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In his first professional career, Jae served in the U.S. Air Force through the rank of Colonel.  He was an intelligence officer and platoon leader in Vietnam, an aide in Taiwan, a missile and senior standardization-evaluation commander, an Air Force planner, an international political affairs officer, a Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) representative and negotiator, a war college professor, and research director of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force’s 2025 Study.  Next, Jae joined Alvin and Heidi Toffler, whom Time magazine calls the grandparents of futures study, to found Toffler Associates, a strategic advisory firm that helps CEOs, senior executives and general/flag officers lead their organizations to success in a rapidly changing market and environment.  After leading Toffler Associates as a Partner and Senior Fellow, he formed Engelbrecht Associates to continue advising the firm and other clients.

Jae Engelbrecht has advised senior executives in business and government in the United States and around the globe.  As a JCS representative, he advised the U.S. delegation and subsequently led teams negotiating the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I), and the Treaty on Further Reduction of Strategic Nuclear Arms (START II), and then hopped between Geneva, Moscow, Minsk, Kiev, Tokyo, and Washington to devise ways for former Soviet Union states to dismantle their arsenals.  He was the US Government policy lead on the first START inspection.  President George H.W. Bush commended him, and he became the first non-diplomat decorated by the Secretary of State.  He created Toffler Associates trademarked Alternate Futures for Consulting practice and Full Spectrum Exploration methodology.  Trying to understand how he recognized emerging issues, the CIA asked his team to identify the top 20 issues not on their radar without acknowledging their current efforts; each of the issues Jae highlighted inaugurated new agency initiatives. On multiple occasions, he served on panels for the National Academies of Sciences, Medicine, & Technologies.

Jae received a BA in East Asian History and Chinese from the University of Maryland, a MA in Public Administration from the University of Northern Colorado, a Master of Philosophy and a Ph.D. in International Relations and political science from Columbia University.  He completed the leadership program at the Wharton School. He was an Executive Director at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of Alternate Futures for 2025 and multiple articles.

As a Scouter, Jae currently serves as the NCAC Deputy Council Commissioner.  He is also a member of the National Commissioner Technology Task Force. He has been awarded the Scouters Training Award, Scouters Key, the Distinguished Commissioners Award, Commissioners Award of Excellence in Unit Service, District Award of Merit, Silver Beaver, the Doctorate in Commissioner Science, The Philmont Master Trainer Knot and Device and the Council’s John A. Mack Commissioner’s Award of Excellence.  He wears the beads of Woodbadge.

Please join us on Wednesday, June 2 at 6:00pm as we recognize Dr. Engelbrecht and his fellow 2021 NOESA Honorees. To become a sponsor for this event, please visit www.NCACBSA.org/NOESA. Proceeds will go towards providing Eagle Scout Recognition Kits for new Eagle Scouts in the National Capital Area Council.

Charles “Chuck” Charpentier has been a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Finance and Restructuring Group since joining the firm in October 2016.  He focuses on lender side commercial financing transactions for early, middle and late-stage technology companies that specialize in, among other things, life sciences, biotechnology, information technology, hardware, software, SaaS, social media, cloud computing, medical devices and pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, and health care technologies.  Chuck serves on the firm’s Associate Development Committee and Opinion Committee and is also a mentor to several associates at the firm.  Prior to joining the firm, Chuck was a special counsel and an associate at Cooley LLP from January 2008 to September 2016, and an associate at Sullivan and Worcester LLP from September 2004 to January 2008.

Chuck is a member of the Rotary Club of Capitol Hill and has served on the club’s board and on the board of the club’s foundation.  He served on the Executive Board and is currently serving of the Advisory Board of the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America.  Chuck is also a board member of the Villanova Law DC/MD/VA Chapter Board.

Chuck is admitted to the state bars of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.  Chuck received his J.D., magna cum laude, in 2004 from Villanova University, Charles Widger School of Law, his M.A. in International Affairs, International Law and International Organizations, in 2001 from The George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs, and his B.A. in 1998 in Political Science and Sociology from Boston College, Robert J. Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences.  He was also a Fulbright Fellow in Journalism from 1998 to 1999 at the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Chuck was born and raised in Manchester, New Hampshire, and is the youngest of six children of Richard and Muriel Charpentier. He earned his Eagle Scout award 0n April 7, 1993, not long after his older brother Rich became an Eagle Scout, as a member of Troop 104, based out of St. Catherine’s Parish in Manchester, NH and part of the Massabesic District of the Daniel Webster Council.

Chuck, his wife Lindsay, their son Sebastien, and their puppy, Simi, reside in Washington, DC.

Please join us on Wednesday, June 2 at 6:00pm as we recognize Chuck and his fellow 2021 NOESA Honorees. To become a sponsor for this event, please visit www.NCACBSA.org/NOESA. Proceeds will go towards providing Eagle Scout Recognition Kits for new Eagle Scouts in the National Capital Area Council.