Assembling and engaging a committee of established leaders who will help inform strategies, programs, and outcomes of the initiative, and will provide thought leadership on racial equity to the entire military- and veteran-family support sector.
See the extraordinary group of individuals on our Racial Equity Committee below:

Lieutenant General Gwen Bingham, U.S. Army (Ret.) Co-Chair
Former Army Staff Principal for Installation Management

Staff Sergeant Charles Eggleston, U.S. Army (Ret.) Co-Chair
President & CEO, Three Seven Consulting, The Military Order of the Purple Heart

Ingrid Herrera-Yee, Ph.D. Co-Chair
Military Spouse and Suicide Prevention Expert

Kathy Roth-Douquet
Blue Star Families, CEO and Board President

Sheila Casey
Chair, Blue Star Families Board of Directors | Chief Operating Officer, The Hill

Lt. General Thomas P. Bostick, U.S. Army (Ret.)
53rd Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Sergeant Major John Estrada, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.)
Former Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, Former Sergeant Major of the U.S. Marine Corps

Colonel Robert Gordon, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy

Rear Admiral Sinclair Harris, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Former Vice Director for Operations to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Emil Hill
Senior Vice President/Management Supervisor at Powell Tate Weber Shandwick

Steve Hilton
Principal at Hilton Advisors, LLC

Koby Langley
Senior Vice President, American Red Cross

Reta Jo Lewis Esq.
Senior Fellow and Director of Congressional Affairs, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Val Nicholas
Senior Vice President Creative Director at SummitMediaCorp

Patricia Ochan
Senior Consultant Cyber Policy and Military Spouse

Sergeant Major James K. Sims, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Former Army Materiel Command, Command Sergeant Major

General Larry Spencer, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)
Former Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force

Master Sergeant Rob Wilkins, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)
Military Evangelist/Community Outreach at MilitaryTimes

Karla Ballard Williams
CEO & Co-Founder, YING, Inc.

Anthony Woods
Iraq War Veteran, Army Reservist

Tonya Wright
Spouse of Chief Kaleth O. Wright, the 18th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Senior Project Manager at Belcan

Lieutenant General Gwen Bingham, U.S. Army (Ret.) Co-Chair
Former Army Staff Principal for Installation Management

Staff Sergeant Charles Eggleston, U.S. Army (Ret.) Co-Chair
President & CEO, Three Seven Consulting, The Military Order of the Purple Heart

Ingrid Herrera-Yee, Ph.D. Co-Chair
Military Spouse and Suicide Prevention Expert

Kathy Roth-Douquet
Blue Star Families, CEO and Board President

Sheila Casey
Chair, Blue Star Families Board of Directors | Chief Operating Officer, The Hill
Sheila Casey is the Chief Operating Officer of The Hill, a top U.S. political publication available in print and online with a focus on The White House, Congress, policy, campaigns, lobbying, business and international news. It is widely recognized as the leading source of congressional news. Prior to joining The Hill in 1997, she was the Director of Finance at the Texas Council on Family Violence in Austin, Texas. Additionally, Sheila spent 7 years at Grant Thornton, a national CPA firm, where she was an audit manager. She graduated with honors in accounting from the University of Colorado.
Sheila was a military spouse for over 41 years. She has lived throughout the United States, Europe and Egypt and had been an active member of military spouse organizations throughout her husband’s military career and since his retirement.
Sheila is the Chair of the Board of Governors of Blue Star Families, and the Washington Press Club Foundation. Additionally, she is a member of the Board of Advisors for ThanksUSA, The Bob Woodruff Foundation, and The Military Child Education Coalition. She is published in several national news outlets and speaks to audiences on military spouse and family issues.

Lt. General Thomas P. Bostick, U.S. Army (Ret.)
53rd Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Sergeant Major John Estrada, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.)
Former Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, Former Sergeant Major of the U.S. Marine Corps

Colonel Robert Gordon, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy

Rear Admiral Sinclair Harris, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Former Vice Director for Operations to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Emil Hill
Senior Vice President/Management Supervisor at Powell Tate Weber Shandwick

Steve Hilton
Principal at Hilton Advisors, LLC

Koby Langley
Senior Vice President, American Red Cross

Reta Jo Lewis Esq.
Senior Fellow and Director of Congressional Affairs, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Val Nicholas
Senior Vice President Creative Director at SummitMediaCorp

Patricia Ochan
Senior Consultant Cyber Policy and Military Spouse

Sergeant Major James K. Sims, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Former Army Materiel Command, Command Sergeant Major

General Larry Spencer, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)
Former Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force

Master Sergeant Rob Wilkins, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)
Military Evangelist/Community Outreach at MilitaryTimes

Karla Ballard Williams
CEO & Co-Founder, YING, Inc.

Anthony Woods
Iraq War Veteran, Army Reservist

Tonya Wright
Spouse of Chief Kaleth O. Wright, the 18th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Senior Project Manager at Belcan