About Us
Founded in 2019 Stay in the Fight Veterans Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports Veterans of North Texas that have suffered some kind of injury in combat, either physical or mental, and are in need of support to help them achieve a healthy and successful life.
These veterans are considered high risk due to their injuries and their needs span the spectrum from homelessness all the way to job training and executive coaching and every situation in between.
Vision
Creating a North Texas Veterans Support Network that provides funding to support the Veterans Treatment Courts of North Texas as well as complementary resources that help high risk Veterans have a chance for a successful life after service.
Mission
To identify and assist veterans in North Texas that may be considered high risk and help them get connected to the incredible resources and network of organizations designed specifically to help with their needs
Board of Directors
Vice President: Kirk Mullendore
Kirk Mullendore is a pricing and product manager with Sprint and an entrepreneur with interests in multiple small businesses in education. He co-founded Dancer Strong, a dance arts education program in McKinney with his wife, and is the co-founder of Acton Academy McKinney, a learner driven private school.
Kirk holds a Master of Business Administration from Texas Women’s University. He lives in McKinney, with his wife and children.
Treasurer: Chris McCoy
Chris brings 23 years of financial leadership working with venture backed companies from start up through acquisition. Prior to joining Selerix Systems, he was instrumental in launching two industries with SpectraPoint and InnerWireless, has developed numerous business and financial models, raised nearly $100 million in financing, launched internationally with sales/deployments in several Asian countries, bought one company, sold three, and turned around one. Chris graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Computer Science degree and the University of West Florida with a Masters of Business Administration and flew for the US Navy. Chris lives in Parker with his wife Traci and three boys, Jack, Drew and Matt and volunteers with the Boy Scouts of America and his Church Community.
Secretary: Amy Sievert
Amy has worked in non-profit organizations and served on its Board in various roles for over 12 years. Skilled in Marketing, Team Leadership, Strategic Planning, Project Planning, and Social Media Marketing Amy brings a wealth of knowledge in operating non-profits. Amy graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Oklahoma Christian University where she also played softball. Amy lives with her husband Terry in Allen and has three daughters, Mckenzie, Samantha and Karissa.
President: Terry Sievert
Terry has 20+ years of experience in corporate planning and operations, strategy and business development Terry graduated from Southern Methodist University with a Master in Economics and prior to that graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas with a Bachelors in Economics and Business Administration. Terry lives with his wife Amy in Allen Texas and has three daughters.
North Texas Region Veterans Court & VALOR
The North Texas Regional Veterans Court is a treatment court who’s goal is to move justice-involved veterans out of the traditional criminal justice process and into appropriate, individualized rehabilitative alternatives that improve mental health and successfully lead to community reintegration. Their mission is to provide support and rehabilitation opportunities to qualified JIV criminal defendants whose crimes were materially connected to injuries suffered as a result of honorable service in the United States Armed Forces.
Website: https://www.northtexasveteranscourt.com/
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