Colonel Cris V. Mandry joined Wynn Solutions Group in 2017 and serves as Advisory Board Chair. He brings more than 40 years of combined corporate, military, and law enforcement experience and oversees the development and implementation of organizational strategic objectives.

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A native of New Orleans, Dr. Mandry is a commissioned member of the New Orleans Police Department, a board-certified emergency physician, and a Special Forces soldier. He has traveled extensively in support of U.S. operations abroad, including deployments with the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), to Afghanistan (2003, 2006, 2009), as well as assignments in the Arabian Peninsula and Iraq.

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He earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry from the University of New Orleans in 1979 and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of New Mexico in 1983. His residency training was completed through the LSU School of Medicine, including Emergency Medicine at Charity Hospital in New Orleans (1986) and Internal Medicine at Earl K. Long Medical Center in Baton Rouge (1988).

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Dr. Mandry is a full professor of clinical medicine at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine and previously served as Chief of Emergency Medicine at Earl K. Long Medical Center from 1989 until its closure in 2013. He is also the founding residency program director of the LSU Emergency Medicine Residency Program in Baton Rouge.

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During Hurricane Katrina, while serving as a police lieutenant with the Special Operations Division of the New Orleans Police Department, he led rescue operations that evacuated hundreds of stranded victims from rooftops and floodwaters. He has been assigned to the Special Operations Division (SWAT) since 1989.

 

His military and law enforcement decorations include the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with Two Oak Leaf Clusters, Combat Action Badge, Combat Medic Badge, Airborne Badge, Scuba Badge, Flight Surgeon Badge, Dive Medical Officer Badge, and the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, among numerous other commendations.