William McRaven
Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (2011-2014) and of U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (2008-2011); Chancellor of the University of Texas System (2015-2018); Bestselling Author
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James Stavridis
16th Supreme Allied Commander, NATO; Partner and Vice Chairman, Carlyle; Chair of the Board of Trustees, The Rockefeller Foundation; New York Times Bestselling Author; Senior Military Analyst, CNN
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David Petraeus
General, US Army (Ret.); Partner, KKR and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute; Former Commander of the Surge in Iraq, US Central Command, and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan; Former Director of the CIA
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James Mattis
U.S. Secretary of Defense (2017-2018)
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Robert Gates
Transformational Leader; Secretary of Defense (2006-2011); Bestselling Author
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Dan Rooney
Motivational Speaker; Fighter Pilot; Patriotic Philanthropist; PGA Professional; Golf Course Developer; Author, A Patriot's Calling: Living Life Between Fear and Faith and Fly Into the Wind
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Lloyd Austin
U.S. Secretary of Defense (2021-2025)
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Sal Giunta
First Living Medal of Honor Recipient Since the Vietnam War, Author
$25K - $40KTexas
Keith Alexander
Board Member, SolCyber; Founder, IronNet Cybersecurity; Former Commander, U.S. Cyber Command; Former Director, National Security Agency; Former Chief, Central Security Service; Former Board of Directors, Amazon
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Mike Mullen
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (2007-2011); 28th Chief of Naval Operations (2005-2007)
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Leon Panetta
U.S. Secretary of Defense (2011-2013), Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2009-2011), Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton (1994-1997), Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget (1993-1994) and Co-founder and Chairman, Panetta Institute for Public Policy
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Martin Dempsey
Board of Directors Chairman, USA Basketball; Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (2011-2015)
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Chuck Hagel
U.S. Secretary of Defense (2013–2015); U.S. Senator (1997–2009); Co-founder, Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.
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Tom Ridge
First Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Former Governor of Pennsylvania; Chairman, Ridge Global
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William Cohen
Distinguished Statesman, Secretary of Defense (1997-2001) and CEO, The Cohen Group
$25K - $40KDistrict of Columbia
James Baker
The Honorable James A. Baker, III, 61st U.S. Secretary of State
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Nicole Malachowski
First Woman Thunderbird Pilot, Combat Veteran, Fighter Squadron Commander, 21-year U.S. Air Force career, White House Fellow, Former White House Adviser, and Indomitable Spirit
$25K - $40KColorado
Mike Abrashoff
Former Navy Commander, USS Benfold; Author, It's Your Ship
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Carey Lohrenz
USN 1st Female F14 Pilot, Aviator, Author, Speaker
$25K - $40KMinnesota
Charles Bolden
12th Administrator of NASA (2009 - 2017)
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Richard D. Clarke
12th Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
$25K - $40KNorth Carolina
Vincent Boles
Former Army Chief Operating Officer, Coach, Leader, and Logistics Guru
Under $25,000Alabama
Martha McSally
America’s 1st Female Combat Fighter Pilot; U.S. Senator and Representative (2015-2020); Author
Under $25,000Arizona
Justin Hasard Lee
Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author; F-16 and F-35 Fighter Pilot; F-35 Chief of Training Systems, U.S. Air Force
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