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
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
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
Mat Young Human Performance Technology Consultant
Dr. Jenna Yentes Texas A&M Associate Professor
