Guy Filippelli recently launched Squadra, an early-stage venture capital firm. Guy has 15 years of experience building software teams to solve some of the world’s most challenging data and integration problems, most recently as Founder and CEO of RedOwl, which was acquired by Forcepoint in August 2017. Prior to RedOwl, Guy co-founded Berico Technologies, a high-end engineering firm that services the federal government, and launched Oxpoint Holdings, an investment arm that has invested in and incubated multiple private ventures. He began his career as a US Army intelligence officer, serving in Korea, Italy, Germany, and Afghanistan, and finishing his service at NSA. In 2007, Guy received the National Intelligence Medallion, the nation’s highest award for non-governmental personnel, for his efforts in Iraq as the analytic lead of major data fusion initiative. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, holds a B.S. in Economics from the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, and received his B.A. and M.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar.

Tom Peddicord is a Partner and Managing Director with the Boston Consulting Group, a global management consulting firm. Tom is a leader in the firm’s Aerospace and Defense practice, and works companies including defense contractors, OEMs, systems, and component suppliers on revenue and profit growth strategies and operations improvement strategies. Prior to joining BCG, Tom worked as a Principal with A.T. Kearney in its Aerospace and Defense practice, and Tom has worked as an engineer with Ford Motor Company, Pratt & Whitney, and Lockheed Martin. Tom received his MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia, and he graduated from the University of Virginia with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. At BCG, Tom has helped many veterans transition into commercial industry and served as the veteran integration lead for the firm’s Washington DC office. He believes that veterans are a valuable source of talent for commercial industry and is committed to helping veterans make meaningful transitions. He currently lives in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife and two daughters.

Kim is a founder and managing partner of Svalinn, a Montana-based company that breeds, raises and trains world-class family protection dogs. The company was launched in 2005 in Nairobi, Kenya where Kim lived with her family. Kim is jokingly referred to as the company’s Alpha Female and is responsible for brand, marketing, team development, K9 placement, and client relations. Prior to launching the company in Africa, Kim was a policy advisor supporting President Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan before his election. Kim served in a leadership role within the United Nations on reintegration of ex-combatants. She is a graduate of Princeton University with an M.A. in public policy and also a graduate of Hamilton College with a B.A. in international relations. Kim proudly serves as a board member of the COMMIT Foundation. She is also deeply involved in youth mountain biking across the state of Montana. Kim’s greatest joy comes from recreating outdoors with her twin boys who love to ski, bike, hike, and paddleboard almost as much as she does.

From 2011 to 2024, Charles served as a Managing Director and Senior Managing Director at Guggenheim Partners - a financial services company. In 2012, Charles established Guggenheim’s Veterans Transition Assistance Program (VTAP). Charles is a board member of the COMMIT Foundation and advisory board member on CoreFirst’s National Disability Inclusion Advisory Board. Prior to joining Guggenheim, from 1997 to 2011, he was the co-founder and principal of Tucker Spearman and Associates, Inc., an organizational design and management company, specializing in compliance management. executive leadership and organizational effectiveness. Charles consults on organizational policy design and execution and has been a frequent speaker before industry leaders on compliance trends. Charles has provided expert witness testimony on the integrity of compliance prevention systems and investigations in employment litigation and has authored papers on these topics. His clients have included corporations, universities, government institutions and professional associations such as Footlocker, Mitsubishi, Volkswagen Group of America, Coca Cola Bottling Group, American University, DOJ, HUD, U.S.P.S., the Urban Land Institute, and the National Association of Attorneys General. Charles served on the faculty at Georgetown University’s Master of Professional Studies in Human Resources Management and has taught at Cornell University’s Industrial and Labor Relations School. Charles is a founding member of the Alliance of Securities and Financial Educators an alliance of volunteers that facilitates and provides design and delivery of securities and finance curriculum to law students. Charles served as a senior advisor at both federal and state agencies. He has served on the board of the Women’s Business Enterprise Council and the National Minority Supplier Development Council in NY. He is the past President and former board member of Stop Child Abuse Now of Northern Virginia. Charles resides in Northern Virginia with his wife, Nancy and their four-legged U.K. veteran Charlie, that was trained as an explosive bomb detection dog.

Matt is a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz in executive talent management, leading development of the firm’s executive network across the G&A and operations functions and consulting with and counseling the firm’s portfolio investments around executive hiring in these areas. Before joining Andreessen Horowitz in 2012, Matt was a Client Partner in Korn/Ferry International’s Global Technology Practice delivering executive search and executive development solutions for venture-backed, private equity-owned, and public technology companies. Prior to his six years with Korn/Ferry, Matt was Vice President of Corporate Finance for Clarus Systems, an enterprise IP communications management software firm, where he managed G&A operations including accounting, finance, human resources, legal, and information technology. Earlier in his technology career, Matt was Director of Corporate Finance and Business Development for WorldChain and Director of Business Development for NightFire Software where he led the development and execution of NightFire’s wireless strategy and established NightFire’s alliance program with systems integrators. Matt holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from MIT and a MBA from Wharton. Outside the office, he loves spending time in Tahoe and is a passionate Philly sports fan.

Mimi is currently the owner of Hillside Springs Consulting and a committed COMMIT Foundation board member. She retired from full-time work in late 2021 after 35 years in the Wealth Management industry. During her long career, Mimi was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, LPL Financial and Cetera Financial Group where prior to her retirement she was the President of Cetera Advisors and a member of the holding company’s Operating Committee. Over her long career, she had the honor to work in and lead many and varied functional areas within the Wealth Management space including sales, marketing, client experience, product development and more. She is proud to say that she always led with a focus on improving the client and employee experience while driving growth and change. In what she calls the distant past, Mimi graduated with bachelor’s degrees in both economics and sociology from Denison University in Ohio. Mimi now lives in South Carolina with her husband, Rob, and enjoys visits with her son, Dan, who lives in Nashville. As a grateful survivor of both the 1993 and 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Mimi is gratefully serving as a board member of The COMMIT Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping high-performing veterans find their purpose and community as they move into civilian life.

Jennifer Zucker is Co-Chair of the Government Contracts Practice at the global law firm of Greenberg Traurig (GT). She helps clients navigate complex federal procurement issues, and represents some of the largest aerospace and defense, professional services and information technology contractors in bid protest and claims litigation. She also assists with counseling, government investigations, regulatory compliance, and mergers and acquisitions. Jennifer is a founding member of Veterans@GT. While at GT she also served on the board of directors of SRC Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SRCI) from 2018 to 2020 as the chair of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee. Prior to GT, Jennifer was a partner at Wiley Rein and Squire Patton Boggs, and served on active duty in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps. She continues to serve as a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve. Jennifer received her LLM from The George Washington University Law School, MSS from the US Army War College, JD from Brooklyn Law School and BS from Boston University. Jennifer is passionate about helping veterans transition successfully and reaching their full potential.