Global Special Operations Foundation Adds Thirty-Five New Members to Advisory Council

TAMPA, Fla., March 18, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Global Special Operations Forces (SOF) Foundation, the only professional association for the international SOF community, is a network-driven organization that relies on the experiences and contributions of its members.

One of the most impactful groups within the Foundation is the Advisory Council--which has just made a leap from 9 to 44 members. These 35 new representatives come from a wide array of special operations backgrounds from 12 different nations.

The nations represented cover five continents: Australia, Colombia, Estonia, France, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Republic of Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Representatives range from former Commanders of U.S. Special Operations Command, like ADM (Ret) William H. McRaven, to legendary Army NCOs like CSM (Ret) Christopher Zets.

Not all of the members gained their experience with SOF through active duty service. For example, Mr. Bruno Tertrais is an expert in geopolitics and international relations and His Excellency Juan Carlos Pinzón served as Ambassador of Colombia to the United States.

Through their combined networks and unique points-of-view, the Global SOF Foundation expects to lean heavily on this council for guidance and ideas to continue to push the global "tip of the spear."

The Advisory Council is Chaired by Lt Gen (Ret) Thomas Trask, former Vice Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command. The full list of Global SOF Advisors is as follows:

• Mr. Phil Anderson (USA)
• CMSgt (Ret.) Randy Anderson (USA)
• Lt Gen (Ret.) Ille Botos (ROU)
• MG (Ret.) Ken Bowra (USA)
• CMSgt (Ret.) Matt Caruso (USA)
• GEN (Ret.) In Bun Chun (ROK)
• MajGen (Ret.) Mark Clark (USA)
• LTG (Ret.) Charles Cleveland (USA)
• Dr. Rob Di Wijk (NLD)
• CSM (Ret) Chris Faris (USA)
• Lt Gen (Ret.) Eric Fiel (USA)
• Col (Ret.) Piotr Gastal (POL)
• CSM (Ret.) Michael Hall (USA)
• Mr. Mike Hatcher (USA)
• RADM (Ret.) Brian Hendrickson (USA)
• RDML (Ret.) Nils Holte (NOR)
• MG (Ret.) Jaime Iniguez (ESP)
• COL (Ret.) Daniel Irizarry, M.D. (USA)
• MajGen (Ret.) Greg Lengyel (USA)
• MG (Ret.) James Linder (USA)
• RADM (Ret.) Brian Losey (USA)
• CSM (Ret.) Jay Lovelace (USA)
• The Hon. Michael Lumpkin (USA)
• Brigadier (Ret.) Lance Mans (GBR)
• Mr. Keith Masback (USA)
• ADM (Ret.) William McRaven (USA)
• The Hon. Mark Mitchell (USA)
• LTG (Ret) Michael Nagata
• MG (Ret.) Piotr Patalong (POL)
• His Excellency Juan Carlos Pinzon (COL)
• Mr. James Quilty (USA)
• MG (Ret.) Michael Repass (USA)
• Ms. Linda Robinson (USA)
• Dr. Jamie Shea (GBR)
• Brigadier (Ret.) Mark Smethurst (AUS)
• CSM (Ret.) Warren Soeldner (USA)
• CSM (Ret.) Mark Stephens (USA)
• GEN (Ret.) Riho Terras (EST)
• Lt Gen (Ret.) Thomas Trask (USA)
• Dr. Bruno Tertrais (FRA)
• Col (Ret) John Wilcox (USA)
• RADM (Ret.) Ed Winters (USA)
• CAPT (Ret.) Stephen Wisotzki (USA)
• CSM (Ret.) Christopher Zets (USA)

See all of the members of the Global SOF Foundation Advisory Council with photos and biographies on the Foundation website:
https://gsof.org/our-advisors/

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The Global Special Operations Forces (SOF) Foundation (GSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that aims to build and grow an international network of military, government, commercial, and educational stakeholders in order to advance SOF capabilities and partnerships to confront global and networked threats.

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SOURCE Global SOF Foundation