Lieutenant General Sklenka is from Marietta, Georgia and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1988 after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science Degree in History.
In 2026, he retired after more than 38 years of service in the United States Marine Corps. In his last three assignments, he was the head of strategy and planning for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, then the Deputy Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and finally the head of Marine Corps logistics and installations. Steve deployed multiple times over his nearly four decades of service, to include Operation Just Cause in Panama, Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, Operation Restore Hope in Somalia, Operation Vigilant Warrior in Kuwait, Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq, and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. He served on joint duty four times, to include tours as the SOCOM Deputy J4, Principal Director for South and Southeast Asia in OSD-Policy, INDOPACOM J5, and INDOPACOM Deputy Commander.
Steve is a Principal with Pallas Advisors and serves on a variety of Advisory Boards. He earned Master’s Degrees from the Naval War College and from American Military University, is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program, and is the 2024 Australian American Leadership Dialogue Scholar and Honouree.
