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Sam Waltz

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CEO and Managing Director, International Platform Association (IPA), Founded 1831 by Daniel Webster at International Platform Association®
📍 Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Sam Waltz is a strategic counselor, CEO, and business owner with a mission of helping leaders navigate complex challenges since 1993. A University of Illinois alumnus and certified Fellow PRSA, he founded the Delaware Business Times and leads several strategic advisory firms. People who have worked with him describe him as a strong leader with great communications expertise.

Outside of work, Sam is a Vietnam-era US Army Counterintelligence veteran with a deep interest in American history, particularly Abraham Lincoln. He is a voracious reader, enjoys baseball spring training, and is actively involved in his community and church. He also serves as a chaplain for a veterans post, providing pastoral care and support.

Unique fact: He spearheaded the successful multi-year national campaign to posthumously vindicate the two US commanders scapegoated for the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.

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Experience
58 Years
Current Role
CEO and Managing Director, International Platform Association (IPA), Founded 1831 by Daniel Webster
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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Leadership Development
His professional mission is to help leaders and organizations navigate difficult events and people to achieve their goals, a focus of his work for decades.
Strategic Counseling
As the founder of SamWaltz.com Strategic Capital & Business Counsel, he specializes in crisis management, public affairs, and providing C-level executive counsel.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
CEO and Managing Director, International Platform Association (IPA), Founded 1831 by Daniel Webster
International Platform Association®
6-2025
Partner
LifeWave Corporate
5-2025
Chaplain, 158th Annual WIlmington Memorial Day Parade & Remembrance
WilmingtonMemorialDayParade.com, founded according to GAR General Order #11
12-2024
Member, Strategic Senior Level Counselor & Advisor to Military, Government and Related
AFCEA International
9-2024
Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Strategy & Corporate Development & Public Affairs
Jasper Colin
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Education
6-1965 - 6-1973
BS '71 & MS '73
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
9-1975 - 12-1979
PhD coursework (no degree) Public Affairs & Public Policy
University of Delaware
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