USAA announced the appointment of Major General (Retired) Robert F. Whittle, Jr. ’90, as Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff, reporting to President and Chief Executive Officer Wayne Peacock.

Whittle has extensive military and leadership experience. He was most recently the deputy commanding general of operations for U.S. Army North (ARNORTH), headquartered at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. There, he directed the Army’s planning and execution of homeland defense, defense support to civil authorities and theater security cooperation with Mexico and Canada.