Board of Directors

General Ralph E. "Ed" Eberhart, USAF (Ret.)
Chairman of the Board, NHDF

General Eberhart, on December 1, 2004, was named President of Armed Forces Benefit Association.  A graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Ed’s active duty military career spanned 36 years with his last assignment as Commander, U.S. Northern Command and Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. He is also a command pilot with more than 4,500 flight hours. 

General Eberhart has been praised repeatedly for bringing together the five military branches of service, to include the Coast Guard, and the National Guard and Reserve forces to ensure the security of our nation in the aftermath of the tragic September 11, 2001 attacks.

William J. "BJ" Hybl, Jr.
Vice Chairman and Treasurer, NHDF

William J. Hybl, Jr. has served as Vice President of Griffis/Blessing, Inc., one of Colorado Springs’ largest real estate development companies, since 1999.  Beginning in 1997, he was Vice President of The Garden City Company in Garden City, Kansas.  From 1993 to 1997 BJ served in the United States Air Force, and was a reservist the following year.  He also serves on the Board of Directors of The Garden City Company, the Pikes Peak Hospice Foundation, and the Air Force Academy Foundation.

Donald E. Addy
President, NHDF

 Mr. Addy serves the Foundation as President and as a member of the Board of Directors.  Mr. Addy co-founded The Citizen Soldier Connection, a non-profit organization dedicated to serving Ft. Carson soldiers and their families by connecting them with citizens in the Colorado Springs community.  Mr. Addy was formerly a partner and Chief Marketing Officer in Caswell International Corporation in Minneapolis, a Sub-S corporation involved in designing, building, and installing firearms training equipment for the United States Department of Defense and to law enforcement agencies around the world. Caswell was sold in 2003 to Meggit Defense Systems.

Mr. Addy also serves as a Director of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, and the Colorado Springs School.

Victor C. "Vic" Andrews
Victor C. Andrews, since June 1998, has been Vice President and General Manager of USAA, Mountain States Region. Vic is a graduate of the USAF Academy.  In 1996, he retired as a full colonel from the United States Air Force after 30 years of service.  He also serves as a Board Member on the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, The Boys & Girls Club of the Pikes Peak Region, and the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

Mary Fetchet, L.C.S.W.
Mary Fetchet is the Founding Director and driving force behind the continued development of VOICES of September 11th. Ms. Fetchet co-founded the advocacy group following the death of her 24-year-old son Brad in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.  The international organization serves as a clearinghouse of information on 9/11-related issues, offers links to other related resources and organizations and provides an expanding range of community-based services. These programs include support groups, lectures, forums and outreach to all those affected by the events of September 11.

John C. Gannon
John C. Gannon currently Vice President for Global Analysis for BAE Systems, recently served as the majority Staff Director for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security.  A former Naval Officer and Vietnam veteran, Mr. Gannon served for 24 years at the CIA, attaining the senior-most analytic positions.  At the CIA, he served as Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, the Assistant Director for Analysis and Production, and as the Deputy Director for Intelligence.  During a brief stint in the private sector, Mr. Gannon was the Vice Chairman of Intellibridge Corporation.  He then returned to government where he worked at the White House in the Department of Homeland Security Transition Planning Office before coming to the Congress.  Throughout his career, he has received numerous distinguished service awards for his work in the intelligence community, culminating most recently with President Bush awarding him the National Security Medal, the country’s highest intelligence award.

Governor James Gilmore
 Former Governor James Gilmore currently works as Chairman of the National Council on Readiness & Preparedness.  He is a Partner at the Washington, DC law firm of Kelley, Drye & Warren, and is president of USA Secure, a non-profit homeland security think tank based in Washington, DC. He also serves as the Chair of the United States Air Force Academy Board of Visitors.  Prior to serving as Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1998 �" 2002, he served a three-year tour as a U.S. Army counterintelligence agent in West Germany, after which he entered the University of Virginia Law School, graduating in 1977. He was elected Virginia Attorney General in 1993. 

From 1999 - 2003 he chaired the Congressional Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction. This congressionally mandated commission is more commonly known as the "Gilmore Commission."  Of the Gilmore Commission's 164 recommendations, 146 have been adopted in whole or in part by Congress. Gilmore also served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from January 2001 until January 2002.

General John A. Gordon, USAF (Ret.)
General Gordon served in the White House as the President's Homeland Security Advisor from June 2003 until June 2004 and as the Deputy National Security Advisor for Counter Terrorism and the National Director for Counter Terrorism from June 2002 to June 2003. Prior to joining the White House team, General Gordon was the first administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration and Undersecretary of Energy, responsible for the entirety of the nation's nuclear weapons program, serving from June 2000 until June 2002. As an Air Force four-star general, he was the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from October 1997 until June 2000. General Gordon's thirty-two year Air Force career included significant concentration on research and development, strategic planning, missile and space operations, inter-governmental operations, and international negotiations.

General Gordon is a now a private consultant and serves on the boards of several corporations and non-profit organizations.

William H. "Will" Temby
Will Temby has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce since 2000.  The Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce has over 1,700 member businesses that employ nearly 90,000 employees.  Will also serves on the Chamber of Commerce Committee for the United States Chamber of Commerce and the Major Cities Council of the American Chamber of Commerce Executives.  He serves as Chair of the Colorado Competitive Council-a statewide coalition committed to building Colorado’s economic infrastructure. In 2004, the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs recognized Will with the 2004 Chancellor’s Community Award for his support of the University of Colorado system.

During his 20-year career in the hotel business, he held management positions for the Hyatt, Sheraton, Stouffer (currently Renaissance) and Doubletree corporations. His last position in the hospitality industry was that of Vice President for the Steamboat Ski and Resort Corporation in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Congressman Jim Turner
Former Congressman Jim Turner is a current Partner in the national security and public policy and legislative practices branch of Arnold & Porter, LLP.  Before joining the firm, Congressman Turner was the Democratic representative for Texas' 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 until 2005. Congressman Turner was a member of the Armed Services Committee and was the ranking member of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security.

In the 108th Congress, Congressman Turner was named the top-ranking Democrat on both the newly formed Committee on Homeland Security, and the Terrorism Panel that the Armed Services Committee created after the September 11, 2001 attacks.  Turner also served as the ranking Democrat on the Government Management, Information, and Technology Subcommittee of the House Government Reform Committee, and as the second-ranking Democrat on the Armed Services Committee's new Terrorism and Unconventional Threats Panel.

Dr. Pamela Shockley-Zalabak
Dr. Pamela Shockley-Zalabak is Chancellor and Professor of Communication at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The author of five books and over 100 articles and productions on organizational communication, Dr. Shockley's research interests include organizational cultures as they relate to individual employee values and overall organizational effectiveness. Prior to assuming Chancellor Responsibilities, Dr. Shockley was Vice Chancellor for Student Success and the founding chair of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Communication Department.