
TACTICAL ATHLETE - LEADERSHIP BOARD
Sustaining the Tactical Athlete of Today
Preparing for the Tactical Athlete of Tomorrow
Founded in 2020, the Tactical Athlete Leadership Board (TA-LB) is a collection of experts and leaders from the U.S. Armed Forces, from academia, and from the human performance data and technology industries, with experience across the professional sports landscapes. The TA-LB is brought together with one goal in mind: to explore human performance technologies that can help sustain the tactical athlete of today and prepare for the needs of the tactical athlete of tomorrow.
What is a “Tactical Athlete”?
There are many different kinds of tactical athletes. From Marines to Soldiers, Airmen to Sailors, first-responders to analysts—the many different types of tactical athletes have varied role expectations, and thus unique fitness and human performance demands. The TA-LB works to address the needs of all tactical athletes.
BOARD MEMBERS

Michael Baum
Executive Champion
US Army
Branch Chief, Trainers/Human Dimensions (S3I)

Yusuf Boyd VALD Head of Tactical

Dr. Allison Brager U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School Deputy Chief Science Officer

Dr. Reuben Burch Mississippi State University Associate Vice President of Research, Associate Professor, & Associate Director of Athlete Engineering

Dr. Bill Burgos Bucogroup LLC CEO

Logan Byman WWE Manager, Strength & Conditioning

Meridith Cass Nix Biosensors Founder & CEO

Karen Cogan USOPC Lead Psychological Services Provider

Dr. Mark Derriso Air Force Research Lab S&T Chief Engineer & Supervisor

Nirav Desai Moonbeam CEO

Dr. Rob Faulk Pat Tillman Foundation Associate Director of Programs & Leadership

Adam Faurot SPEAR Human Performance Chief Commercial Officer

David Fivecoat The Fivecoat Consulting Group Founder

Roman Fomin UFC Performance Institute Director of Sports Science

Justin Foster The Excelling Edge Cognitive Performance Coach

Dr. Meg Garvey Output Sports

Dr. Jay Goldstein University of Maryland Lecturer

Sean Harrington Teamworks VP & General Manager

Rob Hartman Bridge Athletic Director of Tactical & Education

Dr. Bradley Hatfield University of Maryland Professor, Kinesiology

Kristen Holmes WHOOP Vice President Performance

Dhani Jones QEY Capital Chairman

Janell MacAuley Warriors Edge Co-Creator

Dr. William Mackenzie The University of Alabama in Huntsville Associate Professor, College of Business
Frank McKinnon VALD Head of Enterprise - North America

LTC Nick Rinaldi Army Applications Lab Operations Officer

Hillary Plummer San Diego Padres Quality Assurance Specialist, Player Health & Performance

Dale Russell US Navy Human Factors Engineer / Research Psychologist

Angie Sandritter Rippleworx Founder & CEO

Dr. Leslie Saxon USC Center for Body Computing Executive Director

Sean Sansiveri One Team Partners CEO

Dr. Jen Schumacher Northwestern University Mental Performance Coach

Dr. Joellen Sefton Warrior Research Center Auburn University Director

Rob Shaul Mountain Tactical Institute Coach/Founder

Adam Thamel Movella Manager, Military Sales & BD

Meg Tucker The Valkyrie Project Founder

Peggy Wu Raytheon Technologies Research Center Associate Director & Principal Research Scientist - Human Machine Interaction

Mat Young Human Performance Technology Consultant

Dr. Jenna Yentes Texas A&M Associate Professor