Officers and Volunteers - Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation

Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation
Preserving Army Warrant Officer History
A Non-Profit 501 (c) (3) Public Charity
'WO Heritage Net''

Board of Directors, Corporate Officers, and Staff

External Directors

Chairman of Board
    - 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 Director
    - 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 Director
    - 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 Director
    - 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

Ex-officio Directors
(Members of the Board of Directors without a vote)

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 and Public Relations Advisor
    - 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.

Donate to the Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation efforts to erect a Memorial

to Our Fallen Warrant Officer Comrades and the construction of a Historical

Exhibit in honor of the 100th Birthday of the establishment of Army Warrant

Officer Corps 0n July 9, 1918 in the Mine Planter Service of the Coast Artillery.

You also have the option of sending a donation to the Foundation by Check.

No donation is too small!

All Donations, Grants, and Bequests are Tax Deductible within the limits prescribed by law.

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WO Heritage Net 8/25/2009