ARMY - Key Persons
ARA Pritchard's professional achievements include her vision of what is possible, establishing strategic partnerships and swiftly turning that vision into reality. She successfully led the development and built a nationally recognized, life-changing and holistic reintegration service model for veterans, service members and military families at a national nonprofit. ARA Pritchard secured millions of dollars in start-up and operational funding, launched growth marketing, recruited diverse high performing teams, and led operations. Among other wrap-around services, the programs include transitional housing and employment with dedicated "Rally Point Centers of Excellence." Under ARA Pritchard's leadership, the organization's impact footprint grew by over 167% including securing funding, at levels not previously realized. She remains a passionate advocate for the needs of those who serve our Country, including their families.
Name of Spouse and Children: ARA Pritchard's spouse, Eric Pritchard, is a Veteran and served as a U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Officer. Children: Katelynn, David, Ian, Madalyn and Lin.
Army Reserve Ambassador, Beth A. Pritchard hails from a multigenerational military family, is a successful C-suite executive who leverages her keen business and financial acumen coupled with her experience as an entrepreneur, leading in Fortune 250 global companies and national nonprofit arenas to inspire others into action and deliver transformative results. As the CEO of BETERI Consulting Group, ARA Pritchard partners with senior leaders in the following areas: 1) Strategy Development & Deployment, 2) Transformations, Turnarounds & Integrations, 3) Organizational Design, Human Performance, Culture & Executive Coaching, 4) Marketing, and 5) Raising Capital. "Together, we are unleashing our collaborative power to advance the world."
Organizations/Clubs/Philanthropies: Member of the San Francisco Elks Lodge #3 | Founder and CEO of STEM2Hearts and STEM2Sports serving limited income youth and their families | Jones Memorial Senior Home Board of Directors - Chief Financial Officer | Certified USA Track & Field (USATF) Level I Coach | Derek is a lifetime member of the Stanford Block "S" Society with two Varsity Letters in Track and Field as the former #7 All-Time Best Triple Jumper in Stanford history in 1973.
Army Reserve Ambassador Daniel Furtado was commissioned in the Medical Service Corps, after completing ROTC and a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Jose State University. He holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of California and a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of San Francisco. He served on active duty as Chief, Pharmacology, Academy of Health Sciences, at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. Subsequently, he was named Clinical Coordinator, VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, and later was appointed Associate Director, Primary Care Associate Program, at Stanford University School of Medicine. He continues to teach pharmacology. He is a graduate of the Army War College, and the 1st USAR pharmacist to hold the "A" Professional Designator. He holds membership in the Order of Military Medical Merit, and is a Distinguished Member of the AMEDD Regiment. Ambassador Furtado served as City Council Member and Mayor, Campbell, CA. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the League of California Cities and the National League of Cities. He also served as Chair of the Public Safety Committees of the National League of Cities and the League of California Cities. In 2000, he was selected Citizen of the Year for Campbell, CA.
Army Reserve Ambassador Terry DeWitt graduated from Ouachita Baptist University in 1988 with a BSE in Physical Education as was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He completed a Master's degree in Education from Nicholls State University in 1990, and another Master's degree in Physical Education from Henderson State University in 1999. He began his college teaching in 1994 and was promoted to full professor in 2011. He has been the department chair for Kinesiology at his alma mater since 2014. He is starting is 22 nd year as a faculty member. Terry was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004-2005 and again in 2009-2010, and was awarded two Bronze Star's respectively. Upon his retirement, he was awarded the Legion of Merit.
Army Reserve Ambassador Joseph Boscacci upon completion of AFS, transitioned into private health care delivery. He became VP, Clinical and Support Services, El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, CA. From there he became the Corporate Compliance Director, Daughters of Charity Health System, 7 hospitals, Northern and Southern CA. Lastly, Director of Health Care Compliance, Protein Design Labs, Fremont CA.
Army Reserve Ambassador Lindsey Streeter retired as a Command Sergeant Major with 31 years of service in the United States Army. During his military career, he served in senior NCO leadership positions at the company, battalion and brigade levels, including his terminal assignment as the Commandant of the Fort Stewart NCO Academy. He brings extensive leadership experience from the U.S. Army Recruiting Command (USAREC).
He is a graduate of Grantham University, Excelsior University and American International University. He transitioned from the military into a senior position in the banking industry and is intent on staying connected within military channels for the sole purpose of supporting Soldiers and their families. With this in mind, he established two non-profit organizations and maintains connections with business and elected officials eastern Georgia to north Georgia.
Job Titles:
- Chief of Army Reserve and Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command
CSM Carlos V. Arrieta Jr. served on active duty from 1987 to 1999. His active-duty assignments include Fire Team Leader, Squad Leader, Patrol Supervisor, Black-Market Investigator, Drug Suppression Team Investigator, General Crimes Investigator Fire. Team Leader with the United States Army 10th Mountain Division, 511th Military Police Company at Fort Drum, New York; Black-Market Investigator with the 8th Army Provost Marshal Office at USFK; Special Reaction Team, and Protection Service Division with the Fort Myer Military Police Company at Fort Myer, Virginia; Squad Leader with the 142nd Military Police Company at USFK; and Drug Suppression Team, and Military Police Investigation with the Provost Marshal Office and Criminal Investigation Division at Fort Meade, Maryland.
CSM Carlos V. Arrieta Jr. left active duty in 1999 and joined the Army Reserve. His assignments include: Small Arms Group Instructor and Battalion S3 NCOIC with Small Arm Readiness Group, Fort Gillem, Georgia:, Brigade Operations NCOIC with 1st Operation Brigade, 70th Training Division, Gillem Enclave, Georgia; G3 NCOIC with 108th Training Command, Charlotte, North Caroline; 3rd Bn-108th Regt (SIG), 100th Training Division, Augusta, Georgia; Battalion Command Sergeant Major at 10th Bn-95th Regt (HS), Houston, Texas; and Brigade Command Sergeant Major with 5th Brigade (HS), 94th Training Division, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He assumed the responsibility of the Command Sergeant Major of the USAR Legal Command on 5 August 2022.
His awards include the Meritorious Service Medal w/1 OLC Army Commendation Medal w/2 OLC Army Achievement Medal w/4 OLC, Army Good Conduct Medal w/3 Knot Device. Army Reserve Achievement Medal w/1 Silver OLC, 2 Bronze OLC, Joint Services Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Army Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Ribbon w/20-year Device, M-Device, Numeral 3, NCO Professional Development Ribbon w/Numeral 5, Army Service Ribbon Army Overseas Service Ribbon w/ Numeral 2.
Job Titles:
- Deputy Commanding General
Army Reserve Ambassador: Ambassador Otto Padron is a Cuban immigrant who began his US Army career in 1983 as a Special Operations Soldier in the rigorous 1st Ranger Battalion of the legendary 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne). Today he leads Meruelo Media, the largest and fastest growing wholly minority-owned and veteran operated Media Company in California. Its broadcast portfolio holds some of the most institutional media brands in the Southern California. In 2014, Otto led the design and construction of The Meruelo Broadcast and Studio Center multi-million-dollar state of the art facility in mid Los Angeles. Before joining the Meruelo Media team, Otto was Senior Vice President of Programming for the Univision Television Network, where he managed more than $500MM in domestic programming assets. Under his leadership, Univision Network set audience records and new standards in Spanish language content creation. Ambassador Padron was commissioned in 1991 and for almost four decades he distinguished himself in multiple assignments and positions of growing difficulty and responsibility. Ambassador Padron retired as Colonel with multiple deployments and combat tours. His last military assignment was as Deputy Division Commander of the Wild West 91 st Division based in Fort Hunter Liggett, California. Ambassador Padron was one of three individuals whose contributions were recognized in the 2008 U.S. Army National Television campaign titled "Army Strong" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQXIYnIzTBk
Army Reserve Ambassador Patrick Kuykendall enlisted in the US Army in 1983. He served on active duty until 1987, when he joined the Arizona Army National Guard. ARA Kuykendall served in a variety of military assignments for the next 18 years, including a deployment in support of Desert Storm. During those 18 years in the National Guard, ARA Kuykendall was also a small business owner of several companies and multiple properties. He retired from the National Guard in 2005. ARA Kuykendall is very active in many volunteer organizations across Arizona and California. In June 2019, ARA Kuykendall was selected as the Arizona State Veterans Manager-Workforce. In 2021, ARA Kuykendall will compete in his 15 th Bataan Memorial Death March.
Army Reserve Ambassador Peter A. Krieg retired as a Master Sergeant with 34 years in the United States Army Reserves. His assignments include: Reserve Component Career Counselor, Fort Carson, CO; Operations NCOIC Reserve Component Transition Office HRC, Fort Knox, KY; Area Leader Army Reserve Careers Division (ARCD), Fort Carson, CO; NCOIC Current Operations ARCD, Morrow, GA; Operations NCOIC 88 th RSC Retention Office, Fort Snelling, MN; 84 th Training Division Retention NCO, Milwaukee, WI; Commander 916 TH EN Well Drillers, Bismarck, ND; 96 th Regional Readiness Command Retention NCO, Bismarck, ND; Combat Medic, 311 th Evacuation Hospital and 4226 th Hospital, Bismarck, ND. His decorations, awards and citations include: Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) x 5, Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM) x 6, Army Achievement Medal (AAM) x 3, Army Good Conduct Medal (ARGCM) x 5, Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal (ARCAM) x 3, National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) x 2, Southwest Asia Service Medal (SASM), Global War on Terrorism Service Medal (GWOTSM), Humanitarian Service Medal (HSM), Armed Forces Reserve Medal (AFRM) with M device x 2, NCO Professional Development with 3 device, Army Service Ribbon, Army Reserve Component Overseas Training (ARCOTR) x 2, Army Superior Unit Award x 2, Saudi Arabia Liberation Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal, Career Counselor Badge.
Army Reserve Ambassador Phillip S. Jolly retired as a Brigadier General with over 34 years of service in the United States Army and Army Reserve. During his Army Career, he served in various capacities in the Army, including Deputy Commanding General, Reserve Affairs; Commanding General, Army Reserve Sustainment Command, and Commander, 364 th Expeditionary Sustainment Command Mission Support Element.
He is a graduate of the Air University, Florida Institute of Technology and the University of Mississippi. He currently serves as a Program Manager with the Strategic Alliance Business Group (SABG).
Army Reserve Ambassador Thomas B. Adams retired as a Colonel with 30 years of service in the United States Army and Army Reserve. During his Army Career, he served in various capacities in the Army Reserve and is currently employed as a senior leader with a major corporation in North Alabama.
He is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and various other Army leadership and skills training courses. He currently leads and manages an organization responsible for developing and delivering professional engineering and technical services and capabilities for government and commercial customers.
Army Reserve Ambassador Thomas G. Anderson is a retired Colonel from the Army Reserve. During his 32 year career he held numerous positions, starting with his entry into the National Guard in 1968. He enlisted and was eventually promoted to E-5 and in 1970 he entered into OCS, Commissioned as 2d LT. He rose through the ranks commanding at the company, battalion, and Brigade level. He was activated in 1991 for Operation Desert Strom as a Battalion Commander. His last military assignment was Chief of Staff, 90 th Regional Readiness Command. He earned medals during his career, with the highest being the Legion of Merit.
Army Reserve Ambassador William "Shane" Lee retired from the Army Reserve as a Major General after honorably serving for 35 years. His military service began in the Alabama National Guard as a second lieutenant serving in the Medical Service Corps. Following his medical board certification, he transferred to the Army Medical Corps as a physician and into the Army Reserve. His final military assignment was serving as the commanding general of the 3d Medical Command, Deployment Support, with the division headquartered in Atlanta, GA and over 7600 deployable military personnel serving in almost 100 units. He also served in several other key command and staff positions and deployed three times. In his civilian capacity, he is currently serving as the medical director at four different facilities as well as maintaining his position as an Adjunct Professor of Rural Medicine with the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine. Ambassador Lee is also affiliated with several civilian and military service organizations and is well connected within the great state of Alabama.
Army Reserve Ambassador William Wenger served more than 42 years in the U.S. Army, USAR, and CAANG as an Infantry, Airborne Ranger. He commanded the NG battalion-level task forces in response to the LA Riots, the Reginald Denny Civil Rights Trial and the Northridge Earthquake. Following retirement in 2000, he volunteered for four combat tours, two in Iraq and two in Afghanistan. He served as a senior advisor to the Iraqi and Afghan police and armies. He served as Branch Chief of Counter Improvised Explosive Devices in Regional Command - South, ISAF, and as Division Chief of C-IED Training for NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan. In civilian life, he is a real estate executive and college instructor. He holds three masters degrees and the equivalency of two others. He graduated from the U.S. Army War College where he then taught for three years. He served as a Special Reserve Police Officer for the LAPD. He was appointed to serve on several civic commissions and stood for office in El Segundo, CA. He recently departed the Republic of Georgia where he was, for three years, a Senior Defense Advisor and an instructor at the Georgian Armed Forces Command and General Staff College. He is currently the Area Chief for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve for five counties of the Greater Los Angeles Area, a Vice President of the Assoc. of the U.S. Army for the Greater Los Angeles Chapter.