Executive Leadership Team

Maurice I. Long, Jr. established The MIL Corporation (MIL) in 1980. Today, Mr. Long serves as the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Long’s distinguished leadership record includes positions as Vice President at The Orkand Corporation, Macro Systems, Inc., the Federal Reserve System, and the U.S. Army Personnel Command. He holds a B.S. in Information Systems Management from the University of Maryland, and an M.S. in Management and Computer Systems from The American University. Mr. Long divides his time between the MIL Service Center in Bowie and our Lexington Park office, which supports the U.S. Navy at Pax River.

In addition to his nearly 50 years of business experience, Mr. Long has been actively involved in numerous community organizations serving as President of the Southern Maryland Navy Alliance, Chairman of St. Mary’s Ryken Board of Directors, and Chairman of the Workforce Investment Board. Mr. Long also oversees the MIL CARES program that coordinates dozens of community service and charitable events sponsored by The MIL Corporation.

Marisa Daley serves as President of MIL. She oversees MIL’s ongoing business operations and procedures, while guiding organizational and business strategy across all leadership teams and corporate departments, ensuring a unified business structure. Prior to joining MIL, Ms. Daley served as the president and founder of HPT Advisory Services, an economically disadvantaged woman owned small business. Ms. Daley founded HPT after relocating to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area from Atlanta, Ga., where she led PwC's public sector predominantly supporting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Ms. Daley holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Loyola University in Maryland and obtained her Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute. Ms. Daley’s federal and commercial consulting experience combined with owning a small business provide her with unique perspective to support MIL’s clients and employees.

Joel Melville, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), ensures corporate operations have the resources, processes, and procedures in place to support the company’s anticipated growth. In addition to managing security, information technology, and human resources operations, Melville also assumes oversight of corporate finance, contracts, and pricing departments. Mr. Melville utilizes his expertise in financial reporting and strategic management to ensure all corporate departments are running efficiently and effectively. In previous positions at MIL, Mr. Melville supported the organization as a financial analyst and accountant. Additionally, Mr. Melville proudly served in Army National Guard for six years during his tenure at MIL. Prior to joining MIL in 2011, Mr. Melville served as an auditor, where he worked on a variety of financial audits and consulting engagements.

Mr. Melville holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Pace University and earned his MBA from Bowie State University.