Chad has dedicated his life to serving others. A former Force Recon Marine and DoD Contractor, Chad served eight deployments to Afghanistan as part of a Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) Task Force. Beyond the military, Chad served as a Special Agent with the US Federal Air Marshal Service, a US State Department Surveillance Detection Senior Program Manager, and was awarded the Medal of Valor for bravery beyond the call of duty in law enforcement. In 2021, Chad led a team to successfully evacuate over 17,000 Americans, allies, and vulnerable individuals trapped in Afghanistan and has continued this mission in Ukraine. He also established Mighty Oaks which has provided faith-based resilience and recovery programs to over 500,000 individuals within the military and first responder communities. He is the bestselling author of several books, including Saving Aziz, soon to be a major motion picture movie, and hosts The Resilient Show. As a subject matter expert on PTSD and veteran care, Chad is the Chairman of a White House Veterans Coalition and has given testimony and advised presidential administrations, Congress, the VA, and the DoD while regularly sharing his story in short documentaries, cable news segments, and motivational speaking tours. Chad has earned a 4 th degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt, holds an MBA from the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), is a board-certified pastoral counselor specializing in navigating the complexities of PTSD, and is currently completing a graduate program in nonprofit management at Harvard University.