WEST POINT – Brig. Gen. Lori Robinson will assume command as the 80th commandant of cadets at the US Military Academy during a change of command ceremony on Tuesday, June 20, in Crest Hall.
She is currently serving as the deputy commanding general (Support), 2nd Infantry Division (Combined), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea and will replace Brig. Gen. Mark Quander who will move on to be the commanding general, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, US Army Corps of Engineers, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Robinson is a 1994 graduate of West Point and holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Aerospace), a Master of Public Administration from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the US Army War College.
Robinson, an aviation officer from Paterson, NJ, has served in a number of aviation assignments both stateside and overseas to include four combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
She has led soldiers in both command and staff positions from company through brigade task force level.
