Former Committee Members

Tom Ridge, The Honorable
 

Tom Ridge

Tom Ridge

Tom Ridge is Chairman of Ridge Global. He provides clients with solutions to cyber security, international security and risk management issues ...

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Commander Everett Alvarez, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired), J.D.

Alvarez

Everett Alvarez, Jr.

Commander Everett Alvarez, Jr., a distinguished Naval officer, attorney and former government executive, is best known to the public ...

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Colonel Clarence R. Anderegg, U.S. Air Force (Retired)

Clarence Anderegg

Clarence Anderegg

Colonel Anderegg is a Vietnam War veteran with 170 combat missions in the F-4D Phantom II. He has extensive senior leadership experience ...

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Mr. Rocky Bleier, Former Pro Football Player and Vietnam Veteran

Rocky Bleier

Rocky Bleier

A gripping tale of courage on both the football fields of America and the battle fields of Vietnam - has held audiences ...

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Mr. Paul Bucha, Business Leader and Vietnam Veteran

Paul Bucha

Paul Bucha

Immediately upon graduation from West Point, Mr. Bucha attended the Stanford University Graduate School of Business receiving his MBA in 1967 and ...

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Lieutenant General George R. Christmas, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)

George Christmas

George Christmas

Lieutenant General Christmas is currently an Advisor to the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and served as the President and CEO from 1997 until ...

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Chief Warrant Officer Three, U.S. Army (Retired) Donald M. Clarke

Donald Clarke

Donald Clarke

Donald M. Clarke is a seasoned executive, coach, mentor with extensive experience in government relations and public policy, business, finance and ...

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Morton Dean, Correspondent
 

Morton Dean

Morton Dean

Morton Dean was one of the nation’s most highly regarded news correspondents during a long career covering headline stories & anchoring for ...

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Jeanette B. Early, Past National President Gold Star Wives of America, Inc.

Jeanette Early

Jeanette Early

Ms. Early has three sons (including twins) whose father, Howard Lee Early, SFC/USA, was killed in action in Vietnam, February 19, 1969. Her sons...

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Larry R. Ellis, General, U.S. Army (Retired)
 

Larry Ellis

Larry Ellis

Larry Ellis is the Chief Executive Officer of Atlanta Georgia based VetConnexx, a company that provides career opportunities for veterans ...

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James D. Hull, Vice Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired)

James Hull

James Hull

Vice Admiral Hull is the Chairman of the Foundation for Coast Guard History, a nonprofit association dedicated to fostering Coast Guard history ...

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Mr. Jerome Johnson, Vietnam Veteran and Retiree
 

Jerome Johnson

Jerome Johnson

Jerome "Skip" Johnson is a Vietnam veteran who served in the U. S. Army from 1966-1968. He attended Officers’ Candidate School, graduated, and ...

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Command Sergeant Major Andrew McFowler, U.S. Army (Retired)

Major McFowler

Andrew McFowler

Command Sergeant Major Andrew McFowler began his career on 1 December 1966. After he was drafted, he attended Basic ...

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Ann Mills-Griffiths, Chairman, Board of Directors of the National League of POW/MIA Families

Ann Mills-Griffiths

Ann Mills-Griffiths

Ann Mills-Griffiths serves as Chairman of the bi-annually elected Board of Directors of the National League of POW/MIA Families and retains CEO ...

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Lieutenant General Roger C. Schultz, Air National Guard (Retired)

Roger Schultz

Roger Schultz

Roger Schultz completed 42 years and 9 months of uniformed duty in the US Army and the Army National Guard. Since leaving active duty he has ...

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Jan Scruggs, Vietnam Veteran and Founder and President Emeritus

Jan Scruggs

Jan Scruggs

Jan Scruggs retired from Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund in June 2015.

In 1979, Jan Scruggs conceived the idea of building the Vietnam ...

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BRIGADIER GENERAL WILMA L. VAUGHT, USAF (RETIRED)
 

Wilma L. Vaught, Brigadier General, USAF (Ret.)

Wilma Vaught

Brigadier General Wilma L. Vaught, USAF, Retired, was President Emeritus of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, Inc. ...

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