John Foley
John Foley had a notable career with the FBI with more than two decades of distinguished service solving some of the biggest challenges on the streets of Boston. His capacity to fight crime was particularly highlighted with his ability to hunt down and secure an out-of-control threat and put a big city at rest after almost five torturous days of terror and anguish during the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
Bart Decker
Bart Decker was born and raised in a small community in Northern, Illinois and after high school he struggled to make ends meet and to find a definitive purpose moving forward. But at 22 he joined the U.S. Air Force and became a combat controller. He was among the first airmen to enter Afghanistan to fight the Taliban after the September 11 attacks.
Adam Carr
Adam Carr was a man constantly driven by the need to find some greater purpose. After graduating from The Ohio State University with a bachelor’s degree in 2006, he set out to join the legendary ranks of the United States Army Special Forces, fighting through cracked bones and bloodied boots to endure a test of will that breaks even the most hardened soldiers. Of the 400 men who joined him in Green Beret training, two years later only 14 endured. Carr was part of an esteemed and rarified club. In the years that followed, the opportunities that lay ahead were endless.
Medina Boyd
McChrystal’s work also navigates the contours of zealots, like Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and heroes like Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist who ushered slaves to freedom on the underground railroad. Both leaders, he said, became larger in death than in life. McChrystal said viewing each of these individuals as humans and as leaders, helped his team to “reach a general thesis that leadership has never been what we thought it was. It’s never been the great person theory, list of traits, behaviors. In this complex interaction of factors, the leader is only one part.”
Stanley McChrystal
Rising through the ranks, McChrystal lived with military discipline and gained insight while serving around the world in high-stakes assignments. Like all successful military leaders, he learned to think systemically. However, he is also known for advancing more creative approaches to new forms of warfare in the later years of his career, especially as he gained experience and responsibility.
Military and Law Enforcement
John Foley
John Foley had a notable career with the FBI with more than two decades of distinguished service solving some of the biggest challenges on the streets of Boston. His capacity to fight crime was particularly highlighted with his ability to hunt down and secure an out-of-control threat and put a big city at rest after almost five torturous days of terror and anguish during the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
Bart Decker
Bart Decker was born and raised in a small community in Northern, Illinois and after high school he struggled to make ends meet and to find a definitive purpose moving forward. But at 22 he joined the U.S. Air Force and became a combat controller. He was among the first airmen to enter Afghanistan to fight the Taliban after the September 11 attacks.
Adam Carr
Adam Carr was a man constantly driven by the need to find some greater purpose. After graduating from The Ohio State University with a bachelor’s degree in 2006, he set out to join the legendary ranks of the United States Army Special Forces, fighting through cracked bones and bloodied boots to endure a test of will that breaks even the most hardened soldiers. Of the 400 men who joined him in Green Beret training, two years later only 14 endured. Carr was part of an esteemed and rarified club. In the years that followed, the opportunities that lay ahead were endless.
Medina Boyd
McChrystal’s work also navigates the contours of zealots, like Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and heroes like Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist who ushered slaves to freedom on the underground railroad. Both leaders, he said, became larger in death than in life. McChrystal said viewing each of these individuals as humans and as leaders, helped his team to “reach a general thesis that leadership has never been what we thought it was. It’s never been the great person theory, list of traits, behaviors. In this complex interaction of factors, the leader is only one part.”
Stanley McChrystal
Rising through the ranks, McChrystal lived with military discipline and gained insight while serving around the world in high-stakes assignments. Like all successful military leaders, he learned to think systemically. However, he is also known for advancing more creative approaches to new forms of warfare in the later years of his career, especially as he gained experience and responsibility.
