Officers, Directors & Staff

Robert Rieve

President and Chief Executive Officer and founder of the Naval Special Warfare Foundation; Director, Special Operation Warrior Foundation; First Executive Director of the UDT-SEAL Association; Owner of SEAL of APPROVAL, Inc.; Retired U.S. Navy (SEAL) Captain (30 years of service).

Robin King

Executive Director, Naval Special Warfare Foundation; Former Auditor, McDonnell Douglas; Former Auditor, The Walt Disney Company

Kelly McGraw

Director of Development, Naval Special Warfare Foundation; Senior Sales Representative, Eli Lilly & Co.; National Sales Manager, Color Optics & Associates; Associate Buyer, Macy’s

Thomas Richards

Chairman, Board of Directors, Naval Special Warfare Foundation; Former Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command Rear Admiral U.S. Navy, Retired

Jim Papineau

Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, Naval Special Warfare Foundation; Director, Fitness Anywhere, Inc.; Director, HALO Trust International; Managing Director for the Rappahannock Companies; Former President, Applied Marine Technology, Inc.; Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy (SEAL), Retired

Rudy Boesch

Board of Directors, Naval Special Warfare Foundation; U.S. Navy, Retired (45 years of service); Competitor on Survivor: Borneo

Bert Calland

Board of Directors, Naval Special Warfare Foundation; Executive Vice President, CACI International Inc.; Former Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Former Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command; Former Commander, Special Operations Command Central; Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (SEAL), Retired

Norm Carley

Board of Directors, Naval Special Warfare Foundation Director; VET Foundation Director; Fitness Anywhere, Inc. Co-Founder; Former President & CEO Applied Marine Technology, Inc.; Commander, U.S. Navy (SEAL), Retired

Dean Cummings

Board of Directors, Naval Special Warfare Foundation; President, UDT-SEAL Association West Coast Chapter; Deputy Operations Officer, NSW Advanced Training Command; Machinist's Mate Master Chief (SEAL), U.S. Navy Retired

Kristi Cummings

Board of Directors, Naval Special Warfare Foundation; Director for Resource Development; Regional Manager, HelmsBriscoe

Barry Dreyfus

Board of Directors, Naval Special Warfare Foundation; Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors, United States Marine, Inc.; Mississippi Gulf Coast Economic Development Council Marine Composites Consortium

Mike Figueroa

Board of Directors, Naval Special Warfare Foundation; Director Goodwill Mission to China Foundation; Treasurer Trustee, Vatican Observatory Foundation (Investment Committee)

Richard J. Grahn

Board of Directors, Naval Special Warfare Foundation; Attorney, Looney & Grossman, LLP; Former Special Assistant Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; AV Peer Review rating of Martindale-Hubbard “Super Lawyer” award; Boston Magazine Managing Partner & Member of the Management Committee, Looney & Grossman, LLP

James M. Hawes

Board of Directors, Naval Special Warfare Foundation; CEO, “Good Earth Energy Conservation, Inc.”; Co-Chairman of Inter-Asia Management Ltd President, “The Little Green Windmill, Inc.”; Graduated from UDT/R Class 29; BUDS Instructor, SEAL Team-2.

Tom Hawkins

Board of Directors - Naval Special Warfare Foundation (Founder, 1st President) Board of Directors; Director for History & Heritage; U.S. Navy, Commander (SEAL), Retired (24 years of service)

Richard Johnson

Board of Directors, Naval Special Warfare Foundation; Board of Directors, UDT/SEAL Association; Past President Mt. Airy Rotary Club; President, Merritt Supply, Inc. ; Lieutenant(junior grade) Underwater Demolition Team 22

J.J. Marie

Board of Directors, Naval Special Warfare Foundation Chairman; Board of Directors, NMMA Boat Manufacturers Division (BMD); Board of Directors & Member of Executive Committee, National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA); Vice President, Board of Directors, U.S. Coast Guard Foundation; Board of Directors, Association for Rescue at Sea (AFRAS)

John McTighe II

Board of Directors, Naval Special Warfare Foundation; Classified Program Manager, Naval Special Warfare Command; U.S. Navy, Captain, Retired (35 years of service)

Norm Olson

Board of Directors, commanded four NSW operational commands; Commanded a Major Naval Shore Installation; Founding Director, UDT-SEAL Museum; Director of Security, Reagan-Bush '84, Campaign Committee; Director, Industrial Security, Electric Boat Division, GD Corporation; A Founding Director, Naval Special Warfare Foundation; Awarded USSOCOM Medal for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to Naval Special Warfare and Special Operations; Captain (SEAL), U.S. Navy, Retired

Jacky Richards

Board of Directors, Director for Health and Welfare Programs, SEAL-Naval Special Warfare Foundation; Family Support Coordinator; Naval Special Warfare Group TWO; Board of Directors, YMCA of South Hampton Roads; Clinical Audiologist, Retired

Tom Sullivan

Board of Directors, Naval Special Warfare Foundation; Chairman of the Board, Title Security Agency of Arizona; Juris Doctorate, University of Colorado

Sabina Sullivan

Board of Directors, Naval Special Warfare Foundation; Certified Public Accountant

Jeff Utsch

Board of Directors, Naval Special Warfare Foundation; Consultant, Naval Special Warfare; President, Tucson Acquisition and Development Corp.; Owner, Streamlined Performance

Brian Barbata

Treasurer, Co-Founder, Board of Directors, Naval Special Warfare Foundation – Hawaii; Lt. Commander, U.S. Navy (SEAL), Retired

Chad Buck

Vice President and Co-Founder and Board of Directors Naval Special Warfare Foundation- Hawaii; Owner and CEO of HFA LLC Oahu, Maui, Kauai, Hilo, Kona

Dennis Gaughn

President, Co-Founder and Board of Directors, Naval Special Warfare Foundation- Hawaii; Managing Director, Aon Mergers & Acquisitions Group-Asia Pacific; Former Case Officer, Central Intelligence Agency

Ron Seiple

Past President, Co-Founder and Board of Directors Naval Special Warfare Foundation- Hawaii; Captain, USN (SEAL) Retired, SEAL Team ONE and UDT11; Combat veteran

Robert Rieve

President and Chief Executive Officer and founder of the Naval Special Warfare Foundation.

William T. White, III

President and Owner of Blanco Investments and Land, Ltd./Hale Kea Farms; Lt. U.S. Navy Retired (UDT/SEAL)