ONF BOARD MEMBER AND ADVISOR BIOS
Linda Kelly
Founder/President
Linda's vision and passion for ONF not only comes from her military family background of having a Marine son and Navy husband, both having served in Iraq, but also because of her love for photography. With a lifetime career as a Creative/Art Director and Photographer, she visualized a way to help connect our civilian and military worlds
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John Kinzinger
Vice President
John got involved with Operation Never Forgotten because he immediately saw the importance ONF messages could be for our troops and their families. He has been active in local Veterans volunteer work for the past 22 years. His passion to help those who have served in our military is a major part of his life. His focus the past 7 years has been the young men and women serving in the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan. For instance, he led 7 local Support The Troops rallies and continues to be Chairman of our VVA 310 Care package program. Being a Vietnam Veteran, he knows how important it is to let our serving and returning troops and their families know we appreciate and honor their sacrifices.
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Jane J. Kinzinger
Secretary
Jane Kinzinger has extensive executive level office experience and has been secretary on various other committees and volunteered to be Secretary for ONF because of her desire to give back. Her husband, John Kinzinger is a Vietnam Veteran; her two brothers served in the Army and Air Force to fulfill their obligation and she spent 4 years at Wright Patterson A.F.B. with her first husband during the Vietnam era.
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Ed C. Zurey, Jr.
Treasurer
Retired Captain Ed Zurey is a 31-year veteran of the US Navy, having served for most of his career on destroyers as a Surface Warfare Officer. He participated in Operations Desert Storm while off of Syria, Southern Watch from the North Arabian Gulf, Enduring Freedom in the Indian Ocean and Iraqi Freedom from Kuwait and while assigned to the Multi-National Forces-Iraq headquarters staff in Baghdad
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Michael P. Malley, PLC
Chair Member
Michael P. Malley concentrates his practice in the areas of franchising, corporate and trademark law and in commercial litigation related to these areas. He received his B.A. degree from Yale University in 1960 and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School in 1967. Mike served as a 1 st . Lt. in the US Army from 1961 to 1965.
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William A. Henderson
Chair Member
General William Henderson is the retired Commander Headquarters Michigan Air National Guard. He began his military career in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he served for 10 years as a fighter pilot flying the F-4 Phantom. He served with the 1st Marine Air Wing in Viet Nam flying 125 combat missions, and with the 1 st Marine Division as a Forward Air Controller. Upon his return to the United States he became an F-4 Check Pilot, Instructor Pilot and Amphibious Warfare School graduate.
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John Lockwood
Wounded Warrior Campaign Director
John Lockwood enlisted in the Marine Corp Reserves in January 2003 as a field radio operator.
John's civilian profession was that of a police officer.
In 2006 John was sent to Al Fallujah, Iraq.
While conducting combat operations as a turret gunner John was seriously injured by a buried IED.
John was retired from the Marine Corp as a Sergeant and has returned to work in the law enforcement field.
In 2008 John joined the Operation Never Forgotten team to spread the word of the sacrifices US service members make.
As a service member that suffered from traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
John looks forward to aiding in spreading the word about invisible wounds.
Rick Briggs
Invisible Wound Program Director
Retired Air Force Major Rick Briggs is the Manager of the Veterans Program for the Brain Injury Association of Michigan (BIAMI). Major Briggs is responsible for managing the Program's primary goals of raising TBI awareness among veterans and their families, facilitating a working relationship with the Veterans Administration and the Michigan Department of Military Affairs. The program also has a goal of establishing a public/private partnership and reaching out to private TBI health-care providers for the treatment of returning veterans.
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Don Behm
PTSD Advisor
Don Behm was drafted in Jan 1968 and served in Viet Nam as a combat infantryman from June 1968 to June 1969. Don fought with the 82nd airborne which took him from Hue to the Ashau valley and from the tunnels of Cu Chi to the Cambodian Border.
As a wounded warrior of an invisible injury, Don has survived posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Recognition and recovery for Don only began in 1998, and now devotes his life to giving back to veterans with PTSD.
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Richard Brown
Chairman
Dick Brown retired after careers working as a metallurgist in a steel mill and then as a materials engineer / quality engineer for Ford Motor Company where he had work assignments in many of the plants of the Company's overseas operations.
He has been involved since Operation Desert Storm and now with Operation Enduring Freedom with groups preparing packages for the deployed troops. Working with ONF gives Dick the satisfaction that he is helping those who have been doing so much for our country.
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Marc Hoffmeister
Wounded Warrior Advisor
Lieutenant Colonel Marc Hoffmeister graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering
and was commissioned in the United States Army in the Corps of Engineers.
He has served in a variety of combat engineer units and deployed throughout the Middle East and Cuba
in support of combat and humanitarian operations. While serving as an embedded trainer for the Iraqi Army,
LTC Hoffmeister planned and executed numerous Battalion and Brigade level combined combat operations targeting insurgent forces in Babil Province,
providing direct combat advising to Iraqi commanders from platoon to Brigade level
during combat missions and time sensitive raids and developing a joint operational capability between
the Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police until he was wounded in an IED attack in April 2007.
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John Lockwood
Wounded Warrior Campaign Director
Marine Veteran
Saline, MI
Peg O'Donnell
Gold Star Family Advisor
Mother of LCPL Shane O'Donnell, KIA Nov 8, 2004
Deforest, Wisconsin
Kermit Hugo
Gold Star Family Advisor
Gold Star Father of Combat Medic Cpl Rachael L Hugo, KIA Oct 5, 2007
Madison, Wisconsin
Judith Singer
Gold Star Family Advisor
Founder of Being There-Reaching Out, Inc.
Wauwatosa, WI
Connie Riecke
Military Family Advisor
Marine Corps Family Foundation
Salem, OR
Max Beerup
Military Family Advisor
President, 1st Marine Division Association
Assistant to Over 95,000 Marine Families
Kansas City, MO
Don Smith (Smitty)
Advisor
Editor of Rolling Thunder Magazine
Washington DC
Larry and Sandy Eiler
Public Relations and Media Advisors
Eiler Communications
Ron Lively
Online Broadcast Advisor
Maxcast Internet Broadcast
Nashville, TN
Don Stokes
Webmaster, Software Consultant
Stokes Automation Systems, Rochester, MI
Gail Quinn
Website Consultant
Aspire by Design, Middlefield, CT
Darrell Bradley
Internet Consultant
Miramichi, Canada
...And many thanks to all gold star and blue star families for their support!
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