Meet The Team

Advisory Board

Veteran, U.S. Air Force
22nd Secretary of Defense
24th Chancellor of William & Mary

HON. ROBERT GATES

Retired, JP Morgan
Former Chair, National Humanities Center
Trustee, Duke University and Johnson C Smith University

PATRICIA MORTON

Military Spouse, U.S. Marine Corps
Senior Staff Attorney, Veterans Legal Institute
Former Chair, CE&S Foundation

NANCY JONES

Veteran, US Navy
Board Member, Swords to Plowshares
Board Member, Polco

MICHAEL THIEL

44th Surgeon General of the U.S. Army
Board of Directors, Johnson & Johnson
Board of Trustees, Mount St. Mary’s University

LTG(R) NADJA WEST

Recipient of the Medal of Honor
Author, 8 Seconds of Courage: A Soldier’s Story
Board Member, Warriors Ethos

CPT(R) FLORENT GROBERG

EVP, Corporate Affairs, Chief Compliance Officer, Corporate Secretary, Activision Blizzard
Senior National Security Analyst, CBS
Former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism

FRANCES TOWNSEND

Retired Lieutenant General, U.S. Army
26th U.S. National Security Advisor
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

LTG(R) H.R. MCMASTER

Veteran, US Marine Corps
Vice President, Schmidt Futures
Author, Union: A Democrat, a Republican, and a Search for Common Ground

JORDAN BLASHEK

Vice President and Co-Founder, Bezos Family Foundation
Trustee, Aspen Institute
Board Member, National Constitution Center

MIKE BEZOS

CEO and Founder, Sallyport Investments
Former Chairman, President, and CEO, El Paso Corporation
Director and Co-Founder, NextOp Vets; Director, Combined Arms

DOUG FOSHEE

17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Board of Directors, Bloomberg Philanthropies
Professor, Princeton University

ADM(R) MICHAEL MULLEN

Retired Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force
Former Dean of Faculty, U.S. Air Force Academy
Faculty Chair, Senior Executive Fellows, Harvard Kennedy School