From a state capitol to Canadian Parliament, the Czech Republic, Latin America, and the U.S. Senate.
State · Federal · International
For more than ten years I have worked to open safe, ethical, evidence-based access to the innovative therapies conventional systems were not reaching, for veterans living with traumatic brain injury, PTSD, and moral injury, and for the families beside them. That work has spanned state houses, the federal government, and the international stage, carried by coalitions built to last.
From a state capitol to Canadian Parliament, the Czech Republic, Latin America, and the U.S. Senate.
Helped advocate for and establish the pathways that opened state-level access and funding for innovative veteran therapies, and helped pioneer new models that other states would follow.
Advanced momentum on federal scheduling and access, and research pathways including ARPA-H, culminating in testimony before the U.S. Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee on the future of veteran mental health care.
Carried the message onto the world stage: a press conference at Canadian Parliament, featured panels in the Czech Republic at Prague Castle, the Latin American Psychedelic Conference, and a summit in the British Virgin Islands, building a global conversation on access and reform.
As Director of Operations for the Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition, led by Lt. Gen. Martin R. Steele, USMC (Ret.), with 45+ veteran-serving organizations, aligning competing stakeholders behind one strategy and turning advocacy into durable, funded policy, now working inside the system to sustain it.
After 10 years of active service, transitioned out of the Army and co-founded Warrior Angels Foundation, my first nonprofit for veteran mental health, supporting those with traumatic brain injury and PTSD.
Led large-scale organizational and technology transformations for Fortune 100 clients, learning how complex systems actually change from the inside.
Co-authored the best-selling account of a Green Beret's life with TBI and PTSD, putting moral injury and brain trauma into the national conversation.
A retreat for mental health and moral injury where alternative therapy proved to be a lifesaving, defensible path, the experience that set the next decade in motion.
The documentary inspired by the book reached a wider audience with the case for healing-centered care.
Supported passage of landmark state legislation and screened Quiet Explosions at the Texas Capitol, turning story into policy.
Launched and completed a 4x4x48 endurance fundraiser for unity and awareness, and began building the coalition from the ground up.
Concentrated the work on advancing access and reform at both the state and federal level.
Carried the message internationally, including a press conference at Canadian Parliament and a summit in the BVI.
Featured at the Latin American Psychedelic Conference and Prague Castle, and testified before the U.S. Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee.
Bringing the full body of work to the stage: healed leaders build healed systems.