Foreign and Domestic, a Barry Award finalist in 2016. He is a
frequent guest commentator on a variety of popular cable news programs regarding foreign
policy with over 1,000 appearances. In addition to leading his consulting firm, Tata Leadership
Group, Tony is the managing partner of Boundary Channel partners, an advisory company he
established with former Secretary of Defense, Chris Miller. Tony presently serves on the board
of directors of Edge Data Solutions and on the advisory board of Academy Securities. Tony is an
ambassador for Homes for Our Troops, a 501c3 focused on providing ADA compliant homes to
our most severely wounded veterans.