Military/Veterans Task Force

This task force leads efforts to systematically integrate service member and veteran perspectives across the Action Alliance’s portfolio of work.

Note: This group is no longer active. Titles and affiliations are from the time of membership and may have since changed.

Co-Leads

Cicely Burrows-McElwain, Military and Veteran Affairs Liaison, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Public Sector)
Megan McCarthy, PhD, National Deputy Director for Suicide Prevention, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Public Sector)
Kim Ruocco, MSW, Vice President of Suicide Prevention and Postvention, Tragedy Assistance Programs for Survivors (TAPS) (Private Sector)
Katherine Warrick, Associate Director, Defense Suicide Prevention Office, U.S. Department of Defense (Public Sector)

Members

Tom Berger, PhD, Executive Director, Veterans Health Council, Vietnam Veterans of America
Jack Hammond, Executive Director, Home Base
Kacie Kelly, Program Director, Health and Wellbeing, George W. Bush Institute
Jim Lorraine, President and CEO, America’s Warrior Partnership
Gordon Nez, Community Advocate, Navajo
Shauna Springer, PhD, Senior Director, TAPS Red Team
Kari Stoever, Chief External Relations Officer, Lieber Institute for Brain Development
Caitlin Thompson, Vice President, Community Partnerships, Cohen Veterans Network
Jose Vega, Special Assistant, Chief of Staff, Wounded Warrior Project