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| Board of Directors (2009) |
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Ryan Housley
Founder, Executive Director
ryan@herobox.org
Ryan founded HeroBox in 2008 so that overseas troops could quickly and easily customize their support packages. He realized the need for such a solution after receiving special requests from his youngest brother who was deployed to Iraq in late 2007 with the 25th ID. Ryan launched a simple web page (HeroBox 1.0) to field these requests from his brother and other soldiers. As word |
| spread, the demand soon outweighed the supply and the little web page soon became a non-profit organization. Connect with Ryan on LinkedIn and Facebook. |
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Senator Ronnie Chance
Director
ronnie.chance@senate.ga.gov
Ronnie is a native Georgian and was first elected to the State Senate from Georgia's 16th District in 2004. He serves as chairman of the Government Oversight Committee, secretary of the Finance Committee and is a member of the Higher Education and Economic Development committees. In 2006, Ronnie was appointed Senate Floor Leader by Governor Sonny |
| Perdue. Ronnie is a 2007 graduate of Leadership Georgia and was recently named to James Magazine’s list of Most Influential Georgians. He has been named Georgia EMS’s Legislator of the Year for 2008 and recently received the Pathfinder Award from the Georgia Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission. Full Bio |
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William Thielemann, Brigadier General USAR (Ret)
Director
board@herobox.org
General Thielemann commanded 1-121st Infantry Battalion (Mechanized) during its mobilization for DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM (1991). He served as Operations Officer of 1-108th Armor for the first reserve battalion rotation to the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, CA (1983), and commander the 48th Brigade for the first brigade level reserve rotation to the National Training
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| Center (1996). He led the Armor Battalion through transition to M1 Abrams tanks (1987), and led the Infantry Battalion through transition to M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles (1989). General Thielemann served as Ground Forces Commander during OPERATION CRESTED RIVER, the Georgia floods of 1994. Full Bio |
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Charlotte Gooding
Treasurer
charlotte@herobox.org
Charlotte is an Assurance and Advisory Manager for The Home Depot where she leads multiple resources focused on driving compliance and process performance initiatives within key areas of the business. Charlotte's previous roles at The Home Depot included Southern Division Finance Manager, Sr. Financial Analyst and Accountant. |
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George Dillared III, Ph.D
Director
george@ptcchristian.com
Dr. George Dillard is the Senior Minister at Peachtree City Christian Church where he has been preaching since 1993. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree from Atlanta Christian College in 1983. He received both his Masters of Ministry in 1995, and Dr. of Philosophy in Theology in 2001 from Evangelical Theological Seminary. George has been happily married to his wife Renee for 19
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| years and they have three children; Tiffany (17 years old), Alexis (13 years old), and Stewart (5 years old). George and his family live in Peachtree City, GA. |
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Vern Kiernan
Director
board@herobox.org
Vern is a former Chief of US Army Security and has over 40 years of faithful service to our great nation, including twenty years of active service in the US Army. Responsible for Physical and Procedural Security
at all FORSCOM CONUS Active & Reserve Army installations. Provided
on-site risk assessments and security enhancement requirements for
O-CONUS installations in Egypt, Israel.
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Evan Housley
Director Emeritus (Honorary)
evan@herobox.org
Evan is the inspiration behind HeroBox. It was Evan's late night (or early morning?) talks with his brother that eventually led to HeroBox. Evan is a US Army Scout with the 25th ID and was deployed to Taji, Iraq in 2007. Evan is a graduate of McIntosh High School in Peachtree City, Georgia. |
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