HOPE FOR THE WARRIORS - Key Persons
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- Assistant Controller
- Vice President
- Chairman / CEO, Eleven Bravo Enterprises
- Chairman and CEO of Eleven Bravo Enterprises
Bill Nelson is the chairman and CEO of Eleven Bravo Enterprises, a consulting firm he founded. Previously he was the chairman and CEO for Home Box Office (HBO) until his retirement in the beginning of 2013. As the chairman and CEO of HBO, Bill was responsible for the overall management of the world's largest premium television company, which operates multiple premium networks in the United States, branded joint ventures and On Demand services internationally as well as other ancillary businesses.
Previously, Nelson was chief operating officer, a position he held since July 2002. In that capacity, he was responsible for overseeing the divisions of home video and international distribution, film acquisitions, finance, information technology, business affairs, technology operations, marketing, affiliate relations, international, legal, human resources and facilities. He also focused on the long-term strategic initiatives for the company.
Nelson joined HBO in May 1984 as vice president and assistant controller, responsible for overseeing the financial aspects of HBO's general management, international finance and sale and marketing groups. In July 1985, he was named vice president and controller, accountable for all financial reporting and control activities at HBO, and was promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer in September 1991. In April 1994, he was made executive vice president, adding the areas of information technology, business affairs and technology operations to his responsibilities in February 2000.
Before joining HBO, Nelson worked for Time Inc. for five years as a director, External Reporting and Risk Management. In this post, he was responsible for Time's insurance and risk management activities as well as external financial reporting to shareholders and compliance reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Earlier, from 1975 to 1979, he served as an audit supervisor for Ernst & Young, a public accounting firm in New York where he became a CPA.
Nelson holds a BBA degree in accounting and finance and an MBA from Pace University in New York. He also completed Harvard University's Program for Management Development.
He is currently a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Nelson also is a Vietnam combat veteran, having served with the US Army's 101st Airborne Division.
Blue Star - Chairman, Founder
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- Founding Member of the Advisory Council
Born, raised and educated in Pensacola, Florida, Bonnie Amos met her Marine fighter pilot husband in September 1971. From October 2010 until September 2014 Mrs Amos served along side General Amos while he was Commandant of the United States Marie Corps. Always a staunch advocate for military families, it was during this time Mrs Amos had opportunity influence policies and programs within the Marine Corps and DOD, enhancing the well-being of military families.
She continues to be actively involved in Military Spouse of the Year Award, Advisor to Charlotte BridgeHome, Advisor to Thanks USA, and member of the Board of Directors for the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund/America's Fund. Mrs Amos also serves as spokesperson for Hiring Our Heroes to increase awareness in employment opportunities to both Veterans and their spouses.
In addition to volunteering, she has held a number of positions outside the military community to include banking and commercial real estate development. Included in her many life experiences, were multiple and unpredictable deployments.
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- Board Member Emeritus / Former EVP and Former Chief Marketing Officer, Jackson Family Wines
- President of the Sonoma County Vintner 's Association
Caroline Shaw is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Jackson Family Wines, the largest family-owned company of premium wines in the United States. Caroline led the company in its worldwide marketing and communications efforts for several prominent brands to include the number one selling chardonnay in America - Kendall-Jackson's Vintner's Reserve. In addition to managing the marketing and communications direction, she oversaw the research and development, direct to consumer, culinary, in-house design and government affairs divisions.
Caroline's key contributions to the company business have included creating the "Really Goode Job" campaign, showcasing the company on "UnderCover Boss", developing "AVANT" a new wine for millenials, establishing La Crema's "Virtual Vintner" experience, and pioneering the company's cause marketing and digital communications initiatives all while growing the company's core business.
An innovative and visionary leader, Caroline began her career in State Department working for Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright. Her passion for international affairs and sports led her to the Salt Lake Winter Olympics where she reported directly to former Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney. After the Olympics she became the first female executive at the Utah Jazz, an NBA team. She left the world of sports to join KB Home, one of America's top homebuilders on the Fortune 500 list.
Caroline serves as President of the Sonoma County Vintner's Association and is the Chair of Wine America, a national trade organization focused on public policy. She holds a Master's Degree in International Relations from George Washington University and resides in Sonoma County with her husband and two children.
Job Titles:
- Controller
- HOPE Senior Staff Member
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- Co - Founder / CEO, Army Week NYC
Craig Conover, a reality TV personality from Fenwick Island, DE, is also a board-certified attorney, entrepreneur, and author. He gained popularity on Bravo TV's Southern Charm beginnninng in 2014, and then used his public persona for philanthropic efforts, spending time in Haiti, and lending a hand with hurricane rescue and support across the Carolinas. He owns a thriving home decor & lifestyle brand, Sewing Down South, which has fulfilled over 100,000 orders in four years and donated more than $200,000 to charities around the world. In addition to owning a law firm in Mount Pleasant, he recently opened a restaurant in NYC and is opening another in Charleston soon. Craig graduated from the business school at College of Charleston and Charleston Law School, recently published the book "Pillow Talk: What's Wrong with My Sewing". Currently, he splits his time between Charleston and NYC, and travels the country speaking on leadership and overcoming challenges.
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- Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Altria Client Services Inc
- Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Altria Group
Craig Proctor is a Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Altria Client Services Inc., in Washington, D.C., and has held those positions since 2010, when he joined the company. Craig is responsible for managing jury trials and trial strategy issues for his company's tobacco and health trials throughout the Unites States. Prior to working with Altria, Craig worked for Philip Morris International in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2009, managing their worldwide regulatory litigation and portions of their tobacco and health litigation.
Craig previously worked at the law firm of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, from 1993-2009, in their offices in Kansas City Missouri and Geneva, Switzerland, where he was a partner, the managing partner of the firm's Switzerland office and head of their international practice group, and a member of the firm's Executive Committee.
Craig received a B.A. in history and a B.S. in political science and international studies from Iowa State University, and an M.A. in Asian Civilizations and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Iowa. Craig is a native of Iowa, and lives in Arlington, Virginia.
Job Titles:
- HOPE Senior Staff Member
- Head of People and Culture
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- Professor of Management
- Professor of Management and Director of Behavioral Science and Policy Center, the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Sim Sitkin is Professor of Management, Staudenmeyer and founding Faculty Director of the Center on Leadership and Ethics at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. Previously at Duke, he served as Area Head for the Management and Organizations Department and Faculty Director of Fuqua's Health Sector Management Program. Sim has also been Academic Director at Duke Corporate Education and on the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin. He is a Founding Partner of Delta Leadership, Inc. and holds an appointment as Professor of Organization Science at the Free University of Amsterdam, where he is a Fellow in the Centre of Comparative Social Studies. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Management in 2010.
Professor Sitkin's research focuses on leadership and control systems and their influence on how organizations and their members become more or less capable of change and innovation. He is widely known for his research on the effect of formal and informal organizational control systems and leadership on risk taking, accountability, trust, learning, M&A processes, and innovation. His research has appeared in such publications as Organization Science, Academy of Management Review, Academy
Job Titles:
- HOPE Senior Staff Member
- Chief Impact Officer
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- HOPE Senior Staff Member
- Head of Operations and Warrior Experience
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- Marketing and Logo Inquiries
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- Military Advocate and Former Commanding Officer
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- Chief Strategy Officer of Momentum Aerospace Group
- Chief Strategy Officer, MAG Partner, Fluet Huber Hoang
Francis Q. Hoang simultaneously serves as Chief Strategy Officer of Momentum Aerospace Group, a 400+ employee, $125+ million in annual revenue, veteran led, private-equity backed company that operates manned aircraft and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) on five continents; and as a Partner at Fluet Huber + Hoang, a veteran owned and veteran led law firm.
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- Actor and Advocate for Wounded Service Members / Founder Gary Sinise Foundation
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- Vice President of Corporate Development & Chief Innovation Officer of Siemens Government Technologies
Gregory L. Bowman, is the Vice President of Corporate Development & Chief Innovation Officer of Siemens Government Technologies (SGT), Inc., the separate but affiliated U.S. government arm of technology powerhouse Siemens. With project teams across the U.S. and internationally, SGT is a cleared provider of Siemens products, technologies and software to solve some of the most complex government challenges in energy, automation and digitalization.
Prior to joining SGT, Mr. Bowman served in the U.S. Army for more than 25 years-culminating his career as the Strategic Military Law and Policy Advisor/Legislative Counsel to the Secretary of the Army. Chosen to establish that position, he served two Secretaries and two Acting Secretaries of the Army for over seven years. At SGT, Mr. Bowman has served as Director of Large Integrated Programs (OCONUS), then Deputy/Chief Operating Officer of Energy & Infrastructure and most recently as Vice President of Strategy, Growth and Partnerships. In his current role, he is focused on driving strategic growth by leveraging innovations from across the Siemens global portfolio to support U.S. government customers around the world.
A graduate of Longwood University, Mr. Bowman was commissioned in the Army in 1990 and graduated summa cum laude in Pre-Law and was the Distinguished Military Graduate. Following graduation, he was selected for the "Educational Delay" Program to attend the University of Virginia School of Law. He received his Juris Doctorate in 1993, and later received a Master of Military Law and Government Contracting (Honor Graduate) from the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center & School, and a Master of Military Arts and Sciences (Strategy) from the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar and is admitted to practice law before both the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Mr. Bowman's military positions included Strategic Military Law and Policy Advisor and Legislative Counsel to the Secretary of the Army; Legislative Counsel, Office of the U.S. Army Chief of Legislative Liaison; Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, U.S. Army Armor Center and Fort Knox, Kentucky; Military Personnel Law Attorney, Administrative Law Division, Office of The Judge Advocate General; Senior Legal Advisor, Governorate Support Team (1st Armored Division-Baghdad); Military Member Judicial Review Committee of Iraq; and served as the first Administrator/Amicus Central Criminal Court of Iraq.
Harry Bridgwood served his country as a USMC Vietnam Era veteran, and afterwards served the people of New York City in law enforcement for 29 years with the NYPD, 24 years as a Detective, 17 years of which dedicated to investigating homicides.
His devotion to the 1,741 New York City residents who made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam was equaled only by his dedication to supporting our post-9/11 wounded veterans as a Board Member of Hope For The Warriors.
In early 2016, we paid tribute to Harry Bridgwood. Our beloved board member left a legacy of honor, courage and Hope to us all. His leadership will continue to set the bar for our level of excellence. Aside from honesty and fidelity, a sense of humor is the human quality many valued most in Harry. With a twinkle in his eye, Harry would invariably remind us of what is important.
Harry's love of family and country drove his every day. He exemplified our 10 year campaign, Serve 2 Serve. We are forever grateful for the dedication of Harry and his amazing wife, Candy Bridgwood." - Robin Kelleher, CEO Hope For the Warriors
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board
- Attorney - at - Law ( Ret. ) Vice Chairman and Secretary
- Member of the North Carolina Bar Association
Jack Marin lives in Durham, North Carolina with his wife Robin. He is a retired lawyer, formerly with the firm of Williams Mullen PC. While there he served as outside counsel to the National Basketball Retired Players Association. He represented American basketball players playing in the NBA and in more than a dozen foreign countries. After college, Mr. Marin was a first-round draft pick and enjoyed a distinguished, 11-year career in the National Basketball Association.
Mr. Marin served for three years (1998 to 2000) as the executive director of the Celebrity Players Tour, a professional golf tour for notable athletes and entertainers. During his tenure, the tour grew from five to fifteen events that supported various charities around the country. He was a playing member and served on the organization's board of directors. Mr. Marin has been elected to the North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Duke University sports halls of fame. In 1996 he was president of 30th Reunion Class at Duke University.
Prior to his retirement, Martindale Hubbell rated Mr. Marin an AV attorney, its highest rating.
Mr. Marin is an emeritus member of the North Carolina Bar Association. He received an A.B. in chemistry from Duke University and a J.D. from Duke University School of Law.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- HOPE Senior Staff Member
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- Adjunct Professor
- Chief Data Officer, MasterCard
JoAnn C. Stonier is the global privacy & data protection officer for MasterCard Worldwide. She is responsible for worldwide privacy compliance for the enterprise, which includes identifying, evaluating and managing risks associated with privacy and information management on a global basis. Ms. Stonier and her team of global professionals help business colleagues understand the risks and relevant legal requirements with utilizing personal information in the development of products and services.
Before joining MasterCard in 2008, Ms. Stonier was the chief privacy officer for American Express Company. She also held various roles of increasing responsibility at American Express, including chief operating officer, American Express Tax & Business Services; vice president, Acquisition Integration; vice president & assistant to the Chairman; director & assistant to the General Counsel; and senior manager, Financial Reengineering. Prior to this, Ms. Stonier worked at Waldenbooks, Inc., PepsiCo and started her career as an auditor for PriceWaterhouse Coopers.
In addition to her work at MasterCard, Ms. Stonier is an adjunct professor at two local colleges, St. Francis College in Brooklyn where she teaches accounting and auditing at the undergraduate level; and Pratt Institute where she teaches business strategy as part of the Design Management Masters program.
Ms. Stonier received her Juris Doctor from St. John's University in Queens, and her Bachelor's of Science from St. Francis College. She holds memberships in the Bar of the State of New York and the Bar of the State of New Jersey. Ms. Stonier has been recognized as an expert in the field of financial privacy and has spoken at industry events, including International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Annual Meeting; PLI's Annual Institute on Privacy and Data Security Law; the Center on Law & Information Policy and Dow Jones Global Compliance Symposium.
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- Co - Founder and CEO of the Military Family Organization Blue Star Families
Kathy Roth-Douquet is co-founder and CEO of the military family organization Blue Star Families. In three years Blue Star Families has grown to over 24 chapters, with over 30,000 members, and programming reaching half a million military families. She is an award-winning author, attorney, military family advocate, commentator, and a former Clinton White House and Pentagon appointee. She is a senior Fellow for the Truman National Security Project, and a Fellow with the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces in Society. She is the co-author, with Frank Schaeffer, of two books: AWOL, The Unexcused Absence of America's Upper Classes from Military Service and How It Hurts the Country (Collins, 2006) and How Free People Move Mountains (Collins, 2008). She is currently co-authoring a children's book.
Job Titles:
- Head of Development
- HOPE Senior Staff Member
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- CEO, Paine Schwartz Partners
- Chief Executive Officer and a Founding Partner
Kevin Schwartz is Chief Executive Officer and a Founding Partner at Paine Schwartz Partners.
Prior to co-founding Paine Schwartz Partners in 2006, Mr. Schwartz was a Managing Director at the Predecessor Firm, which he joined in 2002. Prior to joining the Predecessor Firm, he worked for the private equity firms Fremont Partners, where he assisted with the management of approximately $1.7 billion of funds, and American Industrial Partners, which managed approximately $1 billion of funds. He began his professional career at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Investment Banking Division focusing on financial analysis of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, public and private financings and other corporate transactions.
Mr. Schwartz serves on the boards of Advanced Agrilytics, FoodChain ID, Lyons Magnus, SNFL Group, Verdesian Life Sciences and Wawona Packing. Previously, he also served on the boards of Advanta, AgBiTech, Costa Group, Icicle Seafoods, Seminis, Sunrise Growers, and Verisem. He is a member of the Rush Associates board at the Rush University Medical Center. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois (Bachelor of Science in Accountancy) and was raised in Moline, Illinois.
Major General Dickerson was commissioned a second lieutenant upon graduation from Bryant College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in June 1973. He also holds a Master's Degree from Central Michigan University (1981) and the College of Naval Warfare (1987).
Following completion of the Basic School in April 1974, Major General Dickerson attended the Ground Officer Supply School at Camp Johnson. Upon completion, he reported for duty with Second Shore Party Battalion, followed by Second Medical Battalion where he served as the Battalion Supply Officer for each billet. In September 1976, he was assigned duties as an Analyst Officer, Field Supply Maintenance Analysis Office-One, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. He was transferred to Third Marine Division in September 1978 where he served as the Assistant Division Supply Officer, Division Supply Operations Officer, and the Officer-in-Charge of the Management Assistant Team.
Major General Dickerson was ordered to the Marine Amphibious Warfare School, Quantico, VA, in 1979. Upon graduation in June 1980, he served as the Marine Corps Property Officer, Fourth Marine Corps Aircraft Wing, New Orleans, LA. Returning to Camp Lejeune, NC in November 1983, he served as the S-3, Second Supply Battalion, then as Operations Officer, Brigade Service Support Group Six where he worked with Maritime Prepositioning Ships, Squadron One. During this assignment, he was selected to attend the Naval Command and Staff College, Naval War College, Newport, RI.
Following graduation, Major General Dickerson was assigned duty as the Logistics Operations Officer, C-4, Combined Forces Command, Seoul, Korea. Returning to the United States in the summer of 1989, he reported to the Fourth Marine Amphibious Brigade for duty as the Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4. During this assignment, he deployed to Southwest Asia to participate in Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm and Operation Eastern Exit. He returned to the United States in April 1991. Major General Dickerson was reassigned to Fleet Marine Forces, Atlantic, where he served as the Operations and Plans Officer, G-4. During August 1992, he reported to the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, for duty as a student.
Major General Dickerson assumed duty as the Commanding Officer, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 2d Force Service Support Group on 8 July 1993. He deployed to the Caribbean in June 1994 for Operation Sea Signal where he served as Assistant Chief of Staff, J-4, Joint Task Force 160. During November 1994, he assumed duty as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4, 2d Force Service Support Group. On 12 July 1995, Major General Dickerson assumed duties as Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Service Support Schools. During July 1997, he assumed duties as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4, II Marine Expeditionary Forces, and on 6 July 1998, he was assigned as Chief of Staff, 2d FSSG. From 12 August 1999 to 13 July 2001, Major General Dickerson was assigned as the Commanding General, 2d Force Service Support Group.
Reassigned to HQMC, in July 2001, he served as the Director, Logistics Plans, Policies, and Strategic Mobility Division, Installations and Logistics Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps until August 2003. On 29 August 2003, Major General Dickerson once again returned to Camp Lejeune, NC, and assumed duties as Commanding General, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune.
On 4 October 2005, Major General Dickerson assumed joint command of Marine Corps Installations East and Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune. During January 2006 he relinquished command of Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune and retained command of Marine Corps Installations East and its 7 subordinate installations.
Job Titles:
- HOPE Senior Staff Member
- Senior Director of Communications
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- Founder and President of the Benefit Planning Group, Inc
Mike Waters is the founder and president of The Benefit Planning Group, Inc. (BPG), an employee benefits and financial consulting firm headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. He has worked in the employee benefits and financial services industries for over 25 years and is certified through the Wharton School of Business as a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS).
Mike is nationally recognized as an innovator in the physician financial services marketplace. He has assisted several Medical Associations, such as the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), in the design of proprietary disability and life insurance programs.
He has also worked with major insurance carriers, such as TIAA, Connecticut Mutual, and CNA, in the design of disability and life insurance programs tailored especially for healthcare organizations. Through his efforts, these products and investment programs have been implemented in more than 40 medical schools and 30 university physician faculty practices throughout the country.
Mike is a graduate of Liberty University and a veteran from the Marine Corps. He has 6 children and 1 grandchild. He resides in Bahama, North Carolina with his wife, Angie.
Neil Jarv is co-owner, The First Watch Group and served as Director of Digital Insights at Boeing. He recently retired as President & CEO of Fujitsu Defense and National Security Corp., the leading information and communications company offering a full range of technology products, solutions, and services in more than 100 countries. Neil was responsible for setting and executing the strategy and direction of the business, developing the offering portfolio and growth plan.
He brings diverse expertise gained through his experience as a business leader, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Information Officer in industries including defense, supply-chain and logistics, government, energy, insurance, and financial management. He spent 37 years in the Information Technology business, with 25 of them with the government, defense, and logistics industries at companies including Xerox, Pegasus Logistics Group and EDS in the US and Europe where he was the executive sponsor for UK Ministry of Defense contracts, and Delivery Executive for the US Department of Defense's largest contract, the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet. He is a National Board member of Armed Services YMCA which focuses on strengthening our military families through hands-on, innovative programs and support services.
He lives with his wife in Dallas, TX and has two grown daughters three grandsons and a granddaughter.
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- Co - Owner, the First Watch Group
Paul McTear joined Raycom Media in February 1997 as Chief Financial Officer with responsibilities including traditional financial oversight plus operating responsibilities for Raycom Sports. In July of 2001, Paul was promoted to the position of President/Chief Executive Officer following the retirement of CEO John Hayes. The company has grown to the largest privately owned TV broadcast company in the US, now owning and/or operating 47 television stations in 18 states and covering more than 12.6% of U.S. television households. Raycom stations are the news leaders in the majority of their markets.
Paul was previously at the Providence Journal Company for 20 years where he was Vice President of Finance and Corporate Development. While there, Paul was involved with acquisitions, strategic and financial planning, and corporate development. He was also instrumental in the launch of two cable programming networks, Television Food Network and America's Health Network. In addition, Paul had financial overview of The Providence Journal's cable, paging and cellular telephone companies.
Paul also serves on the National Association of Broadcasters Board of Directors, NBC's Affiliate Board, and heads a Small Market Coalition formed to keep Small Market Broadcast issues in the forefront. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors of Worldnow, MSTV and My Weather.
A native of Philadelphia, PA, Paul received his BS in accounting from Drexel University. He and his wife Denise are the parents of four sons and live in Montgomery, Alabama.
Job Titles:
- President
- Leader of Plaza Construction Corp
- President, Plaza Construction Corp
Richard Wood, the energetic leader of Plaza Construction Corp., takes great pride in the fact that he has helped to shape the New York skyline. For more than 30 years, he has been affiliated with Fisher Brothers and Plaza Construction Corp. throughout his long career has been involved in many of NewYork City's most complex building projects-including over 20 million square feet of new core and shell construction, interior renovation and sophisticated infrastructure upgrades.
Skyscrapers that have directly benefited from his on-site presence can be found across the city. They include: Park Avenue Plaza, 299 Park Avenue, the St. Thomas Choir School, Random House World Headquarters, 200 Chambers Street, the residential tower at 26 Astor Place, and 11 Times Square among many others.
Under Richard Wood's astute leadership, Plaza Construction Corp. has grown to be one of the nation's most respected providers of construction management and general contracting services and regularly represents leading national and international corporations. In 1999, Plaza received the prestigious American Architecture Award presented by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum for its role in the construction of NYU's University Hall.
His intelligence and outstanding abilities were quickly recognized, and he steadily progressed from field superintendent to general superintendent to project executive. In 1995 he was named executive vice president of Plaza Construction and in 1997 assumed his current title as President.
Today, Plaza's reputation for excellence and integrity, cultivated by its CEO Steven Fisher in tandem with Richard Wood, have enabled it to evolve from a modest company that only serviced Fisher family projects into a nationally acclaimed firm with annual revenues of $1 billion. Thanks to his longstanding association with the Fisher family, one of New York's great owner/builders, Richard Wood gained unique insight into the crucial relationships that link effective construction management with developer's vision. This fostered an intense commitment to overseeing a firm that maintains a stellar record of on-time and on-budget performance.
As Plaza continues to enhance its reputation in the tri-state area, president Richard Wood is actively focusing on growing the Plaza organization nationally. "Plaza can provide important construction resources to developers nationwide," explains Mr. Wood, "greatly enhancing their ability to meet development goals in diversified locations."
On a more personal level, Mr. Wood is an accomplished outdoorsman and father of two boys who lives with his wife Margaret in Westchester County. He is deeply committed to such philanthropic causes as the Intrepid Foundation, sits on the Board of Friends of the Vietnam Veteran's Plaza and is an advisory Board Member to the Valerie Fund, a provider of comprehensive health care for children with cancer and blood disorders. In 2000, he was presented with the Life Leadership Award from the LIFE Organization.
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- CEO
- Co - Founder
- HOPE Senior Staff Member
- Ex Officio, CEO / Co - Founder, Hope for the Warriors®
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- HOPE Senior Staff Member
- Senior Director of Donor Engagement
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- HOPE Senior Staff Member
- Head of Strategic Communications
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- Co - Founder, Hope for the Warriors®
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- Founding Member of the Advisory Council, Hope for the Warriors®
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- Vice President at Makwa Global
Teri Twigg is a Vice President at Makwa Global, a Tribal Enterprise supporting government agencies. She was specifically recruited in 2019 for her experience and business acumen, to scale an organization from the ground up. She has played an integral role in creating and defining the organization's overall vision, mission, and core values. She has also directed the design, development, and implementation of strategic goals and business processes, taking the organization from start-up to a global company with 14 subsidiaries across seven industries.
Teri began her career at NASA, overseeing multiple contracts valued at $50M per annum. Over her career, she has focused on building and leading the policies and processes to support growing teams and navigating the complex relationships and compliance challenges of organizations and agencies, such as the DOS, DOD, and DHS.
As an accomplished executive with over 20 years of diverse corporate experience, Teri specializes in executing dynamic growth strategies through operational and people-centric excellence. Her deep experience in government contracting, implementation management/project management, process review/improvement, and marketing inform deep and broad insights needed to scale organizations and initiatives from inception to exponential growth.
Teri believes in organizational effectiveness created through an employee-focused culture, collaborative engagements across stakeholders, and a solution-oriented focus on systems.
Her strength as a leader is firmly rooted in her experience as a military spouse. Her commitment has led her to build and support programs at home to support our service members and family (including PTSD/TBI Awareness, spouse employment, family support, etc.) while experiencing firsthand the effects of war. She has a personal commitment to supporting military personnel and their families and addressing veterans' cognitive and mental health challenges.
Teri has founded and served multiple organizations supporting military personnel, their families, and surrounding communities, including the Military Spouse Foundation, the Military Officers Association of America Spouse Council, and Military Affairs and Leadership Advisory Councils. She has also served in numerous leadership roles for Military Spouses' Organizations.
She lives in Virginia with her husband, a retired USMC Veteran, and two Siberian Huskies.
Thomas (Tommy) J. Lyons has a longstanding commitment to service-to his country, his community and his fellow veterans.
Mr. Lyons retired November after 16 years of service at MassHousing Finance Agency as the Vice President of Government Affairs & Corporate Communications. MassHousing is the state's Affordable Housing Bank. From 1995 to 2002, he was the Executive Director of the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans. He served as Commissioner for Veterans' Services for the City of Boston from 1984 to 1995.
Born in South Boston, Mr. Lyons graduated from South Boston High in 1967 and served in the United States Marine Corps from 1967-1969 and is a combat Veteran with a tour of duty 1968-1969 in Vietnam.
In 1978, Mr. Lyons organized a committee of Vietnam Veterans to pay tribute to the 25 young men from his community who died during the Vietnam War. On September 13, 1981, the committee erected the South Boston Vietnam Memorial, which was one of the first of its kind in the nation. In 1987, he founded the Semper Fidelis Society of Boston, a Marine Corps organization that has grown to more than 2,500 members. The Society sponsors an annual luncheon on the Marine Corps' Birthday and donates the proceeds to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation and local veterans' charities.
He also started the annual Boston Marine Corps Honor Run, which raises money for the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation. He was Chairman of Marine Week Boston in 2010 and Chairman of the 2001, 2006 and 2015 Medal of Honor Convention.
Mr. Lyons graduated from Boston State 1978 and the Senior Executive Fellows Program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government 1988. He was honored by the University of Massachusetts Boston with the Robert H. Quinn Award for Outstanding Community Leadership, the recipient of the 2011 "Marine for Life" Award, presented in 2012 for his 30 years of advocacy on behalf of our nation's veterans, the 2014 recipient of the Commandant's Award from the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation and 2019 received the John W. McCormick Distinguished Public Service Award.
Mr. Lyons serves on a number of boards and committees: he is a member of the Governor's Veterans Advisory Council and Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Veterans' Housing, Chairman and Founder of the South Boston Vietnam Memorial Committee, Board Member Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, Board Member of ATCNE (Addiction Treatment Center New England), Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Chelsea Soldiers Home, a Board Member of the Brighton Marine Health Center and a member on the Long-Term Care Commission for Veterans.
Mr. Lyons lives in Wakefield, Massachusetts with his wife Jean. They have two daughters Sarah, Maura and his son, Todd, a Federal Agent in Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) who is a Veteran of the Iraq War.
I am honored and proud to be part of the Hope For The Warriors Board of Directors. Their mission to support our men and women in uniform as well as their families is something I've been dedicated to for the past 40 years.
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- Chief Global Officer at CRDF Global
- President of the Battlefield High School Choral Booster Club
Tina Dolph is Chief Global Officer at CRDF Global, an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to bolstering the global scientific community and fostering alternatives to weapons research. As Chief Global Officer, Ms. Dolph brings her extensive experience in global operations, critical infrastructure, and technology innovation to CRDF Global and its government and private clients. She is responsible for growing CRDF's global footprint and expansion strategy, as well as providing leadership in the areas of new technology, cybersecurity, and digital transformation.
Prior to this role, she served as President and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies (SGT), Inc., a leading integrator of Siemens' innovative products, technologies, software, and services to address U.S. government customer imperatives in the areas of energy generation and resiliency, smart infrastructure modernization, and software-driven optimization of maintenance, sustainment and production activities across government and its supplier base.
An accomplished executive leader with more than two decades of government industry experience, Ms. Dolph began her career with GE Aerospace in the early 1990's. She has held wide-ranging operational and functional roles at leading federal contractors including Lockheed Martin, PAE and ASRC Federal. Most recently, she served as Chief Strategy Officer at CRDF Global, a non-profit focused on promoting global safety, security and stability through science and innovation.
Known as a collaborative leader, Ms. Dolph has often led large, diverse teams through complex transitions. She was instrumental in Lockheed Martin's integration of and subsequent divestiture of PAE, Inc., where she served in executive leadership positions culminating as Executive Vice President, Company Operations for a $2 billion enterprise. During her tenure at PAE, she also served as COO, and, led the Global Stability and Development Division where she had full profit and loss responsibility for the $600 million business unit with 3,000 employees serving the Departments of State and Defense, the United Nations and commercial clients across the globe. She led the integration of the Applied Technologies Division of CSC with PAE, which represented revenue of over $400 million and an employee population of over 5,000, with 38 collective bargaining agreements across the U.S.
Ms. Dolph has earned recognition for her achievements in the government marketplace, having been named to Washington Executive's "Top 25 Execs to Watch in 2019" and, is a two-time recipient of the Wash100 award from Executive Mosaic. She serves on the Northern Virginia Technology Council Board of Directors.
Active in community service initiatives, Ms. Dolph has served as the President of the Battlefield High School Choral Booster Club since 2015.
Ms. Dolph earned her B.S. in Business Administration from Le Moyne College and has an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She currently resides in Gainesville, Va. with her Spouse Larry, son Tyler, and daughter Michaela.
We owe such a debt of gratitude to service members, veterans and their families. I've been incredibly fortunate to spend my entire career supporting those who conduct essential U.S. government missions around the world, which wouldn't be possible if not for those who raised their right hand and took an oath to serve our great nation. I'm excited to work with Robin and the entire team at Hope For The Warriors in carrying out the critical work they do to support all of those who've served all of us.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- General Counsel to Hope
- Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Todd Finger is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm's New York office. He has worked on a variety of mergers, stock and asset purchases and sales, leveraged buyout transactions, venture capital investments, joint ventures, restructurings and recapitalizations.
Before joining McDermott, Mr. Finger practiced at a large international firm. He also worked at the White House under President William J. Clinton, and on the presidential campaign of Vice President Al Gore.
Mr. Finger's representative transactions include the agreement by Time Warner Cable Inc. to acquire Adelphia Communications; the sale of 19 Entertainment (owner of "American Idol") to CKX; the purchase of Loews Cineplex Entertainment by Oaktree Capital Management and Onex Corporation; the sale of The Columbia House Company to The Blackstone Group on behalf of Time Warner; the sale of a majority interest in Idenix Pharmaceuticals to Novartis on behalf of CSFB and Nomura International; the sale of Silver Cinemas and Landmark Theaters by Oaktree Capital Management to a company controlled by Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner; the tender offer for shares of Tom Brown on behalf of EnCana Corporation; the combination of Sony Music Entertainment with BMG Music on behalf of Sony Corporation of America; the acquisition of Hudson Clothing by Fireman Capital Partners and Webster Capital; the sale of Evolution Fresh to Starbucks Corporation; and the formation of various joint ventures on behalf of Warner Music Group, including the formation of Bad Boy Records. He also advised the consortium led by Edgar Bronfman, Jr., in its $15 billion bid for the entertainment assets of Vivendi S.A.
Mr. Finger represented Beckham Brand Limited, an entity controlled by David Beckham, in connection with Mr. Beckham joining the L.A. Galaxy.
He regularly represents and advises private equity and venture capital firms with respect to their investments in both public and private companies and their compliance with the U.S. securities laws. Representative clients in this area include Aisling Capital, Emerald Technology Ventures, Fireman Capital Partners, Merck Global Health Innovation, Nomura International, Perseus-Soros, Trevi Health Ventures and Wafra Partners.
Mr. Finger serves as outside general counsel to Hope for the Warriors, a not for profit organization whose mission is to enhance the quality of life for US Service Members and their families nationwide who have been adversely affected by injuries or death in the line of duty. He is also a member of their Advisory Council.