As the San Antonio Area Manager for Soldiers’ Angels, Evans supports 50 Veterans Affairs sites with community support and food distribution. She regularly attends city and nonprofit meetings to inform San Antonio about Soldiers’ Angels and opportunities to support through volunteerism and donations. Evans has helped develop a global network of volunteers representing all 50 states, Washington DC, and 31 countries to ensure that those who serve or have served are supported, uplifted, and remembered through a variety of support programs. Through this network of volunteers, a 96% campaign efficiency rate is maintained. Campaigns led by Evans include adopt-a-family programs, deployment support, telehealth services, fresh grocery deliveries, holiday stocking donations, Halloween candy drives, and more.

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As the Commander of American Legion Post 539, Hartman ensures that veterans in the post stay connected to active-duty personnel and command teams on Eastern North Carolina U.S. Marine Corps installations. She also keeps local leadership informed about emerging issues and initiatives that impact the military population. Improving K-12 education and opportunities for veteran and military spousal employment are her top priorities. As the youngest American Legion Commander in the United States, she best understands the needs of the young men and women who serve in today’s military. Her work has proven that more modern initiatives will engage younger military and veteran families within their communities.

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A retired Army Colonel, Adamson now works as a program manager for South Sound Military Communities Partnership. He helps address issues between Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) and surrounding local governments, as well as advocates for JBLM, Washington National Guard Headquarters at Camp Murray, service members, their families, and transitioning veterans. Adamson’s most notable impacts are seen through transportation, spousal employment, and advocacy projects. He advanced several new I-5 highway projects to reduce traffic congestion for the many military personnel who commute to base and helped pass the Military Spouse Employment Act that eases licensure barriers. With a military background and years of experience in plans and policy development, Adamson has been able to unite many groups and take a coordinated approach to state and federal lobbying efforts.

After serving nearly 30 years in the Army, Albright now passionately works for the City of El Paso as the Chief Military Officer for the Department of Veteran and Military Affairs. He ensures that the city provides a high quality of life for its military service members and veterans through employment, housing, mental healthcare, and synchronization of resources while also expanding regional military economic opportunities for El Paso. A strong believer in collaboration and innovative thinking, Albright worked with partners to establish the El Paso Veterans Needs Assessment to understand the true needs of the community and identify gaps in service. He also developed the Bridge Fellowship Program which assists service members departing from military service and military spouses with the transition to the civilian workplace. Outside of work, Albright remains dedicated to his community by volunteering within the veteran community and serving on the boards of two veteran organizations.

As the Vice President of Advocacy and Strategic Initiatives at the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce, Dicken develops and implements advocacy efforts on behalf of the region’s military assets. He has secured funding for several projects including a new deployment processing center, fitness facility, and permanent hangers at the Ohio National Guard 180th Fighter Wing. To make Ohio an attractive place for military families, Dicken advocated to add the Guard and Reserve to the State of Ohio occupational licensing reciprocity law. He initiates conversations with local, state, and federal officials to be forward-thinking about opportunities and is a firm believer in not exchanging business cards for the first time during a crisis. Dicken is also a member of the ADC Federal Outreach and Advisory Council.

After serving over 20 years in the Navy and Air National Guard, Dignan continues to support the Youngstown Air Reserve Station (YARS) through his engagement with organizations and businesses in the community. He currently serves as Principal of AMK Services and has been heavily involved in the Eastern Ohio Military Affairs Commission as a former Commander of YARS, Deputy Director of Global Force Management and Mobilization at the Pentagon, and President and CEO of the Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber of Commerce. He was instrumental in securing a $6 million OLDCC DCIP grant for Springfield, Ohio and $42 million in MILCON projects for YARS. To recognize military servicemembers, Dignan expanded the Statewide Hometown Heroes program and has provided over 100,000 sporting event tickets to servicemembers and their families. His experience and passion for the military mission have a positive impact on all of those he works with.

Hammond is a director for Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative (PSREC) which provides electrical service to the Sierra Army Depot. Since 2005, Hammond has been a tireless advocate for the Sierra Army Depot community. He strongly supported infrastructure improvements for the region such as a renewable energy project and the construction of a more reliable and higher capacity power supply. He also founded the Sierra Alliance, a support group developed for the community to work with the base, support economic development, and identify useful infrastructure improvements for the community. As a Lassen County Supervisor, Hammond built coalitions to ensure that county supervisors did not neglect the base.

After serving for 31 years in the Air Force, Lacey served as President of the Air Force Association South Georgia Chapter. Lacey remains actively involved in service organizations and provides mentorship to the men and women of Moody Air Force Base on the qualities of leadership and service. He worked with the base defense units when opportunities arose to aid those in need through community project/needs. Nick served 9 years as the South Georgia Military Affairs Council Co-Chairman directly involved with Moody AFB Spouses Employment, Professional License Portability, implementation of Land-Use Regulations to protect Moody AFB from encroachment, challenging subdivision developments near Moody and under flight paths, representing the South Georgia Community regarding military affairs at the national-level (Congress, Air Staff and the ADC) and state level , and many other Moody support programs.  As a member of the Nashville-Berrien Rotary Club for over 25 years, Lacey helped build a tiny home community with a medical unit, mental health facility, and human resource office to support homeless veterans. He is committed to keeping Moody Air Force Base active and maintains relationships with local, state, and federal personnel and agencies that have key insights into the economic impacts of closing a unique and significant military installation.

When Kirtland Air Force Base faced a Base Realignment and Closure in 1995, McCorkle co-founded the Kirtland Partnership Committee to support, grow, and preserve the base. McCorkle also serves on the New Mexico Military Base Planning Commission and is a civic leader for the Air Force. With a strong commitment to embracing airmen as part of the community, he ensures that the military has a voice with the legislature, state and local officials, and local business leaders. His efforts have resulted in securing reciprocity of licensure for military spouses in New Mexico, reconstructing the waste waterline, organizing bulk fuel spill cleanup efforts, rebuilding Sandia Base Elementary School, and more.

Devoting over 50 years of her life to Fort Knox, Proffitt has forged strong partnerships with surrounding communities and positively impacted the lives of thousands of soldiers and their families. She and her late husband Ronnie, an Air Force veteran, hosted community partnership dinners on their farm to help foster positive relationships between the post and surrounding communities. She also spearheaded an adopt-a-platoon program for deployed soldiers. Although she retired from her long-time role as the community/guest relations coordinator for the local healthcare system in 2018, Proffitt is still a familiar and well-loved figure at all Fort Knox events and ceremonies. As a show of hospitality and friendship, she is known for making homemade pecan pies for the incoming and outgoing commanders and officers.

As the President and CEO of Fighter Country Foundation, Sites supports and advocates for the Airmen, families, and mission of Luke Air Force Base by raising community support for base programs and activities. His leadership contributed to Luke Air Force Base being selected as the Air Force’s new F-35 Lightning II training center in 2012 and also prevented the base from succumbing to the Base Realignment and Closure Commission. Raising over $14 million for the base, Sites has led morale-boosting infrastructure projects including renovations for the fire station, child development center, kitchens, F-35 Squadron Heritage Rooms, and more. He also organizes school supplies donations and developed the Women’s Leadership Development Series to benefit female Airmen. Most recently, Sites has focused his attention on providing health, well-being, and resilience initiatives for Luke Airmen and their families.