Veteran Advisory Board

Rashi Venkataraman Romanoff

CEO, NAVREF
Prior to her role at NAVREF, Romanoff served as Executive Vice President at the Elizabeth Dole Foundation. Before that, she worked at America’s Hea...
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Rebecca Van Horn, MD, MA

Psychiatrist | U.S. Army Reservist
Dr. Van Horn is a psychiatrist and a member of the U.S. Army Reserve. She is the former medical director for The Road Home Program: The National Ce...
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Will Reynolds

Consultant | Former Captain, U.S. Army
A graduate of West Point, Reynolds is a former Army Captain who has held roles at Team Red, White and Blue and Deloitte. Reynolds is a keynote spea...
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Jason Redman

Author, Speaker | Lieutenant (Ret.) U.S. Navy – Navy SEAL
Redman is a retired Navy SEAL who was instrumental in the launch of CLF Project Enlist. In 2007, Lt. Redman was severely wounded by machine gun fir...
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Bruce Parkman

CEO, MainNerve & Blue Light | Seargeant Major (Ret.), U.S. Army - Green Beret
Parkman is CEO of MainNerve, a provider of end-to-end Defense Grade™ cyber security services, and of Blue Light, the leading provider of analytic t...
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Ann McKee, MD

Chief of Neuropathology, VA Boston Healthcare System
Dr. McKee leads the world’s research on the relationship between brain trauma and chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE. Her research also focuse...
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Bob McDonald

Eighth U.S. Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs
A graduate of West Point, McDonald served as an Airborne Ranger Infantry Captain in the Army. He is the retired chairman, president and CEO of Proc...
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Spider Marks

Consultant | Major General (Ret.), U.S. Army
A retired Major General for the U.S. Army with service as both an infantryman and an intelligence officer, Spider Marks has over 42 years of leader...
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Nathan Machado

Operating Partner, Guidepost | Former Captain, U.S. Army
Nate leads Guidepost’s Value Creation Group, which works across the portfolio and investment lifecycle to identify and catalyze growth opportunitie...
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Spencer Kympton

Social Sector Leader | Former Aviation Officer, U.S. Army
Kympton previously served as President of The Mission Continues, leading a nationwide team focused on engaging military veterans in continued servi...
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Thomas Kehoe

Founder and CEO, Frontier Global Advisors
Thomas is the founder and CEO of Frontier Global Advisors. He also has a background spanning military, law, and Wall Street. Thomas served for over...
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Kendall Howell

Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell | Former Field Artillery Officer, U.S. Army
Howell served as a Field Artillery Officer in the Army before graduating from Harvard Law School. Howell served as a legal clinical intern for the ...
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Patricia Horoho

CEO, OptumServe | Lieutenant General (Ret.) U.S. Army
A retired Lieutenant General for the U.S. Army, Patty Horoho has experience at every level of leadership within Army Medicine. Horoho served as the...
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Sidney Hinds II, MD

Colonel (Ret.) U.S. Army | VP, Brain Health Strategy & Research, Wounded Warrior Project
Prior to his current role at Wounded Warrior Project, Dr. Hinds was Brain Health Coordinator, Department of Defense Blast Injury Research Coordinat...
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Mike Haynie, PhD

Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation, Syracuse University | Former Officer, U...
Dr. Haynie leads Syracuse University’s entrepreneurship and innovation programs, its government and community engagement strategy, and its defense-...
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Dave Halverson

CEO, Cypress International | Lieutenant General (Ret.), U.S. Army
Prior to his role as CEO of Cypress International, Halverson served in a variety of staff and leadership positions for the U.S. Army, including com...
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Buck French

General Partner, X10 Capital | Former Captain, U.S. Army
A former Captain in the U.S. Army, French is an entrepreneur and executive who has exited several businesses successfully across different sectors ...
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Joe Fluet

Chief Executive Officer, MAG Aerospace | Former Helicopter Pilot, U.S. Army
As CEO and founder of MAG Aerospace (MAG), Fluet provides corporate leadership and strategic vision for MAG, the industry’s most comprehensive “tip...
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Nicole Condrey

Mayor, Middleton, Ohio | Former Civilian Engineer, U.S. Army
Condrey is a former civilian electrical engineer for the Army and a Foreign Service Officer for the State Department. She lost her husband, Navy Sp...
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Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS

Distinguished Professor of Public Health | Former Surgeon General of the United States | (Ret.), ...
Carmona was the 17th Surgeon General of the United States and is the Distinguished Professor of Public Health at Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of ...
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John Campbell

General (Ret.), U.S. Army
A retired general in the U.S. Army with 37 years of active duty service, Campbell was most recently the Commander of NATO Forces for the ISAF/Resol...
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Scott Blackburn

Partner, McKinsey | Former Armor and Signal Corps Officer, U.S. Army
In his role at McKinsey, Blackburn focuses on the public sector, healthcare, technology and large-scale transformation. He previously led transform...
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Alex Balbir, PhD

Chief Growth Officer at Sounds Off | Reservist, U.S. Navy
Alex Balbir is Chief Growth Officer at Sounds Off. Prior to joining Sounds Off, Balbir served as Director for Warrior Care Network® & Independe...
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The Honorable Matthew S. Collier

President & CEO, VetAccel Inc. (VAI) | Former Senior Advisor to Secretary of the VA
Veteran Advisory Board Chairman | A former Airborne-Ranger Infantry Officer in the Army, Collier served as Senior Advisor to VA Secretary Bob McDon...
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