BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Capt. Le Roy Torres

Co-Founder
Texas Highway Patrol
Governance Board Member
U.S. Army Reserve (Ret.) 

Rosie Lopez Torres 

Co-Founder
Executive Director

Julie M. Tomáška, Ph.D.

Scientific Advisory Board Chair
Governance Board Member
U.S. Air Force (Ret.)

Barbara Canales

Board Member

Tahina Montoya

Board Member
U.S. Air Force Veteran (Current reservist)

CORE TEAM

Capt. Le Roy Torres

Co-Founder
Texas Highway Patrol
Governance Board Member
U.S. Army Reserve (Ret.)

Rosie Lopez Torres

Co-Founder
Executive Director

Julie M. Tomáška, Ph.D.

Scientific Advisory Board Chair
Governance Board Member
U.S. Air Force (Ret.)

Capt. Kalen Cotto

Director of Operations, Interim
U.S. Army Reserve (Veteran)

Kerry Baker

Toxic Exposure VA Claims Advisor
U.S. Marine Corps (Veteran)

Capt. Kalen Cotto

Director of Public Relations
U.S. Army Reserve (Veteran)

ADVISORY BOARD

Honorable David J. Shulkin, M.D.

Ninth Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Col. David W. Sutherland

Chairman of the Dixon Center
for Military and Veterans Services
U.S. Army (Ret.)

Firefighter Joe McKay

Firefighter (Ret.)
New York City Fire Department
Ground Zero Response to 9/11

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

Julie M. Tomáška, Ph.D.

Scientific Advisory Board Chair
Governance Board Member
U.S. Air Force (Ret.)

Tammy Butterick, Ph.D.

Scientific Advisory Board
Co-Chair
Health Science Specialist

Robert F. Miller, M.D.

Associate Professor
Vanderbilt University

Anthony Szema, M.D.

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell

STAFF

Capt. Kalen Cotto

Local Programs and Events

Nina Leal

Director of Finance
and Donor Engagement

Monet Mendez

Administrative Assistant