JON DARBY

Jon Darby is the Chair of the DIMF Board of Directors. Jon has served the U.S. Intelligence Community for over 39 years, primarily in the National Security Agency (NSA)/Central Security Service (CSS), culminating in serving over four years as the NSA/CSS Director of Operations (DO). Prior to assuming the DO position, he led some of NSA’s most difficult missions, including Counterterrorism, Counterproliferation, Cybersecurity Operations, and NSA’s analysis and production on all geographic and transnational missions. He managed a budget in the billions, drove development and use of advanced technologies, and in multiple positions led thousands of globally distributed civilian and military personnel providing intelligence support for military, diplomatic, cybersecurity and law enforcement operations.

Mr. Darby also serves on the Board of Directors of ManTech, the Advisory Board of ARKA Group, and is a Senior Advisor for PfP Cybersecurity, Donovan Capital Group, Blu Venture Investors, and Beacon Global Strategies.  In addition, he is an independent consultant as the Principal in Jon Darby Consulting LLC.

Mr. Darby is a graduate of Carleton College, where he majored in Political Science/International Relations with a Concentration in Russian Studies. Carleton’s Alumni Association awarded him a Distinguished Achievement Award in 2023.

dayne baird

Dayne Baird is a Managing Director and Partner at The Carlyle Group focused on buyouts, privatizations and strategic minority investments in the aerospace, defense and government sectors. Since joining Carlyle in 2003, Mr. Baird has been actively involved with Carlyle’s investments in Acentra Health, ARINC Incorporated, Booz Allen Hamilton, Exiger, Landmark Aviation, MANTECH, Novetta, Two Six Technologies and Wesco Aircraft Holdings.

 Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Baird worked in the M&A and Global Industrial groups of Lehman Brothers, where he focused on transactions in the industrial, aerospace and defense sectors.

 In addition to the Defense Intelligence Memorial Foundation, Dayne is a member of the boards of Acentra Health, Exiger, MANTECH and Two Six Technologies.

 Mr. Baird received his MBA from Georgetown University, where he was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, and received his BS in Business Management from Brigham Young University, where he graduated magna cum laude.

scott berrier

Scott Berrier is a senior leader in Booz Allen’s national security business. He has deep mission expertise and experience across the U.S. intelligence community, the defense intelligence enterprise, and other national security organizations. Scott’s tactical and strategic understanding of the current threat environment, combined with his skill in leading large, complex organizations through change makes him a transformative leader of choice for challenges in the 21st century.

Before joining Booz Allen, Scott retired as a lieutenant general after 40 years of service in the U.S. Army, a career focused on delivery of intelligence to inform situational understanding to U.S. and Department of Defense senior leaders. His many years of service included serving as the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, where he guided the agency through three major global crises, overhauled the intelligence collection lifecycle, and led large-scale organizational transformation focused on the pacing threat and positioning the agency for strategic competition.

Robert Gourley

Bob Gourley spent a 20 year career as a Naval Intelligence officer. He also served as the Chief Technology Officer of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Bob was named one of the top 25 most influential CTOs in the globe by Infoworld and was named by Washingtonian as one of DC’s “Tech Titans.” He is the co-founder and CTO of OODA LLC, a consultancy which helps clients identify, manage, and respond to global risks and uncertainties while exploring emerging opportunities and developing adaptive strategies for the future.

Harry Gray

Harry has been a multi-sector general manager, P&L leader, board-level advisor, and business development professional with a background in strategy consulting, corporate finance, private equity, and M&A at leading firms.  Harry has held several c-suite and executive leadership roles in the Fortune 500 and middle market. Earlier in his career, Harry was Managing Partner of a Bain & Company spin-off, a private equity professional and portfolio company strategy leader at Highland Capital, and a corporate finance and M&A professional at Alex Brown & Sons and Wasserstein Perella & Co. Harry was a commissioned US military officer and member of the warship construction program embedded at General Dynamics.  He is a Resident Fellow & Lecturer at the University of Texas at Dallas, and graduate of the US Naval Academy at Annapolis and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business, where he was a Bibeault Scholar.

Mary Beth Long

Mary Beth Long brings nearly twenty years of intelligence and defense experience. In her last government position, she was the first woman confirmed to a four-star military equivalent position by the Senate as the Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs, responsible for all Defense Department activities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She also was the first female to Chair NATO’s senior-most nuclear and missile defense body, the High Level Group, reporting directly to the Secretary General of NATO. After leaving government, Ms. Long became a successful lawyer, entrepreneur and international advisor. She remains highly involved in foreign government negotiations and international business. Ms. Long received her law degree, with honors, from Washington and Lee School of Law.

Kurt Scherer

Kurt is a Managing Partner for C5 Capital where he focuses on finding the right leaders and technologies to preserve our way of life.  He oversees DC operations and serves as Head of Investments, with a portfolio focused on cybersecurity, space, and energy security solutions for commercial, defense, and intelligence community needs. Prior to C5 Capital, Kurt completed a 15-year career at Booz Allen Hamilton where he was selected as the first Director of the National Innovation Center in Washington, DC, helping to identify emerging technologies from across the nation and accelerating the discipline of innovation. As a consultant, Kurt focused on innovation, strategy, and operations consulting across a wide range of aerospace, defense, and space commercial clients, government agencies, and a majority of the U.S. intelligence community agencies. Prior to his commercial career, Kurt served as an AH-1W Cobra pilot in the US Marine Corps with operational deployments in Afghanistan and Kosovo, with secondary duties as an intelligence officer. In addition to the Defense Intelligence Memorial Foundation, Kurt serves on the Boards of multiple C5 portfolio companies and as a member of the President’s Innovation Advisory Council for George Mason University.   He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, a certification in Advanced Change Management from Georgetown University, and a BS in Economics with a minor in Russian from the US Naval Academy.

Michael Shrader

Michael Shrader joined Carahsoft shortly after its founding in 2004, and serves as the company’s vice president for Innovative and Intelligence Solutions.

In this role, he manages Carahsoft’s efforts to help small, emerging technology manufacturers as well as established solution providers, do business with the government. Under his leadership, he has grown the IIS team from a team of two sales representatives supporting five technology vendors and generating $5M annually to more than 700 team members who support 400+ vendors and drove $4B in 2024 bookings.  As the only one of its kind in the industry, Mike’s rapidly growing team includes 100+ In-Q-Tel portfolio and other emerging technology companies.  These companies offer cutting-edge solutions of great benefit Intelligence, DoD, and civilian agencies, but typically have little government visibility or experience.

Shrader and his team work to change that by opening doors to new business opportunities in the government; organizing hundreds of educational events each year to help government managers and technologists learn innovative ways to solve difficult problems; and then helping with contract vehicles and transaction execution.

In recognition of his contribution both the technology community and the government, Shrader was named an FCW Rising Star for work with emerging technology companies.

In addition to nurturing these emerging technology vendors, Mike is also driving demand and working to expand the public sector footprint for marquis brands including Splunk, NVIDIA, Tableau, Broadcom, Cloudera, SolarWinds, Okta, Zscaler and Blackberry.

ELIZABETH “LIZ” BROOKS

Ms. Elizabeth “Liz” Brooks is the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Defense Intelligence Memorial Foundation. Liz Brooks has served within the Defense Intelligence Community for over 40 years, mostly as a Senior Executive, but in her post-retirement phase she has also served as a part-time consultant and, more recently, as an Executive Coach. During her civilian service at the National Security Agency, she held several senior leadership positions in operations, information technology, and support, including serving as the NSA Chief of Staff. She continues to serve our country and others as an Executive and Leadership Coach, consultant, and learning facilitator. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Phoenix Society and the Maryland Chapter of the International Coaching Federation. In addition, she is the Principal of Liz Brooks Breakthrough Coaching LLC, and a co-owner of Positive Professionals LLC. Liz is a graduate of Virginia Tech, where she studied Business and Language. She is the recipient of both the Distinguished and Meritorious Presidential Rank Awards for Defense Intelligence Senior Executives.

Jeff Votaw

Mr. Jeffrey S. Votaw II is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Defense Intelligence Memorial Foundation. He is responsible for DIMF operations to include staffing, regulatory compliance, and program execution. Jeff is a Marine veteran with over 20 years of experience in intelligence, special operations, cyber, and technical collection operations. He currently serves as a civilian in the Department of Defense, leading operational efforts to detect, deter, and defend against foreign adversaries’ encroachments and attacks on the United States. Jeff has over a dozen combat deployments with special operations elements in the Middle East, and East, South, and Southeast Asia. His professional achievements include co-authoring a Tactical Signals Intelligence Handbook (2013), awarded the NSA Director’s Award in 2023, the NSA Brigadier General Ardisana Collector of the Year Award (2017), and the National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation (2017). He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the National Intelligence University with honors (Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society) and a Graduate degree in Security Studies from the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, where he was awarded the 2023 Cura Personalis award.

Martin Bell

Martin Bell is the Chief Financial Officer of the Defense Intelligence Memorial Foundation and, as such, manages the financial health of the DIMF. He also serves as the President of Bell Consulting Services Corporation, a professional services company offering business and marketing plans and services. With years of experience in corporate finance, accounting, and advising, he brings deep expertise to the role of CFO. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Chicago.

Daniel Gray

Daniel Gray is the Foundation’s Director of Security. Mr. Gray is responsible for identifying families in need. He is also a detective with a Washington, DC area law enforcement agency and holds a Bachelor's degree from The Catholic University of America.

erin henderschedt

Erin Henderschedt, the Foundation’s Director of Ambassador Outreach, is a Naval Intelligence Flag Officer Spouse and a mom to a Marine Ground Intel officer. She is a writer, a parent educator, a humanities teacher, and a volunteer college prep writing coach with the ASYMCA. She has a Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs and Russian Studies from The Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University and a Teacher Certification from the University of Missouri. Erin grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and made homes for her family of six in 15 houses on three continents, including three Attaché tours in Beijing, China, and one in Taipei, Taiwan. She has taught in seven schools in four countries. Her award-winning writing and editing work has appeared online, in print magazines, and in books.

MICHAEL WERTHEIMER

As a career Intelligence Professional, Dr. Michael Wertheimer has been at the forefront of crucial global issues for three decades. He was the Research Director of the National Security Agency and led over 500 civilian scientists in the advancement of cryptology, cyber security, trusted systems, big-data collection and processing, intelligence analysis, and high-performance computing. Dr. Wertheimer served as an Assistant Deputy Director for Analysis in Office of the Director of National Intelligence and oversaw efforts to bring increased depth and accuracy to analysis. He launched A-Space, a Time Magazine Best Invention of 2008 dubbed the “Facebook for Spies,” and the Library of National Intelligence. Dr. Wertheimer was awarded both the Director of National Intelligence Reform Medal and the Director of National Intelligence Achievement Medal. From 2015-2018 Dr. Wertheimer was Managing Director for Cyber Security Strategy at Morgan Stanley, Michael led all facets of the firm’s technology and information risk strategic portfolio. He is the chief architect of the firm’s defense in depth network architecture and led a small team of world-class cyber professionals responsible for threat hunting and adversarial pursuit. Dr. Wertheimer currently serves as a Senior Advisor to The Chertoff Group and as a Senior Advisor to BlueVoyant. LLC. Dr. Wertheimer received BA degrees, Magna cum Laude, in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of Rochester in 1979. He received his MA degree in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982. On a graduate fellowship from the National Security Agency, Dr. Wertheimer completed his Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1986. He stepped down from his position as Board Member of the DIMF in 2025.

KATRINA McFARLAND

With over 30 years of government service, Katharina (Katrina) McFarland is widely recognized as a leading subject-matter expert on government procurement. She serves on the board of directors of SAIC, Chairman of the Board of Army Research and Development at the National Academies of Science, Commissioner of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, and as a Director on the Procurement Round Table. She was previously the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology). She is an accredited Materials, Mechanical, Civil and Electronics Engineer. She has received an Honorary Doctoral of Engineering from the University of Cranfield, United Kingdom; the Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Award, the Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the Department of the Navy Civilian Tester of the Year Award, and the Navy and United States Marine Corps Commendation Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service. She stepped down from her position as Board Member of the DIMF in 2021.

MICHAEL MAPLES

Mike Maples has over 30 years of military experience to the Board of Directors of the DIMF. He served as the 16th Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and commanded the Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance for U.S. Strategic Command. General Maples received numerous military and foreign decorations, including the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal. Mike currently serves on the Board of Hexagon U.S. Federal; is the President of the National War College Alumni Association; and is an original member of the Elbe Group, a U.S. - Russia forum, sponsored by the Belfer Center at Harvard University. General Maples stepped down from the DIMF Board in 2023.

Edward Marshall

Edward “Eddie” Marshall is the Global Head of the Family Office and HNW Group at Dentons, the world’s largest law firm. Prior to joining Dentons, he helped build and grow the family office practices at Boston Private, Citi Private Bank, and Credit Suisse. He began his career in the public sector working for the federal government in the United States and abroad.  In addition to his service to the DIMF, he is a Board Member for Americas Warrior Partnership, a non-profit focused on ending veteran suicide. Edward earned his MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and has a BS in human biology from Michigan State University.