Our Team

Board Members
Our Partners

Board of Directors

The Special Operations Fund Board of Directors consists of recipients, former Special Mission Unit members/commanders and leaders from a cross-section of the business and finance communities. Our members are acutely aware that our "customers" are the families of our Special Mission Units. In addition to exercising their fiduciary responsibility for funds entrusted to us for the benefit of those families, contributions from our Board pay all the Fund's non-program expenses ensuring all donations from those supporting our mission go directly to our recipients. Interaction between our Board and the units we support assures we can react as new needs arise. Susan Grant has served as Executive Director since our founding in 1992. Susan has detailed knowledge of the families we support and interacts with them regularly to provide individual support and guidance.

D. Michael Walden
Chairman
Former Public Company Chairman/CEO
Board Member, MetalForming USA

David F. Cooper
President
(CW5 U.S. Army, Retired)
Special Operations Flight Leader
Distinguished Service Cross,
Silver Star; Distinguished Flying Cross Recipient

John D. Bowlin
Vice Chairman
Director, Generac Power Systems
Board Director, Cerity Partners
Former President/CEO Miller Brewing;
Kraft Foods International

Mark S. London
Vice Chairman
Attorney at Law, London & Mead

Julia B. Dailey
Director
COO, Holocene Advisors, LP

Jonathan T. Dawson
Director
Managing Member, Southport Management LLC

Jeffrey W. Eggers
Director
(CDR, U.S. Navy, Retired)
Managing Director, Risk & Return

Henry ‘Ike’ Eisenbarth
Director
(U.S. Army Ranger, Retired)

Stephen J. Fitzgerald
Director
(CAPT, U.S. Navy, Retired)
Vice President, ACV Auctions

Matthew C. Flavin
Director
(U.S. Navy, Veteran)
CEO, Concord Energy

Dr. Mark S. Helbraun
Director

Joel P. Kaczorowski
Director
(SGM, U.S. Army, Retired)

Michael E. Kohlsdorf
Director
President, Francisco Partners Consulting

George M. Lund
Director
Chairman & CEO, Torch Hill Investment Partners

Randy Martinez
Director
(U.S. Air Force, Retired)

Charles L. McHarney, IV
Director
(U.S. Air Force, Retired)
Director, Leadership and
Character Development, The O’Neal School

Andrew N. Milani, II
Director
Former Commander, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Special Operations Command
(COL, U.S. Army, Retired)

Heather E. Moran
Director
(Gold Star Recipient)
Strata-G

Laurence E. Rich
Director
(U.S. Navy, Veteran)

Geoffrey L. Stone
Director
Chairman, CEO, MetalForming USA

Timothy J. Walsh
Director
Co-Founder and Managing Director, CCMP Capital Advisors

David C. Miller, Jr.
Founder/Chairman Emeritus
(US Ambassador, Retired)
President, US Diplomatic Studies Foundation

Rick Woolard
President Emeritus
(Captain, SEALs, Retired)
President, National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum

Susan Grant
Executive Director

Rebecca ‘Becki’ Chambers
Assistant Director
(CW4, U.S. Army, Retired)

Heather Majuri
Programs Director

Our Partners

Since 2004 the Special Operations Fund has provided matching grants for merit-based scholarships awarded by the Unit Scholarship Fund, Fort Bragg, NC; the Night Stalker Foundation, Fort Campbell, KY; the Rangers Scholarship Fund, Fort Benning, GA; the Navy SEAL Foundation, Virginia Beach, VA; the Vigilant Torch Foundation, Springfield, VA; and The Association (USAF), Fort Bragg,NC.

”“Their foremost request is for someone to watch over their families if they don’t come back alive.”

– Ambassador David C. Miller