Colonel Joseph Mazurek

Colonel Joseph Mazurek

Colonel Joseph Mazurek was commissioned as a Distinguished Military Graduate of the Western Michigan University ROTC Program on 23 June, 1976. Colonel Mazurek completed the Adjutant General’s Corps Officer Basic Course at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana then reported to his first duty post with Headquarters Special Troops, 172nd Infantry Brigade at Fort Greely, Alaska where he remained until January 1978. He then was assigned to the 7th Infantry Division at Fort Ord, CA until completion of his active duty commitment.  As a member of the Army Ready Reserve, Colonel Mazurek completed assignments at the Engineer School and Center at Fort Leonard Wood, MO, III Corps Artillery at Fort Sill, OK and the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, KS. He also obtained a Master’s Degree in Environmental Science at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK as well as completed the AG Corps Advanced Course, Army Comptrollers Course and Command and General Staff College.

Colonel Mazurek completed multiple tours of active service with the Army Reserve Personnel and Administration Center in St. Louis, MO, FORSCOM Headquarters at Fort McPherson Georgia and as a participant in LOGEX exercises at Fort Pickett, VA. He also served as I Corps Regional Casualty Assistance Officer at Fort Lewis, WA.  In 1987 he was attached as an Admissions Department Liaison Officer for Western Michigan with the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and eventually became West Michigan Area Admissions Commander for West Point, serving 20 years in this assignment.

During Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm Colonel Mazurek served on active duty at Fort McCoy, WI and at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. In 1995 he was assigned as an Individual Mobilization Augmentee with yearly active duty assignments with the Office of the Adjutant General, III Corps Headquarters and Fort Hood, TX. During the course of Operation Iraqi Freedom Colonel Mazurek was called to active service multiple times with assignment as Acting Installation Adjutant General for Fort Hood.

Colonel Mazurek also is a graduate of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing Michigan and is admitted to the practice of Law in the State of Michigan. In his civilian career he has worked as a Quality and Regulatory Affairs professional for a number of corporations in the pharmaceutical and biologics products manufacturing business to include the American Red Cross and Bioport Corporation, rising to the level of Vice-President for Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs. He currently is the Vice President for Regulatory Compliance for LexaMed LLC of Toledo Ohio and is also the President of his own Regulatory Consulting Business, JM2 Consulting.

Colonel Mazurek retired from the U.S. Army Reserve in July 2006 with 30 years of service. He is the recipient of numerous medals and awards to include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal (3 OLC), Army Achievement Medal (2 OLC) and the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal.

He has three children and continues to make his home in Western Michigan.