Jerry Ashton
Jerry, a former Navy journalist and veteran advocate, is best known as the co-founder of RIP Medical Debt (since renamed Undue Medical Debt), which to date has abolished more than $15B in medical debt for 9.5M Americans…and is still going. Jerry retired from UMD to establish End Veteran Debt as a 501(c)(3) private charitable foundation to use his knowledge and talent to bring similar remedies to the veteran community. This time, addressing all forms of debt that veterans incur, whether of necessity or predatory, and not just medical.
William Bronston, MD
Dr. William Bronston founded the Student Health Organization in 1964, a nationwide graduate health science student movement dedicated to promoting universal health care as a human right, overcoming racism, sexism, war, poverty, and physician elitism in the health system as the greatest challenges facing society. He is the author of the book, “Public Hostage Public Ransom: Ending Institutional America".
Walter Brock
Al Lewis
Jay Carey
Mike Schmidt
Dr. Virgie Bright Ellington
Meta J. Mereday
Steve Dilley, MFA
Connie Davis
Rick Johnson
As a U.S. Marine Corps leader for 30 years (Colonel, Rtd.) and entrepreneur in the healthcare technology industry, Rick has seen first-hand the devastating impact that untreated mental health issues have on individuals and their families. With confidence based on deep experience, he knows that sufficient focus, detection and treatment can dramatically improve mental health issues. Rick is responsible for the foundation’s mission and purpose and Contact One for government relations and partner acquisition.
Joel Stevens
Joel is End Veteran Debt’s Technology Director and project manager for EVD’s web presence while providing consulting on the use of technology. With experience as a life coach, Joel provides additional consulting regarding mental health issues and solutions. He also oversees the content for EVD’s monthly newsletter.
Phaedra Poliquin
Phaedra Poliquin sports a multifaceted background in marketing and management ranging from the entertainment industry to corporate executive roles coordinating government campaigns. She has produced TEDx events, overseen blockchain literacy campaigns and was a co-organizer and Marketing mentor of the COVID 19 Global Hackathon.
As End Veteran Debt’s Marketing Director, Phaedra is responsible for managing our initiatives, she oversees the design and production of EVD promotional materials and directs the marketing campaigns of our partners and their campaigns.
Jamie Dang
Jamie Dang manages HR&A’s finances, accounting, business operations, compliance, and IT. As Chief Operating Officer for HR&A Advisors, Jamie oversees the firm’s finance and accounting, IT, and operations teams and is based in the corporate office in New York. She collaborates closely with Senior Leadership in all aspects of HR&A’s strategic initiatives, operations, and business planning.