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
- Chevalier, National Order of the Legion of Honor

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

Admiral Édouard Guillaud
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Retired after more than 40 years of active duty on surface combatants, submarines and amphibious ships, naval aviation, shore and carrier-based
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Independent advisor in geo-strategic and cyber matters, risk analysis and intelligence
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Former Chairman/CEO of ODAS
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Four commands at sea, including commanding officer of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, CVN CHARLES DE GAULLE
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Former Chief of the Defence Staff of the French Armed Forces and personal Chief of Staff to the French President, leading all French operations in Ivory Coast, Afghanistan, Libya, Mali, Sahel, République Centrafricaine and in the waters off Somalia
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Former « Maritime Prefect » for the Channel and North Sea
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Computer science and nuclear energy qualified engineer, guns/missiles specialist
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Nuclear deterrence and strategy analyst
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
- Director of Operations, 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