Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation
"WO Heritage Net'"
Preserving Army Warrant Officer History
A Non-Profit 501 (c) (3) Publicly Supported Corporation
"WO Heritage Net'"
Preserving Army Warrant Officer History
A Non-Profit 501 (c) (3) Publicly Supported Corporation
Board of Directors, Corporate Officers, and Staff
External Directors
Chairman of Board and Chief Executive Officer
- Richard C. Markle, CW5, Adjutant General Corps, U. S. Army Retired
Term expires October 2009 ** (biography)
2003 to 2005 - Vice Chairman of Board & Vice President
2005 to Present - Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Vice Chairman of the Board
- Alfred E. Cox, CW3, Signal Corps, U. S. Army Retired
Term expires October 2009 ** *** (biography)
2003 to 2005 - Director and Assistant Treasurer
2005 to Present - Vice Chairman of the Board
Director
- Donald "Woody" Woodruff, CW5, Adjutant General Corps, U. S. Army Retired
Term expires October 2008 ** (biography)
2005 to present - Director
Director
- Ben Gottfried, CW2, Ordnance Corps, U. S. Army Retired
Term expires October 2008 ** (biography)
2005 to present - Director
Corporate Officers
(Also voting members of the Board of Directors)
President, and Chief Operating Officer
- David P. Welsh, CW5, Adjutant General Corps, U.S. Army Retired
Term expires October 2009 * ** *** (biography)
2003 to 2005 - Chairman of the Board and President
2005 to Present - Director, President, and Chief Operating Officer
Secretary, and Chief Administrative Officer
- Thomas A. Piatti, CW5, Adjutant General Corps, U. S. Army Retired
Term expires October 2009 * ** *** (biography)
2003 to 2005 - Director and Secretary
2005 to present - Director, Secretary, and Chief Administrative Officer
Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer
- Ronald J. Whalen, CW4, Quartermaster Corps, U. S. Army Retired
Term expires October 2009 * ** *** (biography)
2003 to 2005 - Director and Treasurer
2005 to present - Director, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer
Foundation Staff
(Members without a vote of the Foundation & Corporation)
Historian Emeritus and Advisor
- Donald "Don" Hess, CW4, Adjutant General Corps, U. S. Army Retired
Term indefinite ** *** (biography)
2007 to present - Historian and Advisor (without vote)
Web Editor
- Franklin D. Meek. CW5, Quartermaster Corps, U. S. Army Retired
Term Indefinite ** *** (biography)
2006 to present - Web Editor (without vote)
All Directors, Officers, and Staff serve without compensation.
* Corporate Officer responsible for day-to-day Foundation operations.
** Founding Sponsors of the National Museum of the U. S. Army.
*** Past National President of the U. S. Army Warrant Officers Association.
Foundation Volunteers *
CW2 A.J. Aiyetoro, Fort Wainwright, AK
CW5 Robert Arms, Army Forces Command
CW4 (Ret) Alan Beghtol, Kentucky Army National Guard
CW2 (Ret) Thomas Cronin, Front Royal, VA
CW3 (Ret) Joe Gill, Sierra Vista, AZ
CW3 Walter Harris, Glen Carbon, IL
CW4 Janie Diamond, Louisville, KY
CW3 Melanie Ladra, Women Warrant Officers History Project
CW2 Benton M. Reeves, Legal Administrator
CW5 Philip Tackett, Fort Leonard Wood, MO
CW4 William Whealy, Sierra Vista, AZ
* All Volunteers serve without compensation.
All Donations, Grants, and Bequests to the Foundation are Tax Deductible
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WO Heritage Net 6/24/2008