Post by Logan on Apr 25, 2016 1:55:03 GMT -6
Retired general's new mission is restoring trust in Wounded Warrior
Retired Maj. Gen. Charles Fletcher’s military career brought him to Jacksonville to help manage a global network for moving military equipment to hot spots and bases. He’s back now on a new mission with a military angle, but his task is harder to quantify.
The Wounded Warrior Project’s board picked Fletcher to step in as interim chief operating officer so he would — in the words of the board chairman — “restore trust” in the Jacksonville-based charity after scathing news reports highlighted criticism of how it spends its donors’ money. Fletcher, 66, said he didn’t expect the assignment, but he quickly accepted.
“I spent 40 years in uniform,” he said. “I come from an Army family. My father was wounded in World War II. My grandfather was wounded in World War I. I’ve had a Fletcher in every war that this country has fought.”
He started work April 11 at the organization’s Jacksonville headquarters, which had been void of top executives since the Wounded Warrior board ousted CEO Steve Nardizzi and former COO Al Giordano on March 10.
Read more: jacksonville.com/news/metro/2016-04-23/story/retired-generals-new-mission-restoring-trust-wounded-warrior#
Retired Maj. Gen. Charles Fletcher’s military career brought him to Jacksonville to help manage a global network for moving military equipment to hot spots and bases. He’s back now on a new mission with a military angle, but his task is harder to quantify.
The Wounded Warrior Project’s board picked Fletcher to step in as interim chief operating officer so he would — in the words of the board chairman — “restore trust” in the Jacksonville-based charity after scathing news reports highlighted criticism of how it spends its donors’ money. Fletcher, 66, said he didn’t expect the assignment, but he quickly accepted.
“I spent 40 years in uniform,” he said. “I come from an Army family. My father was wounded in World War II. My grandfather was wounded in World War I. I’ve had a Fletcher in every war that this country has fought.”
He started work April 11 at the organization’s Jacksonville headquarters, which had been void of top executives since the Wounded Warrior board ousted CEO Steve Nardizzi and former COO Al Giordano on March 10.
Read more: jacksonville.com/news/metro/2016-04-23/story/retired-generals-new-mission-restoring-trust-wounded-warrior#