DeCA names acting director

Fort Lee, Va. The Defense Commissary Agency has appointed Richard Page as acting director. Page is taking over for Patrick Nixon, who recently retired as DeCA director to accept the position as president of the American Logistics Association.

Page began his retail career in 1968 with Alterman Foods in Atlanta and served as a store manager from 1974 to 1978. His military grocery experience began in 1978 with the Navy Resale and Services Support Office as the commissary manager at Naval Supply Corps School Athens, Ga. He later held a variety of field and region headquarters positions until 1986, when he was selected the director of the Navy Mechanicsburg Region, Pa. In 1997, Page became deputy director (OCONUS) for the Western/Pacific Region, where he directed the operation of 42 commissaries in Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Japan, Korea and Okinawa. In January 2002, Page was appointed acting director of the Western/Pacific Region; in May he was selected region director.