Board Of Directors
Managing Director, Talent and Organization Performance, Portfolio Operations
Jim Winner
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General
Counsel & Secretary,
Peraton
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and White House Chief of Staff, Lawyer,
Greenberg Traurig
Director, Office of Disability and Integration Coordination, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Emeritus
Jay Town
Vice President & General Counsel,
Gray Analytics;
Former U.S. Attorney (NDAL)
W. Thomas Matthews
Former CEO, Smith Barney
Clint Romesha
SSG MoH Recipient
Mentor Founder
Col. Leo K. Thorsness, USAF Ret.
MoH Recipient | 1932 – 2017
National Advisory Council
Anthony Krepps
Scott Cooper
Daniel Gade
Ricky Derring
Jonathon A. Towers
Brittany Ritchie Sievers
Storm Nickerson
Board Bios
Kate Migliaro, Chairwoman
Ms. Migliaro is a US Army Veteran with 5 years active-duty experience in the Military Police Corps. During her service, Ms. Migliaro deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan supporting and building local national law enforcement capabilities. She was awarded the FYo8 FORSCOM J.P Holland Award for best Military Police Company in the Army, the combat action badge and bronze star.
Prior to joining the Blackstone team in 2024, Ms. Migliaro was the Global Head of Portfolio Talent at Searchlight Capital. During her tenure at Apollo Global Management, she was selected to support talent management and organizational effectiveness on the Apollo Portfolio Performance Solutions (APPS) team where she built the talent and diversity, equity, and inclusion playbooks to maximize portfolio company performance. In her previous roles, Ms. Migliaro has worked in generalist human capital roles as well as specialist roles in compensation. Today, she is focused on building management teams aligned to the value at stake and driving organizational effectiveness through organizational design, leadership assessment and development, and board construction.
Ms. Migliaro earned her degree in American Politics and Systems Engineering from the United States Military Academy. She is currently the Chairwoman of America’s Warrior Partnership’s Board of Directors and is an advocate for veteran employment.
Kathy Maguire, Secretary
A native of New Jersey, Kathy Maguire was a Navy wife for 35 years. She held several administrative positions before realizing that it was easier to balance volunteer activities with the basic task of raising two children during multiple deployments.
Besides volunteering within each of ten different civilian communities, both in the states and overseas, Kathy was fortunate to find volunteer positions within the military.
Having experienced tragic troop casualties during her husband’s time as Commander, Naval Special Warfare, Kathy was grateful to be offered a position as civilian liaison for the Special Operations Care Coalition. Her position allowed her to work at both Walter Reed and Bethesda Navy Hospitals, caring for the families of the seriously wounded.
She holds several awards for service to the military, to include Meritorious and Superior Public Service awards, the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, and the US Special Operations Patriot Award.
The Honorable John Vonglis, Treasurer
John Vonglis is a senior advisor to GAMCO Investors, Inc. Prior to this, he served as the Senate confirmed Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Energy. Concurrently, John was appointed by the President as acting Director of the Energy department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E). He served also as Chief Risk Officer. John’s international business experiences, from analyst to CFO and COO, include positions within aerospace/defense, management consulting, energy, high-technology, telecommunications, and alternative investments. From 2002 – 2009, John served at the Department of Defense in a series of positions, culminating as acting Assistant Air Force Secretary (CFO). Additionally, he performed the duties of the Under Secretary. In 2000, Mr. Vonglis was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. He holds BS and MBA degrees from Fordham University, and an MIPP degree from The Johns Hopkins University (SAIS). John is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve with 34 years’ service in Army and Joint service special operations. In addition to his operational assignments, he has lectured at the U.S. Military Academy and advised the Army Cyber Institute.
Jim Lorraine, President
Jim Lorraine, the president and CEO of America’s Warrior Partnership, served in the U.S. Air Force as a Flight Nurse with nine combat deployments and retired as the Deputy Command Surgeon for the United States Special Operations Command after 22 years of service. He became the founding director of the United States Special Operations Command Care Coalition and served as Special Assistant for Warrior and Family Support to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The Honorable Thomas Bowman
The Honorable Thomas G. Bowman currently serves as the CEO of TGB Strategies Inc. TGB Strategies is an exclusive consulting firm that provides expert advice and consulting services to clients desiring to do business with federal, state, and local governments.
Before his tenure at TGB Strategies, Mr. Bowman served as the seventh Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs (DEPSEC). He served as the VA DEPSEC from 3 August 2017 until 15 June 2018. As DEPSEC, Secretary Bowman was the Chief Operating Officer for the Department, responsible for a nationwide system of healthcare services, benefits programs, and national cemeteries for the nation’s Veterans and their dependents.
Before serving as the VA DEPSEC, Mr. Bowman was the Majority Staff Director of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee (SVAC). Prior to his tenure as the SVAC Staff Director, Mr. Bowman served nearly ten years (2002 – 2012) in the US Department of Veterans Affairs, with assignments to include Chief of Staff to two previous VA secretaries, Secretary Jim Nicholson and Secretary James Peake.
Mr. Bowman’s other VA assignments included Deputy Chief of Staff, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Executive Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs. For three and a half years, he served as Senior Advisor to the Director of VA’s Sunshine Healthcare Network, caring for Veterans in Florida, southeast Georgia, and the Caribbean, directly involving him in VA’s diverse field operations.
The son of a career Navy Chief and enlisted pilot who was at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked, Mr. Bowman was commissioned in the United States Marine Corps through NROTC at the University of Texas in 1969. He served 30 years in the Marine Corps as an infantry and Judge Advocate Officer, including 21 years on active duty. Mr. Bowman retired as a colonel in October 1999 after serving as Senior Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. Before joining the VA, he worked three years as an attorney in private practice, concentrating on military and Veterans issues.
Mr. Bowman holds a law degree from Western New England College School of Law in Springfield, Mass., and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Texas at Austin. His wife Joan died of ovarian cancer in 2013, after 41 years of marriage. He has three grown children and seven grandchildren. His younger son and daughter-in-law both serve in the United States Coast Guard.
Sherman Gillums Jr.
Sherman Gillums Jr., a native of Buffalo, New York, serves as FEMA’s disability coordinator and the director of its Office of Disability Integration and Coordination (ODIC), located in the agency’s Washington D.C. headquarters. In his role, Sherman advises FEMA Administrator Criswell on meeting the agency’s commitment to equity in emergency management for people with disabilities, including older adults and others with access and functional needs.
Within seven months of joining FEMA in August 2022, Sherman deployed to response operations for hurricanes Ian and Fiona, deadly tornados in Alabama and Mississippi, and served as the Agency’s lead advisor on disability integration after a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. In March 2023, Sherman released to the FEMA workforce his Director’s Intent, “A Guide to Meeting the Disability Integration Mission”. The vision focuses on 14 potential points of inequity that can substantially extend the disaster lifecycle for people with disabilities and older adults.
Before joining FEMA, Sherman led strategy, operations, and impact for the National Alliance on Mental Illness. There he focused the organization’s efforts to universalize timely access to mental healthcare and destigmatize mental illness. He is also the former executive director of Paralyzed Veterans of America and chief strategy and advocacy officer for AMVETS, two of the nation’s largest congressionally chartered veteran service organizations.
Sherman has testified before Congress as an expert witness and appeared on national networks, such as CNN, Fox News, and C-SPAN, as one of the most influential voices on military and veteran issues. His expert commentary has regularly appeared in the Hill, Military Times and other national publications.
He was recognized by HillVets as among the 100 most influential voices on Capitol Hill in 2016, the same year his alma mater, University of San Diego, inducted him into its hall of honor. He was also personally recognized by The White House for noteworthy “service to our nation” and the Secretary of Veteran Affairs for “exceptional leadership.”
A United States veteran, Sherman joined the U.S. Marine Corps at age 17 and served for 12 years before medically retiring at the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 2. He holds a graduate degree from the University of San Diego School of Business and completed his executive education at Harvard Business School. He will complete his doctoral studies at the University of Dayton in 2024.
Sherman and his wife Tammie, herself a U.S. Army veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom, have two sons, four daughters―including one who is presently a Midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy―and two granddaughters.
Sal Giunta
Salvatore “Sal” Augustine Giunta was born on January 21, 1985, in Clinton, Iowa. The oldest of three children of Steven—a medical equipment technician, and Rosemary—a preschool teacher, Giunta grew up in Cedar Rapids and Hiawatha, Iowa. At age 17, while working in a Subway sandwich shop, he decided to enlist, and he joined the Army in November 2003. He attended Infantry One Station Unit Training and the Basic Airborne Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, before being assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy, on May 24, 2004. Promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant in 2009, Giunta completed two combat tours to Afghanistan, totaling 27 months of deployment.
On October 25, 2007, while conducting a patrol as team leader, Giunta, and his team were navigating through the treacherous terrain of Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley when they were ambushed by a well-armed and well-coordinated insurgent force. For his extraordinary gallantry, unrivaled courage, and selfless leadership in action on October 25, 2007, Giunta was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama in a White House ceremony on November 16, 2010.
He retired from the Army in June 2011 and graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in Business. Sal is a commercial leasing agent for Prologis. He is a best-selling author (Living with Honor) and Keynote/Motivational Speaker with the Washington Speakers Bureau.
David Fridovich
David Fridovich spent 37+ years as a Soldier in the United States Army. The final 28 years in the Army was as a Special Forces officer. Most of his time was spent in the Pacific Rim Area. He had operational tours in Haiti, on the UN Mission in Haiti, as the Commander of the UN Special Operations Task Force; he further served as the Commander of the NATO Combined Joint Special Forces Task Force, Bosnia-Herzegovina for the first 6+ months of 2000. A little over a year later he was the Commander of the 1st Special Forces Group, deployed to the Southern Philippines on Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines as the Army Special Operations task Force Commander. He later commanded Special Operations Command-Pacific for 2 1/2 years. His final assignment was as the Deputy Commander of US Special Operations Command.
He currently is on only pro bono boards and likes it that way. He shares a deep concern about veteran suicide and veterans’ after service lives and their families. The Fridovich’s travel!
Rhett Hernandez
Jim Winner
Jim Winner is Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel & Secretary for Peraton and has served in this position since the company’s inception in 2017. Jim previously held legal and executive leadership roles at GardaWorld, Aegis, Northrop Grumman, and ITT. Jim also practiced law with Barnes & Thornburg LLP and served as in-house counsel for Rolls-Royce Corporation and Cummins Inc.
Prior to joining the private sector, Jim honorably served as an Air Force judge advocate and systems acquisition officer. He began his active duty career at the Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA, where he supported major U.S. government satellite and space launch programs. His later military assignments included Senior Area Defense Counsel and Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, Keesler Air Force Base, MS; Appellate Defense Counsel, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, DC; and Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, Holloman Air Force Base, NM.
Jim received his Bachelor of Science degree as a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. He received his Juris Doctorate degree, magna cum laude, from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, CA.
Sam Skinner
Sam Skinner is an American politician, lawyer, and businessman. Sam served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush. Prior to the Bush administration, Skinner served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois under President Gerald R. Ford. Sam also served as Chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority of northeastern Illinois. Sam started off his military career in the Army National Guard then served in the US Army holding the rank of Lieutenant and Tank Platoon Leader. He currently practices law at Greenberg Traurig in Chicago, IL.
Marc Andersen
Marc is an American businessman and philanthropist with an outstanding track record of successfully building businesses, transforming organizations, and positively impacting communities, teams, and people.
Marc’s expertise extends across diverse sectors in dual use technology, telecommunications, private equity, venture capital, public sector, consumer products, banking, and capital markets.
He is the Founder and Managing Member of Andersen Advisory LLC, an advisory firm guiding mission-focused Founders, Funders, and Operators championing Freedom, Independence, and Liberty through dual-use technology, services, and teaming.
Marc retired from EY as Senior Partner Emeritus in 2024. His career highlights include creating EY’s US Federal Consulting business and International Development and Diplomacy practice, serving as America’s Government and Public Sector Leader, US Strategy, Brand, and Communications Leader and as Senior Global Client Service Partner to some of the Firms largest clients.
Prior to joining EY, Marc was a Partner at Arthur Andersen LLP and an entrepreneur in the high-tech and services industries, including co-founding a software and services company.
Marc’s dedication to public service is underscored by his appointment by the President of the United States as Commissioner to the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars and by the Governor of Virginia as Trustee to the Virginia Veteran Services Foundation.
Serving the greater Washington, D.C. community is a cornerstone of Marc’s life and work. He focuses his investments on organizations and people who support his belief in youth, education, and entrepreneurship. He is a passionate advocate and mentor for current and transitioning service members, military spouses, and veterans.