Award-winning author on leadership, veterans, and military culture.
People and culture leadership inside the Navy, HHS, and Congress. Advisory work, speaking, teaching, and writing.
Senior executive roles at HHS and the Department of the Navy. On the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, drafted and oversaw the passage of over 100 laws, including the Deborah Sampson Act.
Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve. Seventeen years of service, seven on active duty, from ships at sea to SEAL teams. Still serving.
Author or co-author of four books, including the novel Vicomte's Voyage, written as A.G. Bridge. Former CFR term member, Truman National Security Project member, Pat Tillman Scholar.
Bylines in the Times, Proceedings, Defense One, and elsewhere, plus the newsletter Living Resiliently.
Panels, keynotes, and conversations. The frontline view and the executive view, from someone who has held both jobs.
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