Herb Ford is general counsel for Concerned Veterans for America and a veteran of the United States Army. Herb received an active duty commission as a Second Lieutenant through the Army’s Reserve Officer Training Corps program after graduating from Arkansas Tech University but deferred his active duty to attend the University of Tulsa College of… Read more »
Tyler Koteskey is the policy director for Concerned Veterans for America, where his work focuses on veterans’ health care, U.S. foreign policy strategy, and fiscal responsibility. Prior to CVA, Tyler worked as a policy analyst at Americans for Prosperity and the Reason Foundation. In the Fall of 2020, Tyler was also a Marcellus Policy Fellow… Read more »
Kyle Buckles is the Brand Marketing Strategist for Concerned Veterans for America and a veteran of the United States Air Force. After some thought and consideration of his life’s direction, and searching for some needed discipline, Kyle enlisted in the Air Force as a Cryptologic Linguist while in college. His service would train him in… Read more »
Sarah Shriver Smothers is the communications director for Concerned Veterans for America and handles communications responsibilities for the Stand Together community’s foreign policy portfolio. She has a decade of diverse public relations experience in many industries including hospitality, lifestyle, politics, and grassroots activism. Sarah first joined Concerned Veterans for America in 2015 where she served… Read more »
Leo Garcia is the strategic director for Concerned Veterans for America in Nevada and a veteran of the United States Air Force. Leo joined the Air Force in 1986 and served for eight years. While in the Air Force, Leo was deployed to the Middle East during the Gulf War where he did customs work… Read more »
Jimmie T. Smith is a coalitions director for Concerned Veterans for America and a veteran of the United States Army. A native of New Jersey, Jimmie moved with his family to Citrus County, Florida in 1975. Smith enlisted in the Army at the age of 17 in 1982. He served a combat deployment during the… Read more »
Brian Fay is digital organizing manager for Concerned Veterans for America and a veteran of the United States Army. A Florida native, Brian joined the military in 2007. During his enlistment he served as both a Cavalry Scout and Combat Medic with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan before he was medically retired in 2014. After… Read more »
