Our premier leadership development program, IAVA’s Cavalry are chosen through a competitive application and interview process to help be the force that the post-9/11 generation needs to represent us on the national stage. When IAVA calls in our Cavalry, our leaders listen and real change happens.
IAVA’s Cavalry
Leaders of Change
Who is the Cavalry?
What began as a few scrappy veterans engaging with Congress has grown into a leadership development program and pipeline that fuels #VetsRising. Members of IAVA’s Cavalry are chosen through a competitive application and interview process, and once selected, get opportunities to meet with policymakers and members of the media to share their story, and help create change on behalf of the newest generation of America’s veterans.
IAVA’s Cavalry are the voice of the Post-9/11 Generation of Veterans.
Meet the Team
Brandon Leon Newberry, Esq
Cavalry Member
Cameron Zbikowski
Cavalry Member
Dawn Fleming
Cavalry Member
Jerritt A. Lynn
Cavalry Member
Luis “Carlos” Peña
Cavalry Member
Matthew Philip Wee
Cavalry Member
Ralph McComber
Cavalry Member
Sameer Khan
Cavalry Member
Victor Cortese
Cavalry Member
Abby Malchow
Cavalry Member | Storm the Hill 2017
Adam Hamilton
Cavalry Member
Alex Ortiz
Cavalry Member
Angela King
Cavalry Member | Storm the Hill 2017 & 2013
Art Davis
Cavalry Member | Storm the Hill 2018 & 2013
Brandon Lloyd
Cavalry Member | Storm the Hill 2020
Cameron Hall
Cavalry Member
Christopher Hooper
Cavalry Member | 2020 Storm the Hill
Citlamina Rios
Cavalry Member
Colleen Bushnell
Cavalry Member | All-Star Advocacy Fly-In
Corey Foster
Cavalry Member
Dan Moynihan
Cavalry Member
Daniel Rowe
Cavalry Member | Storm the Hill 2019
Daniel Vela
Cavalry Member
Devin Wozniak
Cavalry Member
Donald Stockton
Cavalry Member
Emir Hadzic
Cavalry Member | All-Star Advocacy Fly-In
Eric Donoho
Cavalry Member
Garret Biss
Cavalry Member
Hether Zeckser
Cavalry Member
Igrain Padilla
Cavalry Member | Storm the Hill 2020
Jared Crain
Cavalry Member | Storm the Hill 2020
Jared Pollard
Cavalry Member
Jennifer Ross
Cavalry Member
Jessica Wilkes
Cavalry Member | Storm the Hill 2020
Joe Latham
Cavalry Member | All-Star Advocacy Fly-In
Joseph Castellanos
Cavalry Member
Joseph Somosky
Cavalry Member | All-Star Advocacy Fly-In
Joshua Pickett
Cavalry Member | Storm the Hill 2020
Katie Bishop
Cavalry Member
Keith Humphrey
Cavalry Member | All-Star Advocacy Fly-In
Kendrick Harrison
Cavalry Member | Storm the Hill 2020
Lance Lesher
Cavalry Member
Larissa Dianovsky
Cavalry Member | All-Star Advocacy Fly-In
Latisha Spikes
Cavalry Member
Linda Stanley
Cavalry Member
Lucas Castanos
Cavalry Member
Manly Souza
Cavalry Member
Maria Baer
Cavalry Member
Maria Terry
Cavalry Member | Storm the Hill 2017
Matt Pieper
Cavalry Member
Mike Munoz
Cavalry Member | Storm the Hill 2018
Natalie Lupiani
Cavalry Member
Paul Donato
Cavalry Member
Richard Possert, Jr.
Cavalry Member
Roman Baca
Cavalry Member | Storm the Hill 2020
Ronelle Hulbert
Cavalry Member
Ryan Bird
Cavalry Member | Storm the Hill 2020
Ryan Gurganious
Cavalry Member
Sarah Letts
Cavalry Member
Sean McDowell
Cavalry Member
Stephen Mandile
Cavalry Member
Steve Parker
Cavalry Member | Storm the Hill 2020
Thomas “Will” Sheehan
Cavalry Member
Tireak C. Tulloch
Cavalry Member | Storm the Hill 2017
William “Drew” Alexander
Cavalry Member
William “Bill” Ott
Cavalry Member
William Prom
Cavalry Member
Charles L. Brembry, II
2024 Leadership Fellow
Christina Schauer
Leadership Fellow
Eric Hall
Leadership Fellow
Kay Kensington
2024 Leadership Fellow
Melissa Walther
2024 Leadership Fellow
Meredith Burns
2024 Leadership Fellow
Michael Hoffman
2024 Leadership Fellow | All-Star Advocacy Fly-In
Michael Matos
Leadership Fellow
Natalie Coleman
Leadership Fellow
Zack Kreisheimer
2024 Leadership Fellow
Join the Cavalry
Once you’re a part of IAVA’s Cavalry, you’ll forever be.
IAVA welcomes veterans and military-connected family members of all backgrounds to apply to be a member of IAVA’s Cavalry. We ask all applicants to be familiar with our policy priorities as those selected will engage decision makers on critical issues affecting post-9/11 veterans.
Participation in our Leadership Fellows program – an effort to double-down on the leadership of some of IAVA’s Cavalry – is by invitation only and will be offered to stand-out members of IAVA’s Cavalry.
Interested in applying? The application period for Fall 2024 is now closed. Please stay tuned for future opportunities.
We need the Cavalry
Put simply – we can’t do our work without IAVA’s Cavalry. Our staff alone can’t advocate on behalf of the more than 3 million post-9/11 veterans alone. We need our best members to be the face of our generation of veterans. We need them to tell their stories, and convince policy makers and those in power to act. And IAVA staff are standing ready to train you to be able to do so, in Washington, and back at home in your communities.
We lean on trained Cavalry Members to be voices in the media and leaders in their local community. As well, select Cavalry Members will be invited to receive additional training as an IAVA Leadership Fellow to prepare themselves to take on additional leadership within our Cavalry.
Hear From Our Members
Upcoming Events
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Cavalry Events
Cavalry Week
Veteran Leader Fellowship Program
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