WARRIOR CENTRIC HEALTH - Key Persons


Adam Such

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Vice President of Military and Veterans Affairs at University of Phoenix
Adam Such is the vice president of military and veterans affairs at University of Phoenix. Such, a retired Special Forces Lt. Colonel, served 20 years in the U.S. Army and earned a bachelor's in general engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and an masters of security studies as an Olmsted Scholar from University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. Since retiring from the military in 2009, Such has supported several private equity firms, provided strategic consultation to numerous companies focusing commercialization and transition of innovation between the public and private sectors. Additionally, Such managed the North American Adoption program for PetSmart, was the director of strategy for Innov8 Holdings and served as western region sales director at First Tactical, a public safety equipment manufacturer. Such was a committee member for the Congressionally-mandated Gulf War Illness Research Advisory Committee overseeing the Department of Veterans Affairs' research into Gulf War illness. He also supported the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense's Task Force for Business and Stability Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Such continues to serve veterans, as a board member on the R4 Alliance, a coalition of 70 veteran charities supporting over 200,000 veterans, and Healing Towers, an Alaska-based charity serving 50-60 combat veterans per year through immersion in America's last frontier.

Bob Fiddler

Job Titles:
  • Chief Brand Officer
Bob has been a practicing marketing communications professional for forty years, as a writer, art director, creative director, manager, agency principal, and teacher, holding senior positions with both Fortune 500 companies and advertising agencies. The agency he founded in 1999, The Fiddler Group, developed a unique process for brand development, including a trademarked brand discovery process, which they employed successfully for clients across a broad range of business categories. Clients included the Smithsonian Institution, Siemens, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and Syntel, among others. Bob worked to develop the Warrior Centric brand as the company transitioned from R & D to commercialization of its service offerings. He continues to develop strategies and direct execution of sales and marketing efforts. Bob earned a BA in English and MS degree in Advertising, both from Northwestern University, where he studied with some of today's most notable figures in marketing and brand issues. He also is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University in the Masters of Integrated Marketing Communications program. He lives with his wife Danuta in Washington, DC.

Bow Rodgers

Job Titles:
  • Business Advisor
Bow is an accomplished C-level executive and serial entrepreneur whose business experience has spanned both enterprise and startup companies in the most competitive and demanding High Tech. industries. His breadth of management experience ranges from Group President of Sprint Telecommunications with a billion dollar P&L managing the Western United States to getting funded by Microsoft for startup, Human Engineered Software. He has held CEO and COO positions with successful early stage and mature enterprise corporations. Successfully negotiated funding rounds with first tier Venture Capital firms for two startup companies. Specialties: Early Stage Business Acceleration and Rapid Scaling, Funding, Design Win Strategy, CEO Coaching, Mentoring U.S. Veteran entrepreneurs to build and fund their business through his company, Vet-Tech.US.

Brett Odom - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Business Advisor
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Chief Financial Officer and Board of Advisors

David Collier - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Secretary of the Board
David prepped to be chief architect of WCH's business operations throughout a 30+-year career managing finance and operations for emerging companies. Working in various roles-as Director of Business Development, CFO, and CEO, among others-he has helped guide a number of technology companies across the health and life sciences, mobility, and IT services categories. David brings his "get it done" attitude and cool-headed leadership skills to the WCH team, beginning in 2020. David holds both a BA in Business Finance and an MBA in Finance from University of Maryland.

Dr. Dale Mayerrose

Job Titles:
  • Major General ( Ret. Air Force ) and Advisory Board Member
Dr. Dale W. Meyerrose, Major General (Retired) was the first President-appointed, Senate-confirmed Associate Director of National Intelligence/Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Information Sharing Executive for the Director of National Intelligence (DNI).

Dr. Dale W. Meyerrose

Job Titles:
  • Major General ( Ret. Air Force ), Advisory Board Member
  • President of the MeyerRose Group
Dr. Meyerrose is an internationally respected subject matter expert on leadership, strategic planning, cybersecurity, telemedicine technology, intelligence, and military matters. He has more than three and a half decades of business, military, U.S. government, and academic experience. He has been frequently quoted in national, international, and news and trade publications and routinely appeared on nationally and internationally aired programs, including Fox News, CNN, Bloomberg International, MSNBC, and WTOP Federal News Radio. He has been a frequent speaker and panelist at international and national policy and technical conferences and advisor to leading university presidents and deans. Dr. Meyerrose is president of the MeyerRose Group, LLC, a company that consults with a wide range of business, government, and academic organizations on strategy, business planning, technology, education, and executive development issues. He is a visiting associate professor at the School of Information Studies, Syracuse University. He is an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer of Science with the Institute for Software Research and director for the Cybersecurity Leadership (CSL) certificate program. Additionally, Dr. Meyerrose is the President and Chairman of the Board for the Air Force Historical Foundation, Trustee for the U.S. Air Force Academy Falcon Foundation and advisor to the U.S. Air Force Heritage Program. Dr. Meyerrose was recently a vice president and general manager for Harris Corporation, a Global Fortune 500 company. He was responsible for leading all aspects of strategy, business development and program execution for cyber growth initiatives across the corporation-and participated in multiple merger and acquisition activities.

Evelyn L. Lewis

Job Titles:
  • Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors
Dr. Lewis earned her medical degree from the University of the Health Sciences, The Chicago Medical School (Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science) and completed a residency in family medicine at Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida. She completed a two-year faculty development fellowship at Madigan Army Medical Center and Pacific Lutheran University and earned a Masters degree in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. In June 2003, Dr. Lewis retired from the United States Navy after 25 years of service. During the next seven years, Dr. Lewis was Director Medical Policy Worldwide Public Affairs and Policy for Pfizer, Inc. She co-founded Warrior Centric Health, LLC and currently serves as Chief Medical Officer; Chairman Warrior Centric Healthcare Foundation; and immediate past Board Chairman for the National Children's Center. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Clinical Instructor, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science; appointee to the Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation; and serves as the American Academy Family Physician's Delegate to the American Medical Association House of Delegates. Previous positions include Senior Researcher in Minority Health and Health Disparities, Dillard University; President, American Academy Family Physicians Foundation; Deputy Director, W. Montague Cobb/ National Medical Association Health Institute; Deputy Vice President for Minority Affairs; Director of the University Health Center; Vice Chair, Department of Family Medicine; Associate Chair for Research, Department of Family Medicine; and teaching faculty at several residency-training programs. During her tenure at the Uniformed Services University, she was awarded a Project EXPORT grant from the NIH Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities and co-established the Uniformed Services University Center Health Disparities. Her professional and research interests include: the impact of culture and cultural competency on health and healthcare outcomes; women's health; the impact of military service on service members, Veterans and their families; PTSD and TBI; education and training of healthcare professionals; health management and disease prevention; community outreach and engagement; health and healthcare disparities; health policy; and clinical trials and minority participation. Dr. Lewis is nationally recognized for her expertise in the areas of Community Outreach, Engagement and Enablement, Veteran Health and Healthcare Issues, Content/Program Development and Evaluation, Cultural Competency, and Health and Healthcare Disparities. She presents and conducts workshops on those topics and other medical specialty areas nationally and internationally. Dr. Lewis has been tapped as a national and international speaker by many organizations and associations, including: National Association Corporate Directors (NACD); Chicago Medical School; Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; National Medical Association; American Medical Association; American Academy of Family Physicians; American Academy of Family Physician Foundation; Albany State University; Uniformed Services University; Spelman College; Price Waterhouse; Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA); Women of Vision; National association of Women Owned Small Businesses; American Federation of Teachers; National AFL-CIO; A. Phillip Randolph Institute; and legislative briefings at the national, regional, and local levels. Dr. Lewis is a Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors and the American Academy Family Physicians, and a member of several organizations and medical associations, including: the American Academy of Family Physicians; the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation; the National Medical Association (NMA); and the American Medical Association (AMA). Her military decorations include the Defense Meritorious Medal, Joint Service Commendation, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement medal. Navy Sea Service Deployment, Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service with bronze star, and the Coast Guard Special Operations Service medal. Some of her most significant awards and honors include: Key note speaker at the Chicago medical School 2019 White Coat Ceremony; Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science 2018 recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award; Top Blacks in Healthcare Award; State of Maryland House of Representatives Proclamation for launch of the nation's first authorized Warrior Centric Health Clinic; State of Tennessee House of Representatives Proclamation for co-development and instruction of the Warrior Centric Healthcare Training Solution; the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Blacks in Government (BIG) Chapter Black Women Rock Award in Business; publication of her story, "Keeping the Dream Alive", one of three published in the Medicine and Natural Science section of the recently released book entitled, Women of Color in Leadership, Taking Their Rightful Place; W.E. Upjohn Award for Innovation; Career Communications Group, Women of Color Emerald Honor for Medical Education Award; Uniformed Services University, Office of Recruitment and Diversity, Mentor of the Year Award; Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians President's Award; and One of nine Family Physicians profiled in the American Academy of Family Physicians 50 th Anniversary Book, Caring for America - The Story of Family Practice. Dr. Lewis' most recent publications include the book entitled, "Blacks in the Military and Beyond" and the 5th edition of "Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Family Medicine".

Fred Hobby

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
Fred Hobby joined the Institute for Diversity in Health Management (Institute) as president and CEO in 2005 with more than 25 years of hospital administration experience in three states and six hospital systems. Fred will lead the Institute into its second decade of service, developing tools and resources to enhance diversity in our nation's hospitals, and helping health care organizations with their diversity activities. Fred began his hospital administration career with Humana, Inc. in Louisville, KY after serving 4 years as the Executive of the City's Affirmative Action Department and 3 years on the faculty of the University of Louisville. Before joining the Institute, Fred spent 10 years with the Greenville (SC) Hospital System (GHS), a 1,086-bed acute care teaching hospital system. As an administrator and chief diversity officer at GHS, he developed and implemented a system-wide diversity initiative that is nationally recognized for its comprehensiveness and success. Its components include diversity training and education for the system's 7,200 employees as well as an extensive language interpretation center to better serve patients who speak languages other than English. The GHS Language Center was the first recipient of a recognition letter from the HHS Office of Civil Rights recognizing the system's compliance with the Federal LEP Guidelines. Prior to joining GHS, Fred served as the Chief Operating Officer with the Portsmouth (VA) General Hospital and is a former CEO of the Newport News General Hospital. Fred received a bachelor's degree in history and political science from Kentucky State University in Frankfort, KY, and a master's degree in sociology from Washington University in St. Louis. He is a frequent guest speaker on diversity and featured at a number of prestigious national conferences. In 1999, he was named "Senior Executive of the Year" by the National Association for Health Services Executives. Fred was named to Modern Healthcare magazine's "100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare" in August, 2006 and 2007. He was the cover story in the 2006 Winter issue of HR Pulse, the official publication of the American Society for Healthcare Human Administration. Fred currently serves on the National Board of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI). He was selected to represent the interest of hospitals and has served since its inception. Fred is also and a member of the CCHI Executive Committee. In 2010, Fred was selected as a content expert to serve on the National Project Advisory Committee (NPAC) of the CLAS Standards Enhancement Initiative. The NPAC was created by the Dept. of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health to modify current standards or create new ones to advance equity in the health care delivery system. Fred is married to Patricia King-Hobby and they have three children: twins, Brian and Ryan and daughter, Ashley.

Gale Pollock

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
A continual learner, Major General (Ret) Gale S. Pollock, CRNA, FACHE, FAAN became a certified nurse anesthetist soon after her graduation from the University of Maryland. She has a Master's degree in Business, a Master's degree in Healthcare Administration and a Master's degree in National Security and Strategy. She received an honorary doctorate from the University of Maryland. While in the Army, she served as the Commander of the US Army Medical Command and the Acting Surgeon General of the Army (the first woman, non-physician to have this role in any of the military services). General Pollock was the 22nd Chief of the Army Nurse Corps. In 2008, she established the Louis J. Fox Center for Vision Restoration and was an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh Schools of Medicine and Nursing. In 2011, General Pollock became a Harvard University Fellow in their "Advanced Leadership Initiative" program. General Pollock serves on multiple advisory boards and is the owner of Pollock Associates, LLC. She is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, the American Academy of Nursing and the National Board of Corporate Directors. Her passion is improving the quality of lives of those with vision loss. To escape and rejuvenate she spends time hiking, biking and kayaking with her husband, Doug and Ambassador guide dog "Cruiser."

Joe Hurd

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Director, Emerging Businesses at Facebook
Joe Hurd is the Director, Emerging Businesses at Facebook, where he is responsible for new product strategy and operations. A serial investor and entrepreneur, Joe also founded The Katama Group, LLC, a strategic advisory firm. He is currently on the advisory boards of Psychability, exciteM, Antengo and Warrior Centric Health, LLC. From 2009 to 2012, Joe was an Obama Administration political appointee, advising U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on trade policy. Previous positions include senior business development roles at Gannett Broadcasting, VideoEgg, Friendster and AOL. Earlier in his career, Joe clerked in Boston to federal Judge William Young and practiced law in London at Linklaters LLP. Joe belongs to the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission, and is on the Board of Directors of Bullis Charter School and the American Swiss Foundation. He received an A.B. cum laude from Harvard, a M.I.A from Columbia, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He lives in Los Altos, CA with his wife, daughter, and two sons.

Joe Simonelli

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Kalpesh Patel

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Physician
Kalpesh is a physician scientist, inventor, and an IT professional who regularly advises investors and small businesses alike. He is the Director of Cloud Applications with Optimoz, Inc where he evaluates new technologies, designs and develops cloud native applications, develops and maintains business relations with various partners. Kalpesh earned his medical degree from a well-known medical college in India. He did research training at NIH and the Johns Hopkins University. He made significant contributions in the fields of pancreatic cancer therapeutics, immunology, aging, and HIV and licensed his invention to industry. His research focused on mesothelioma, diabetes, and treatment disparities when he became Director of Translational Therapeutics Laboratory at VA Hospital. These research projects involved big data analysis of more than 22 million veterans. He has published more than twenty-five original research papers, reviewed other scientist's research, and have presented his research at various venues. He is also an expert in small device controls for design, manufacturing, testing, and FDA regulations. He evaluates startups for VCs. His expertise on several fields uniquely positions him to advise them for better investment decisions. He is an active volunteer leader in non-profit organizations and has been honored with Maryland Governor's Citation for dedicated volunteer service as a caring professional.

Kate Van Name

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Lisa Reynoldson

Job Titles:
  • Director, Client Engagement
  • Senior Manager, Vizient Client Engagement
Lisa's career in healthcare has spanned 28 years and has included positions as a Director of Health Information Management in Home Health, Long Term Care and Mental Health, Implementation Specialist, and Expert Analyst. Prior to joining Warrior Centric Health, Lisa spent the last 9 years working for one of the top three Healthcare IT vendors in the U.S. She has extensive experience assisting healthcare systems both large and small attain success in implementing and optimizing healthcare solutions. She has been an integral part of ensuring client adoption by driving engagement from executive leadership down to direct care staff. Lisa is experienced in analyzing barriers to adoption, project management, workflow analysis, optimizing business process, development of training curriculum, and gaining end user acceptance of healthcare solutions. Lisa comes from a proud military family spanning several generations. Her passion to serve and help veterans is fueled by this rich family history, as well as her experiences with veterans within healthcare. She resides in Loveland Colorado with her husband Vess, who is a Marine Corps Veteran, and their two German Shepherds.

Meg Charles

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
After ten years of living and working abroad, Meg recently returned to New York City to launch Frame Advisory, LLC, a strategy consultancy that helps clients "break out of boxes" and craft unique success stories using her FRAME System™. Using a heart-centered approach, Meg synthesizes her global management knowledge and leadership and Angel investing experience with proven coaching and strategic planning tools to help clients prioritize goals, map actionable steps and execute strategies to achieve success. Meg's corporate career began at a Washington, DC-based law firm where she worked with telecommunications and tech start-ups just as technology innovations and new laws and regulations made competition possible. Representing start-ups in a growing sector presented a unique opportunity to help clients devise business strategies beyond the traditional lawyer role. Her intuitive approach and skill at providing sound business-oriented solutions garnered Meg numerous client referrals, which led to her election to Equity Partner just seven years out of law school.

Mike Klein - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board

Nate Szejniuk

Job Titles:
  • Data Science Manager

Nate Szejnuik

Job Titles:
  • Data Science Manager
Nate's experience in applied data visualization for practical community-based applications was honed during his 20+ years of naval service and applied in his years of his post-naval service. Much of his naval career was spent in operational public health, preventive medicine, occupational health, industrial hygiene, and mass causality response operations. During this service he managed mass malaria prevention programs and had US 2nd Fleet medical appointments to the Pediatric Lead Poisoning Prevention Program in the Far East. This experience, and his post-military experiences as an Industrial Hygiene Support Consultant, a Global Systems Administrator, and a Disaster Management Coordinator for The University of North Carolina Health Care System, laid the groundwork for the initial product design and development discussions for Warrior Centric Health's WarriorMark™. Nate earned his Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health from East Carolina University. Service has always been a part of Nate's DNA. He is a Boy Scouts of America volunteer, a volunteer for the American Red Cross, and a K-12 youth soccer and chess coach. Nate and his wife have two children and three grandchildren.

Robert "Rob" L. Gordon III

Job Titles:
  • Business Advisor
  • Chief Global Officer of Connected Living
Robert "Rob" L. Gordon III is the Chief Global Officer of Connected Living, a services and technology company that provides a "high tech and high touch" way for families and company employees to connect, access goods and services and enhance quality of life. He is the former President of Be the Change, Inc. a social impact organization that creates and manages national issue-based campaigns to drive broad cross-sector coalitions to scale positive social change in American society. Previously, he was a senior executive at APX Labs, a high tech smart glasses software company. In 2010 Rob was appointed in the Obama Administration as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy, where he was responsible for defense-wide policy, program execution and oversight of the Defense Department's worldwide community and family programs and initiatives affecting over four million military active duty service and family members, and two million retirees. Rob spearheaded the creation of DoD's Military Spouse Employment Partnership, an online employment initiative currently boasting more than 200 Fortune 500+ employment partners who have provided jobs to more than 125,000 military spouses since the program's inception in 2011. Before joining the Obama administration, Rob was the Senior Vice President and Chief People and Program Officer at City Year. Rob, an airborne ranger and a retired Army Colonel, completed a 26-year career in the military. He served as an artillery officer, aide-de-camp to General Colin Powell, and head of American Politics at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. As a White House Fellow from 1992 - 1993, he served as the Special Assistant to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Bush Administration; and as the Director of Special Operations, Office of National Service, The White House in the Clinton Administration. Rob earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a Master's degree in Public Affairs from Princeton University. He is a part of the French American Foundation Young Leader program; the recipient of the Bernard Gill Urban Service-Learning Leadership Award from the National Youth Leadership Council; Princeton University's Edward P. Bullard Distinguished Alumnus Award; two awards of the Honorable Order of Saint Barbara; the Department of Defense Outstanding Public Service Award; and was the 2017 recipient of the Franklin Award by the National Council on Citizenship.

Sean Drake

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Founder & Chairman of the Board for Pathfinder Solutions Group
  • Founder & Managing Partner of Stony Lonesome Group
Sean Drake is the Founder & Managing Partner of Stony Lonesome Group where he serves as the Managing General Partner and Chief Investment Officer. Sean is also the Founder & Chairman of the Board for Pathfinder Solutions Group, a consulting firm focused on Go-To-Market strategies, sales, and government capture for Stony Lonesome Group portfolio companies. Pathfinder has developed specific expertise in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant Funding that is often leveraged for the benefit of portfolio companies.

Sonia Klein

Job Titles:
  • Campaign Manager

Steve Braun

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • President and Chief Executive Officer of Search Consultants International
  • President of the Maryland Recruiters Association
Steve Braun, MBA, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Search Consultants International, part of the MRI Global Network, the world's largest executive search network. Steve joined MRI in 1976 as an Executive Recruiter, and three years later, in 1979, started his own practice. He grew the operation to its present status of conducting global searches on behalf of several Fortune 500 companies and hundreds of midsize and small business clients. Steve Braun's practice focuses on several areas including sports, healthcare, nonprofit, consumer packaged goods, marketing, cyber security, and accounting. Steve has been consistently recognized with Search Firm of the Year awards and top industry honors. He is a frequent speaker at global industry events and colleges. In addition to his role at Search Consultants, Steve Braun is a partner with several professional sports players assisting players transitioning after sports careers. Complimenting his professional endeavors, Steve Braun serves as President of the Maryland Recruiters Association, Vice President of the Loyola University Sellinger Alumni Board, Advisory Council to the Maryland Cyber Association, Board member of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, Board member of Warrior Centric Health, and the IBoard, an exclusive group of International Search Firms. In the community, Steve is actively involved, a Board member of Junior Achievement, Chair of the St Jude's Maryland Walkathan/5K, Ronald McDonald House Charities, on the executive committee for March of Dimes, Committee member of Cristo Rey, and Ambassador for the Maryland Chamber of Commerce. He enjoys serving as a mentor for the NFTE, judging and advising young entrepreneurs' business models, and at Loyola University, where he mentors senior business and MBA graduates. After attending Guilford College in North Carolina, Steve received his MBA with honors at Loyola University. Steve is married to a far more accomplished wife, Marianne Rowan-Braun and 3 extraordinary children, Ryan, Colby, and Taylor, rapidly climbing professionals in film, international business, and healthcare.

Tim Abbott

Job Titles:
  • CEO, President at Tiberious Energy, and Business Advisor
  • CEO, Tibernus Energy and Business Advisor