Board of Directors
James D. Rosener Esq.
Board Chairman
- Partner, Troutman Pepper
- President, European-American Chamber of Commerce
- President, Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Commission of the International Association of Lawyers
Lanny S. Cohen
Board Vice Chair
- President and CEO, Stockbridge International
- Former: CEO, Capgemini North America; Executive Advisor, Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Technology Officer Capgemini Group
- Board Member (former Chair), St. Thomas Aquinas College
- Board Member, strides.ai
John Crawford
Board Secretary
- Senior Advisor, MP Conseil SAS, Paris
- Retired Partner, Jones Day
- Vice Chairman, American Hospital of Paris
- Board of Trustees, Carnegie Institution for Science
- Former President, American Chamber of Commerce in France
- Member, Council of Foreign Relations
- Vice-President, American Society of the French Legion of Honor
Marie-Laure Buisson
- Founder, Foundation Marie-Laure Buisson, veterans and wounded soldiers’ charity
- Colonel, French Air Force Reserve
- Former: Deputy Director-General, Foundation Veolia, Paris
- Former: Director of Information Services, parliamentary group, European Parliament
- Honorary 1st Class Legionnaire, French Foreign Legion; “godmother” 4th Regiment
- Author: Femmes Combattantes, awarded “Prix Littérature de L’Armée de terre 2002”
- Author: Espionnes
Max Carrol Chapman Jr.
- Chairman and Owner, Gardner Capital Management Corp.
- Former: Chairman, Nomura Holding Securities America, Inc., Managing Director of the Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., and Chairman of Nomura Europe Holding plc.
- Former: President and CEO, Kidder, Peabody & Co., founder Financial Futures Department
- Co-founder High-Yield Bond Group; President, COO, Kidder, Peabody Group, Inc.
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Distinguished Alumni
- Board of Directors, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Kenneth B. Gilman
- Retired President and CEO, Asbury Automotive Group
- Chief Administrative Officer, L Brands (Victoria Secret, Bath & Body Works)
- Former CEO of Lane Bryant
- Trustee and Treasurer, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
- Trustee and member of the Executive Committee, The Manhattan Institute
- LTJG, US Navy, 1968-1971
General Teed Michael “Buzz” Moseley
USAF (Ret)
- Member, ABMF International Council
- 18th Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
- Vice Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
- Commander, 9th U.S. Air Force
- Commander, U.S. Central Command Air Forces
- Director of Legislative Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force
- Deputy Director for Political/Military Affairs (Asia/Pacific and the Middle East), The Joint Staff
- Commander, 57th Weapons Wing, 33rd Operations Group & 433rd Weapons Squadron
R. James Nicholson, Esq.
- Senior Counsel, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
- Former Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See
- Former Chairman, Republican National Committee
- Colonel, U.S. Army and US Army Reserve, 1961-1991
Stephen G. Oswald
- Chairman, President & CEO, Ducommun, Inc.
- Former CEO of Capital Safety; President, Sullair LLC.
- Board of Directors, The National World War II Museum; Gold Member: Young Presidents’ Organization, Inc.; Governors Board at Aerospace Industries Association; G100 Network, LLC.
Jerome Sheridan, Ph.D.
- Director of Brussels Center, Professor of International Relations, American University
- Frequent lecturer on transatlantic relations, the E.U. Common Security and Defense Policy, and NATO, Netherlands Defense College and elsewhere
- President, American Overseas Memorial Day Association
- Executive Board, Transatlantic Council of the Boy Scouts of America
Frederick W. Smith
- Founder, Executive Chairman, former CEO, FedEx Corp.
- Trustee, Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Former Chairman, US-China Business Council
- Former Co-Chairman, U.S. World War II Memorial Project
- Capt., U.S. Marine Corps, 1966 -1970
Craig R. Stapleton
- Senior Advisor, Stone Point Capital
- Former U.S. Ambassador to France and the Czech Republic
- Past President, Marsh and McLennan Real Estate Advisors of New York
- Board Member: 9/11 Memorial & Museum, WWI Centennial Commission, Vaclav Havel Library Foundation and the National Medal of Honor Museum
- Founding Director, George W. Bush Presidential Library
General Steve Townsend,
U.S. Army (Ret)
Chairman, ABMF International Council
- Independent consultant, executive advisor, and public speaker
- Recently retired 4-star Army general and infantry officer with more than 40 years of service around the world with the U.S. Armed Forces in peace and war
- Former Commander, United States Africa Command
- Former Commanding General, U.S. Army Training & Doctrine Command
- Former Commanding General, US Army XVIII Airborne Corps, and 70-nation Combined/Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve to defeat terrorist Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
- Former Commanding General, U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)
LT GEN Olivier Tramond
French Army (Ret)
- Independent consultant, executive advisor, associate searcher HEC business school
- Member of the board of the society of the Cincinnati of France
- Former Co-Chairman of The First Alliance, a US 501 (c3) foundation
- Former Director Public Affairs, Safran Electronics & Defense
- Retired 3-star General Officer, 38 years of service, Airborne Infantry Marines
- Commanded Operations in Africa, Middle East, Balkans & French overseas territories
- Former Commanding General French Army Strategy & Doctrine Center
- Former Head of the anti-terrorist planning group, French National defense Agency to the PM
- Former High Commander, the South-Pacific French joint forces
- Former Commandant, the 3rd Airborne Marines Infantry Regiment
Directors Emeritus
Alexander Blumrosen Esq.
Board Secretary Emeritus
- Founder, Polaris Law, Member of the Paris and New York Bars
- Life member of the Council on Foreign Relations
- Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor
Harriette Owens Waldron
Director Emeritus
- Co-founder, Kelly/Waldron Company, pharmaceutical marketing, sold to McKesson
- Co-founder, PSKW, pioneered pharmaceutical copay reduction services
- LCDR, U.S. Navy, Operating Room Nurse
- U.S. Navy Reserves, Chief Training Officer
- Supported U.S. Marines in Desert Warfare training at 29 Palms
- Election judge, Radnor Township, PA
Howard Leach
- Former U.S. Ambassador to France
- President, Leach Capital LLC
- Past President, Tejon Ranch Company; Foley Timber and Land Co Hunter Fan
- Vice President, American Society of the French Legion of Honor Inc.
- Former Chairman, Regents of the University of California
Advisors
Thomas Clark
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Director of Military & Veterans Outreach
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Former Executive Officer, American Battle Monuments Commission, Overseas Operations
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Former HR Director, Secretary of the Army, Office of the Administrative Assistant
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U.S. Army, 27 Years; Sergeant Major to the Adjutant General and SGM Deputy Chief of Staff Personnel and Communities, U.S. Army Europe
Staff
Christine Quinn Burtt
- Executive Director, American Battle Monuments Foundation
- President, CQB & Associates, Inc.
- Executive Committee, Colorado Celebrity Classic to Benefit the TAPS, the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors
- Political trainer in emerging democracies, International Republican Institute
Chloe Appert
- Senior Advisor to the Executive, ABMF
(settled in the US for the cultural enrichment of our family) - Certified Agile Coach
- Sales & Marketing in Agrochemical Industry
- Sustainability expert about pesticides and environment
Frank P. Mascia III
- Director of Development, American Battle Monuments Foundation
- Former Executive Director, American Cancer Society
- Former Assistant Vice President, Georgian Court University
- Former Vice President of Development, Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation