Our leadership
PATRIOT FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP
We are backed by decades of military experience. Our advisory board is comprised of retired General Officers and standout senior enlisted leaders, and some of our board members also have successful military backgrounds.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BG Ferd Irizarry, USA Ret. Chairman of the Board
– Read Bio HereStan Bradshaw
Ed Broyhill
CSM Matt Majuri, USA Ret.
Whit McCrary
LTC Chris Morris, USA Ret.
Bailey Vaughan
EMERITUS
Spike Smith, Founder
CAPT Chuck Deleot, USN Ret. Chairman of the Board and Founding Board Member Read Bio Here
Mike Girimont
Founding Board MemberVince Nelson
Founding Board Member
OFFICERS
BG Ferd Irizarry, USA Ret. Chairman of the Board – Read Bio Here
Kim Gilley, President/CEO – Read Bio Here
Bailey Vaughan, Treasurer
LTC Vallie Rosner, USA Ret. VP Administration
COL Barry Huggins, USA Ret. Director NC State Funding
LTC Brian Steele, USA Ret. VP Compliance
Tom Deleot, VP Corporate Engagement
OPERATIONS VOLUNTEERS
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Bob Lloyd
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CW4 Monica Turk, USA Ret.
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SGM Eric Turk, USA Ret.
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Chris Slade – Asst. for Knowledge Management
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CW4 Sean McCormick, USA Ret.
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SGM Todd Adams, USA Ret.
Joyce Sacolick
MILITARY BOARD OF ADVISORS
GEN Buck Kernan, USA Ret.
Gen Lance Smith, USAF Ret.
GEN Curtis Scaparrotti, USA Ret.
GEN Dan Allyn, USA Ret.
GEN Dan McNeill, USA Ret.
SEAC John W. Troxell, USA Ret.
LTG John R. Vines, USA Ret.
LTG Mike Ferriter, USA Ret.
LTG Bennet S. Sacolick, USA Ret.
LTG Ken Tovo, USA Ret.
LTG Francis Beaudette, USA Ret.
MG Zannie Smith, USA Ret.
MG Chuck Swannack, USA Ret.
MG Al Aycock, USA Ret.
MajGen Steve Busby, USMC Ret.
MG Mark O’Neil, USA Ret.
MG Kurt Sonntag, USA Ret.
MG Brian Winski, USA Ret.
RDML Cliff Sharpe, USN Ret.
BG Scott Brower, USA Ret.
CSM Steven England, USA Ret.
CSM Bill Thetford, USA Ret.
PATRIOT HONOREES
2019 GEN C. Michael Scaparrotti
2018 GEN R. Anthony Thomas
2017 GEN Dan K. McNeill
2016 Families of Fallen,
Wounded and Injured2015 LTG Joseph Anderson
2014 LTG JohnF. Mulholland
2013 GEN Daniel B. Allyn
2012 GEN David M. Rodriguez
2011 GEN Raymond T. Odierno
2010 John McHugh
2009 GEN Lloyd Austin
2008 ADM Michael G. Mullen
2007 GEN George Casey, Jr.
2006 GEN William F. Kernan
2005 MG Charles H. Swannack
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION OFFICERS
COL Paul Bricker, USA Ret. – VP National Capital Region
LTC Mike Millward, USA Ret. – VP National Capital Region
FT. CARSON, COLORADO REGION OFFICER
- LTC Chris Morris, USA Ret.,-VP for Fort Carson, CO
TENNESSEE - KENTUCKY REGION OFFICERS
Whit McCrary, – VP Tennessee – Fort Campbell
Land Deleot, – VP Tennessee – Fort Campbell
HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HELP.
When you donate to Patriot Foundation you’re not only showing your support for our service members and their families, you’re helping them reclaim opportunities lost to consequences from the battlefields and training grounds.
Ready to show members of our armed forces they’re not forgotten, while making a difference in a life touched by loss?
