In 2002,he became Executive Vice President at the University of Pennsylvania,serving as the university's chief operating officer.[5] He resigned a year later.[6] In 2004,Stanley became president of Scholarship America,where he served until 2009.
He has also served as a member of the board of directors of the White House Fellowship Association and of the McCormick Educational Foundation. He also served on the board of trustees for Spalding University,as the district chair for the Northern District of the Boy Scouts of America,on the board of governors for the Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia (now the Civil War Museum of Philadelphia),and as the president of the Philadelphia Alumni Chapter of the South Carolina State University Alumni Association.
In October 2009,PresidentBarack Obama nominated Stanley as Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. After he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate,Stanley was sworn into office on February 16,2010. In November 2009,a private non-profit organization,Americans for Limited Government,published a "nominee alert" that cited various reasons why it believed Stanley should not have been selected for this position.[7]
Press reports in late 2011 indicated the Department of Defense's inspector general was investigating Stanley's office due to "highly detailed allegations of gross mismanagement and abuse of power."[8] His resignation was announced 27 October 2011.[4]
1 2 "Clifford L. Stanley." Who's Who Among African Americans, 23rd ed. Gale, 2009. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2010. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC. Document Number: K1645544406. Fee, via Fairfax County Public Library. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
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