The VTF Team
Our management team is comprised of veterans with 80 years’ business experience in sales, employment, business start-ups, operations, and marketing. We have established strong, collaborative relationships with subject experts and industry leaders whose extended capabilities, resources, and skills supplement our own.
Management Team
Phillip Trigg
Executive Director
Phil is a retired Army Officer and a Vietnam veteran. His military career includes assignments in intelligence at the...
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Michael Steele
Senior Mentor
Michael has over 35 years of successful, diversified, marketing, management, decision – making and leadership experience, including executive level...
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Mark Dewhurst
Senior Mentor
Mark is a Senior Mentor with the Veterans’ Transition Forum assisting veterans as they transition from military service to...
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Dick Mueller
Senior Mentor
Dick is a Senior Mentor with the Veterans’ Transition Forum (VTF) helping veterans choose the best civilian career after...
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Michael Steele
Chairman of the Board
Michael has over 35 years of successful, diversified, marketing, management, decision – making and leadership experience, including executive level...
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Donna Ettenson
Vice President, Operations America’s SBDC (ASBDC)
Donna Ettenson recently retired as the Vice President of Operations for the America’s SBDC (ASBDC), where she served for...
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James M. Wilson
James M. Wilson (CDR, USN, et.) has 20 years experience with the US Navy on active duty and in...
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Brian Morgan
Brian brings over forty years of challenging business development, corporate management, planning and strategic leadership expertise to the VTF...
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