Meet The Team
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
Veteran, U.S. Army and 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
Homeland Security Advisor to President George W. Bush
FRANCES TOWNSEND
Retired Lieutenant General, U.S. Army
25th 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
BG(R) DANA BORN
30th Governor of Idaho
49th Secretary of the Interior
Former Senator from Idaho
51st Mayor of Boise
GOV. DIRK KEMPTHORNE
Gold Star family member
President, Travis Manion Foundation
Township Supervisor, Doylestown, PA
RYAN MANION
Veteran, U.S. Navy
Former Presidential Advisor to four U.S. Presidents
Co-Founder, With Honor
DAVID GERGEN
Partner, Vianovo
Former Deputy Assistant to the President, Media Affairs and Global Communications
Political and communications strategist
TUCKER ESKEW
Veteran, U.S. Air Force
EVP & COO, Arizona State University
Former Presidential Appointee, National Security Education Board
DR. CHRISTOPHER HOWARD
Founder and Chairman, Three Ships
Chairman, MattressAdvisor.com
Chairman, HouseMethod.com
ZACH CLAYTON
Veteran, U.S. Navy
CEO, Concord Energy Holdings
Former Deputy Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary of Defense
MATT FLAVIN
Veteran, U.S. Air Force
Co-Founder, Bipartisan Policy Center
Former Senate Majority Leader
SEN. TOM DASCHLE
U.S. Navy veteran and Executive Chairman, Amicus
John Crowley
Veteran, US Marine Corps
CEO, Medbridge
Co-Founder and Director, Next-Op Vets
Donovan Campbell
Veteran and Current Reservist, U.S. Navy
Alderman, 34th Ward, Chicago City Council
Former Prosecutor, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Bill Conway
Founder & CEO, Pryon
Founder & CEO, Yap (Amazon M&A)
Former Program Director, IBM
Igor Jablokov
Veteran, USMC
Co-Founder, With Honor
Founder and Chairman, Second Front Systems
Peter Dixon
Co-Founder and CEO, Murmuration
Emma Bloomberg
Veteran, U.S. Army
General Partner, TCV
Chairman, re:WORK TRAINING
John Drew
Founder & Chair, Vinli
Mark Haidar
Founder & CEO, Union Main
Former Aide to Bill Conway, Carlyle
Committed to Transforming Memphis
Adam Hanover
5th U.S. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
Hon. Jane Holl Lute
17th White House Chief of Staff
Hon. Thomas “Mack” McLarty
Former Chair of Senate Appropriations
Senator (Ret.) Barbara Mikulski
Former Chair of the U.S. Senate Ukraine Caucus
Senator (Ret.) Rob Portman
Global Managing Partner and Chair of the Board of Directors, McKinsey & Company