Partners and Advisors



  • American Greetings
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Joseph Drown Foundation
  • Military Child Education Coalition
  • Military OneSource
  • New York State Office of Mental Health
  • The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)
  • USO World Headquarters
  • Wal-Mart Foundation

Judith A. Cohen, M.D
., Medical Director, Center for Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents

Stephen J. Cozza, M.D. COL, U.S. Army (Ret) Professor of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Vanessa Gabrielson, Volunteer, Leader, Facilitator, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)

Betsy Graham, LTC, Deputy Chief, Case Management Branch, Casualty and Mortuary Affairs Operations Center (CMAOC)

Frederica (Terri) Holmes, Parent, Quality Control Specialist, National Institutes of Health

Larry E. Jones, COL Army National Guard (ARNGUS) State Chaplain, Joint Force Headquarters

Mary C. Owen, LCSW, Clinical Director, Wendt Center for Loss and Healing

Patty Shinseki, Advisory Board Member, Military Child Education Coalition, Panel for the Care of Individuals with Amputations and Functional Limb Loss at Walter Reed Medical Center, Citizen-Soldier Support Program

Barbara Thompson, Director, Office of Family Policy/Children and Youth Office of the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense

Patty Barron, Deputy Director, Government Relations, National Military Family Association

Charles F. Bolden, Jr. MGEN, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.) & CEO, JACKandPANTHER LLC

Lil Ingram, Adjutant General Spouse and Family Programs Advisor, North Carolina National Guard (NCNG)/Office of The Adjutant General

Mary M. Keller, Ed.D. Executive Director, Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC)

Sylvia Kidd, Director of Family Programs, Association of the United States Army (AUSA)

Harold Kudler, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University

Nancy Kules, spouse; and Ryan Kules, CPT, U.S. Army (Ret.), Service Disabled Iraq Veteran

Michael L. López, Ph.D. Executive Director and co-founder, National Center for Latino Child and Family Research

Corina Mellado Miller, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Service/Preventive Medical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Debbie Paxton, R.N., M.S.N. Key Volunteer Advisor, US Marine Corps

Jean Silvernail, Ed.D. Chief, Military Child Education for the U.S. Pacific Command

Janice Witte, Retired Director, Office of Children and Youth, Department of Defense Office of Family Policy, Support and Services

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