Leo Giacometto's Email & Phone

has a broad background of military, political, private and public sector service. Giacometto brings a wide-range of applicable experience to GAGE in the areas of founding, strategically building, operating and managing private sector companies. He has served in all branches of the Government, the Judiciary, Legislative, and Executive branches. Giacometto as well has served in appointed and elected positions in County Government, State Government and Federal Government. He has overseen large government agencies and directed the operations of Congressional and Gubernatorial offices in both an official and political capacity. Giacometto has previously served as a County Magistrate, State Legislator, and was confirmed by the United State Senate as a United States Marshal. Giacometto has also held Cabinet positions for two Governors: Secretary of Agriculture and a member of the Northwest Power Planning Council as well as the Chief of Staff to a United States Senator. In addition, Giacometto is a former Director of the Tri-State Farmers and Ranchers Cooperative in South Dakota, as the Vice President of Government Affairs of Morrison Knudsen, and an Executive for Washington International both international engineering and construction companies. Giacometto served 23 years in the United States Army and Reserves, retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was stationed in Panama as a member of U.S. Army's equivalent to a SWAT Team and later served in the State Department's Counterterrorism Section, where he was deployed around the world. He is a graduate of the United States Army Military Police Academy and an honor graduate of the Montana Military Academy. Giacometto is the Founder and CEO of Mongolia Forward, a uranium mining project based in Mongolia. He is the Co-founder of the Pepsi franchise in Mongolia and serves on the Board of Directors for Gemnet, a Eurasian telecommunications company based in Ulaanbaatar. He is on the Board of Advisors of Silk Way Holding, a multinational aviation services company based in Baku, Azerbaijan. He serves as a Senior Advisor to Expedia, Inc., the largest online travel company in the world. Giacometto also owns a seventh generation ranching operation in Alzada, Montana.