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An Experienced Team

Our Board Members

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Yinka Faleti

Board Chair

Partner, Ascend Venture Capital
JD, Washington University in St. Louis
Former candidate, Missouri Sec. of State
Former Executive Dir., Forward Through Ferguson
U.S. Army Veteran

Garrett Cathcart

Board Member

Executive Director, More Perfect Union
Founding ED, Mission Roll Call
Former Director, Team RWB
U.S. Army Veteran

Jeremy Butler

Vice Chair

M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College
Former CEO @ IAVA
Navy Veteran

Board Member

Founder, Change the Rules and Hawthorne Consultants
M.B.A. from the Wharton Graduate Division at the University of Pennsylvania
Board Member, Unite America
U.S. Navy Veteran

Laura Dunne

Board Treasurer

Financial and strategic business executive
Expert at building businesses and executing turnarounds
President, Illinois Chapter of Breakthrough T1D
Fellow, Leadership & Society Initiative at University of Chicago

Alyssa (Lysa) Harper

Board Member

U.S. Naval Academy Graduate and former Marine Corps logistics officer
Principal, Firm Planning & Strategic Execution at Edward Jones
MBA from Boston University

Secretary

Deputy Director, Bush Institute
U.S. Navy Reserves
Truman Scholar
Member, Council on Foreign Relations

Dan Biga

Co-Founder

Deloitte Leadership and Human Potential, Social Impact Portfolio, Lead
Expert at scaling chapter models & Veterans Issues
U.S. Marine Corps Veteran

Our HQ Staff

Todd Connor

Co-Founder + CEO

Founder of Bunker Labs
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Presidential Leadership Scholar
Author, Third Shift Entrepreneur
U.S. Navy Veteran

Former Chief of Staff

U.S. Army (Retired)

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Eric Bronner

Founder + COO

Co-Founder of Show Me Integrity Education Fund, Missouri
JD, Washington University in St. Louis
Nationally recognized election reform leader
U.S. Navy Veteran

Development Director

U.S. Air Force (Retired)

Jamison Aweau

Head of Brand

Former CMO, Bunker Labs
Expert at Branding and Design
Startup Founder
U.S. Army Veteran

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Chief of Staff

U.S. Navy Veteran and former Chief Speechwriter at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Science with Distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy

Reagan Anderson

Social and Comms Manager

U.S. Marine Corps Veteran

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