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Meet the team building communities across the country where veterans thrive through the arts.

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ASAP Staff

Brian Jenkins
Chief Executive Officer

Megan Grimaldi
Chief Operating Officer

Tara Demmy, PhD
Program Director

Ava Knox
Development Director

Grace Swihart
Communications Director

Ana Hammersley
Deputy Development Director

Josh Rogers
Operations Manager

Andrea Reichwald
Program Manager

Monica Britton-West
Program Manager
Hampton Roads, VA

Nick Ramey
Program Manager
Indiana

Danny Bahena
Program Manager
San Diego, CA

Jule Nelson-Duac
Program Manager
Washington, DC

Michelle Chudy
Program Manager
San Antonio, TX

Rebecca Klinger
Communications Coordinator

Board of Directors

Jim O’Farrell
Chair | CEO, AMSG

Lauren Lobrano
Vice Chair | Principal Program Manager, Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Amazon

Oscar Montes
Secretary | Director/GM, Government & Non-Profit, Amazon Business

Bruce Johnson
Head of Policy, Thatch

John Newby
CEO, VirginiaBio

Maureen Elias
Military & Veteran Policy Advocate

Blayne Smith
Principal, Applied Leadership Partners

Michelle Buonfiglio
Executive Director, Commercial Banking, JP Morgan Chase

Sarah Kyrouac
Board Relations, The Hoover Institute at Stanford University

ASAP Ambassadors

Andrea McCarren
President, PenFed Foundation

Aparna Nancherla
Comedian

Craig Newmark
Craigslist Founder

Jackie Kashian
Comedian

James Schenck
CEO, PenFed Credit Union

Josh Radnor
Actor

Juan Ayala
Major General, Ret.

Laurie Kilmartin
Award-Winning Writer

Lilan Bowden
Actor & Comedian

Matt Iseman
American Ninja Warrior

Melissa Fitzgerald
Actor & Veterans Advocate

Nolen Bivens, B.G. (ret.)
Presidents, Americans for the Arts

Sam Pressler
ASAP Founder

The War & Treaty
Musical Artists