Operation Song
Board Chair
| Board Chair | Mr Robert Leonard |
|---|---|
| Company Affiliation | Board Chair/President |
| Term | January 2021 to December 2023 |
| bob.leonard@operationsong.org |
Board of Directors
Board Members| Name | Affiliation | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Dennis Buchanan | Voting | |
| Mr. Kevin Doherty | Dickenson Wright Attorneys | Voting |
| Joe Forte | Sales Director, SLED Southeast at VMware | Voting |
| Ms. Danielle Lauber | Music Therapist, Veterans Administration | Voting |
| Cindy Morgan | Voting | |
| Ms. Debra Radish-Respess | Executive and Leadership Coach at Invisible Horizon | Voting |
| Lt.Col (Ret) Jeff Rice | Treasurer | Voting |
| Mr. Jason Rose | Adhere Health | Voting |
| Mr. Andy Sale | Voting | |
| Mike Sistad | Vice President, ASCAP Membership Team | Voting |
| Mr. Storme Warren | Sirius Radio personality | Voting |
Governance
| Board Term Lengths | 2.00 years |
|---|---|
| Board Term Limits | 5 |
| Board Meeting Attendance % | 90% |
| Does the organization have written Board Selection Criteria? | Yes |
| Does the organization have a written Conflict of Interest Policy? | Yes |
| Percentage Making Monetary Contributions | 75% |
| Percentage of Board Members making In-Kind Contributions | 100% |
| Does the Board include Client Representation? | Yes |
| Number of Full Board Meetings Annually | 4 |
Standing Committees
| Artist & Songwriter Relations Committee |
| Development / Fund Raising |
| Executive |
| Marketing |
Risk Management Provisions
| Accident and Injury Coverage |
| Blanket Personal Property |
| Crime Coverage |
| Directors and Officers Policy |
| General Property Coverage |
CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments
| The challenges facing Operation Song? go hand in hand with our successes and opportunities. Like many developing non-profits, Operation Song started out as an idea, with one person, in our case Bob Regan-- taking that idea and running with it. The first two years were spent with Bob trying out the concept, and the more he did, the more he realized that it really was a viable alternative therapy for veterans and their families. Since then we have expanded nationally and have written nearly 1500 songs with the military community. We have an active and involved board composed of people who have been involved in the program first hand: veterans, songwriters, and therapists, all of whom volunteer regularly. We have recently added new board members with leadership experience in the business, military and music communities. The challenge is to get Operation Song to a point where it becomes sustainable and not overly dependent upon the vision and efforts of a few. The core of the program is the process of songwriting, the intimacy of the interaction between the writers and veterans. We have now created a structure surrounding that core, one that enables Operation Song to continue to do the work of helping veterans and the military community have their stories and their songs be heard. |
