Leadership Team
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Jeff Rease
FOUNDER, PHOTOGRAPHER, HISTORIAN
Alabama-based professional photographer. It was Jeff’s heartfelt inspiration to start taking portraits of WWII veterans that created Portraits of Honor.
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James Walker
PHILANTHROPIST
Award winning documentary filmmaker. Passionate about preserving history through the cinematic arts. Founder/CEO of Velocity Studios. Co-Founder/CFO of MOTOvational.org.
Advisors
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Charlie Hewitt
ADVISOR
Founder and president of Mirror Studios, which for the past 25 years has been one of the Pacific Northwest’s leading post-production studios. Board member of the US Navy’s Seabee Foundation.
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Bryan H. Carroll
ADVISOR
Critically acclaimed and award winning filmmaker. Known for major Hollywood blockbusters and iconic documentaries. Founder and president of Gnarlynow Entertainment.
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Caroline Johnson
ADVISOR
Decorated Combat Veteran as a F/A-18 Super Hornet WSO. Graduate and former professor at the U.S. Naval Academy. Acclaimed speaker and best selling author. Full bio at Jet Girl.
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James G. Kidrick
ADVISOR
President & CEO San Diego Air & Space Museum. Former CDR Naval Air Forces Staff Ops/Plans and Chief of Naval Air Training Standardization. U.S. Naval Aviator (Ret.)
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Akshay Nanavati
ADVISOR
Former U.S. Marine, Iraq War Veteran, and notable author of the best selling book Fearvana. Extreme athlete and polar expedition explorer who built a global organization to help inspire others to transcend fear.
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Dan Wild
ADVISOR
Senior Vice President & CFO of JT4 (Next Generation Strike Fighter Program). Former SVP, Treasurer, CFO of JT3 (F-35 Program). Former Controller for Raytheon Corp.
