Overview
Generous matching grants from the McRavens are helping to grow a program built to proactively enhance cognitive resilience for service members, veterans, and their loved ones. Funds raised have supported the hiring of three new Optimal BrainHealth for Warfighters team members:- Kevin Gatley, operations officer, a former Navy SEAL and Bronze Star recipient with six combat deployments.
- Colleen Ryan-Hensley, assistant operations officer, a former Navy Fire Controlman Aegis with three combat deployments and a leader in fitness and training.
- Thad King, operations team, a former flight lead with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment and 21 years of U.S. Special Operations Command-level expertise in planning, logistics and training operations.
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“We thank Adm. and Mrs. McRaven for continuing to place their trust in our science-backed approach to proactive brain health and for helping us scale up our results-based experience working with all branches of the military.”
Sandra Bond Chapman, PhD
Center for BrainHealth Chief Director
These funds will boost the Optimal BrainHealth for Warfighters program, which focuses on proactive cognitive training, resilience-building, and recovery strategies for conditions like traumatic brain injury and PTSD, as well as providing tools to measure and track change over time.“”
“Military operators never stop training so they can stay physically fit and constantly ready for action... Our brain training brings a similar, proactive approach to motivate brain fitness, with proven effectiveness.”
Jennifer Zientz
Director of Programs at the Center for BrainHealth
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