We’re on a mission.

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

ASAP Staff

Brian Jenkins
Executive Director

Tara Demmy, PhD
Program Director

Diane Corina
Operations Manager

Andrea Reichwald
Program Coordinator

Monica Britton-West
Program Coordinator

Rebecca Klinger
Communications Coordinator

Aaron Albright
Grants Coordinator

Will Larroca
Communications Associate

Ludmilla D’Alessandro
Communications Associate

Board of Directors

Blayne Smith
Chair | Principal, Applied Leadership Partners

Jim O’Farrell
Vice Chair | CEO, AMSG

Oscar Montes
Secretary | Chief Growth Officer, Gainwell Technologies

Andrea McCarren
President, PenFed Foundation

John Newby
CEO, VirginiaBio

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

Maureen Elias
Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Michelle Buonfiglio
Executive Director, Commercial Banking, JP Morgan Chase

Meg Krause
Principal, Reingold

ASAP Ambassadors

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 V. Bivens
Presidents, Americans for the Arts

Sam Pressler
ASAP Founder
The War & Treaty
Musical Artists