Operation Warrior Shield, Inc. provides comprehensive support programs for service members, veterans, first responders and their families that are focused on transition, health and wellness, employment, prevention of homelessness, peer engagement, and connections to community resources. The emphasis is to help heal their hidden wounds through:
- Helping veterans find jobs
- Eliminating veteran homelessness
- Teaching Transcendental Meditation
Operation Warrior Shield, Board Of Directors 2016
Chairman/President: Chief Master Sergeant (ret) Ed Schloeman, USMC, NYANG
Treasurer: John Walsh, President/CEO SightSpan Security Inc.
Secretary: Major (ret) Brian Lynch, USMC, SVP Engage Play Technologies
Board Member: Captain (ret) Jerry Yellin, Army Air Corp, Award-Winning Author
Board Member: Jim Belilove, President; Creative Edge Master Shop
Board Member: Catherina Watters, Sports Attorney, Guardian Ad Litem
Board Member: Vanessa Johansson, Literary Director, Scandinavian American Theater Company
Operation Warrior Shield, Board of Advisors 2016
Board of Advisors: Bonnie Arnold-Haynes, Executive Director, Iwo Jima Association
Board of Advisors: Tracy McCormick, Founder/Principal, Lightfinder Public Relations
Board of Advisors: Dr. Lois Lee, Founder/President, Children Of The Night
Board of Advisors: Rita Cosby, Radio/TV Reporter, Multi Emmy Award Recipient
Board of Advisors: Dr. Robert Cancro M.D. Med.D.Sc. Lucius N. Littauer Professor,
Chairman Emeritus of Psychiatry at the New York University Medical
Board of Advisors: Major General (ret) James L. Williams, USMC, Commanding General, 4th Marine Division
Board of Advisors: Colonel (ret) Eric Mitchell, MD, MA, FACPE, CPE