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Robert J. Bianchi

Chief Executive Officer, Navy Exchange Service Command
Rear Adm., Supply Corps, U.S. Navy (Ret)

Robert J. Bianchi, Rear Admiral, Supply Corps, U.S. Navy (Ret.) is the Chief Executive Officer for the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM), a $2.5 billion organization that oversees worldwide operations of Navy Exchange retail stores, Ship’s Store Program, Navy Uniform Program Management Office, Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility, Telecommunications Program Office and the NEXCOM Hospitality Group, which supports PCS, TDY and leisure travel. In addition, he also currently serves as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) for Military Resale Transformation.

Bianchi joined NEXCOM in January 2012 as its first civilian Chief Executive Officer after retiring from the U.S. Navy with more than 29 years of service. While in the Navy, he served in various senior leadership positions including Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Fleet Readiness and Fleet Supply Officer, U.S. Fleet Forces Command; Commander, NEXCOM; Deputy Commander for Aviation, Naval Inventory Control Point; Military Advisor to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Logistics & Materiel Readiness); and Supply Officer, USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

From November 2017 to September 2020, while still retaining his position as NEXCOM CEO, Bianchi concurrently served as the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) Interim Director/Special Assistant for Commissary Operations to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower & Reserve Affairs). In this role, he exercised oversight authority and responsibility for the day-to-day management and control of 15,000 people employed at DeCA headquarters and at 239 commissaries in 13 countries, and managed an annual budget of $7 billion with annual sales of nearly $5 billion.

A native of Vineland, N.J., Bianchi attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on a Navy ROTC scholarship, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics. Upon graduation in 1982, he was commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy Supply Corps. He earned a Master’s degree in Business Administration with distinction from Harvard University in 1992, and completed the Wharton School of Business Executive Development Program in 2003.

Bianchi was awarded the DoD Distinguished Civilian Service Award in November 2019 and the American Logistics Association Distinguished Service Award in October 2021. His military awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (three awards), the Meritorious Service Medal (six awards), the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (two awards), and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (two awards).


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Captain Kevin Borkert

Deputy Commander Military Services, Navy Exchange Service Command

Capt. Kevin Borkert, SC, USN, was assigned as the Deputy Commander Military Services, Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM), in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in May 2024.

Capt. Borkert graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1994, enlisted in the Navy as a Hospital Corpsman in 1996 and received his commission from the Officer Candidate School in 1999. He received a master’s degree in Healthcare Business Administration in 2008.

His sea duty assignments include USS CLEVELAND (LPD 7), homeported in San Diego, California, as the disbursing, materials, food service, postal and hazardous materials officer; USS JUNEAU (LPD 10), homeported in Sasebo, Japan, as the supply officer; and USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), homeported in Norfolk, Virginia, as the assistant supply officer.

His ashore tours included Naval Expeditionary Medical Support Command, Williamsburg, Virginia, as Operations Action Officer; Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland, as the Aviation Support Detachment Officer In Charge; Forward Operating Location, Comalapa, El Salvador, as the Executive Officer; NAVSUP WSS Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the F18 Engines Branch and Aircraft Launch and Recovery Branch Leads; CJ4, Camp Eggers, Afghanistan, as the Executive Officer and Logistics Officer; Navy Warfare Development Command, Norfolk, Virginia, as the Logistics Action Officer; Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk, Virginia, as the Supply Officer for Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center, Norfolk, Virginia; and the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, as the Air Station Logistics Director.

His personal awards include Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (3), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (4), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (3) and various campaign and unit awards. He has earned warfare qualifications as a Naval Aviation Supply Officer and Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer.


CMC Anthony J. Corey

CMC Anthony J. Corey

Command Master Chief, Navy Exchange Service Command

Master Chief Anthony J. Corey reported to the Navy Exchange Service Command as its Command Master Chief in August 2023.

A native of Rolla, Missouri, Master Chief Corey enlisted as a Cryptologic Technician (Collection) in 1990. His first assignment was as a Direct Support (DIRSUP) Operator, deploying afloat from NSGA Northwest, Chesapeake, Virginia. During this tour he participated in OPERATION RESTORE HOPE with the WASP ARG onboard USS NASHVILLE (LPD 13) and earned his Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist pin.

Master Chief Corey attended Basic Signals Analysis Course “C” and reported to NSGA Fort Meade, Maryland, and the DIRSUP shop in 1996. He deployed several times aboard Naval Combatants. In 2000, he reported to PRECOM unit USS HOWARD (DDG 83). In 2002, Master Chief Corey was selected and advanced as a Chief Petty Officer.

Following a recruiting tour in his home town, where he was selected to Senior Chief Petty Officer, Master Chief Corey was assigned to Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet headquarters at Pearl Harbor, where he served as the Executive Assistant to the U.S. Pacific Fleet Master Chief.

In 2011, Master Chief Corey was selected to attend the Air Force Senior NCO Academy at Maxwell AFB. After completion as a Distinguished Graduate, he reported to NIOC Colorado and served as the Operations Department LCPO. During this tour he earned his Enlisted Information Dominance Warfare Specialist pin and was selected to the Command Senior Chief program.

In 2013, he transferred to LCSRON ONE and LCS Crew 203. During this tour he delivered and commissioned two ships, USS CORONADO (LCS 4) and USS JACKSON (LCS 6). In April 2015, he was selected to Master Chief and converted to CMDCM.

He reported to USS CHUNG-HOON (DDG 93) in June 2016 and led the command through a maintenance availability with drydock and basic phase workup cycle for an upcoming deployment. In June 2018, he was assigned to NIOC Hawaii. He also served as Command Master Chief, Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois.

Command Master Chief Corey completed an Associates and Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Hawaii Pacific University, graduating magna cum laude.


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Jeff Voltz

Chief of Staff / Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations, Navy Exchange Service Command

Jeff Voltz became the Chief of Staff/Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations for the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) in June 2019. In this role, he is responsible for interfacing with various Department of Navy and Department of Defense offices, other military exchanges and Navy Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) and engages in the development, implementation and maintenance of NEXCOM strategies, plans, programs and policies.

Voltz served in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps for nearly 30 years, retiring as a Captain in 2013. His previous position was Vice President, Facilities, NEXCOM. While serving on active duty he held the positions of Deputy Commander, Facilities, NEXCOM; Assistant Chief of Staff, Installations and Environment, Marine Corps Installations East; Director, Installation and Environment, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC; the Navy’s Military Construction Congressional Appropriations Liaison, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, FM&C, Washington, DC; and Public Works Officer for six Navy Installations within Naval District Washington’s South Area.

Voltz graduated from the University of Delaware in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He earned a Master of Science in Management degree from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1992 and completed the Duke University, Fuqua School of Business Advanced Management Program in 2006.

Voltz's military awards include the Legion of Merit (three awards), the Meritorious Service Medal (three awards), and the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (four awards). He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas.
 

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