UAP consists of hundreds of thousands of highly patriotic, dedicated, and concerned American citizens from across our great country.
A few are employed full-time by UAP, several receive compensation for work done on behalf of our Warriors, many volunteer time and effort furthering our mission, and most simply provide financial contributions, large and small, for UAP to generate public awareness, fund legal representation, and provide functional support for our Nation’s Warriors.
Our UAP team represents the entire social, economic, ethnic, racial, religious, gender, sexual orientation, and political spectrum which makes our Nation great and on behalf of whom our Nation’s Warriors willingly and courageously go in harm’s way to defend.
We, as Patriotic Americans, are United in our belief that all people are created equal and are extremely grateful for those who voluntarily support and defend our Constitution and our life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
UAP’s Founder
UAP’s Leadership
David “Bull” Gurfein
Elizabeth Brown
Julianna Jaime
UAP’s Independent Voting Board Members
UAP’s Board consists of five Members who are extremely experienced, highly educated, and intimately engaged. They have extensive backgrounds representing business management, executive placement, Information Technology, entrepreneurship, consulting, law, and the Armed Forces.
Four of our five Independent Voting Board Members are retired military officers – three U.S. Marines and one U.S. Army. They are combat veterans of the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans, and have had assignments ranging from Iceland to Germany, Africa to South America, Guantanamo Bay to Korea, and Panama to the Pentagon.
Board service, in some instances amounts to 15 – 20 hours a week, depending upon ongoing efforts. However, other than reimbursement for reasonable travel to attend Board meetings, which is substantiated by receipt and Board approval, no Board Member is compensated for service on the Board.
Bob Weimann
David “Bull” Gurfein
Voting Member of the Board
Brian Vowinkel
Taryn Gude
Mark Murray
James Reistrup
UAP BOARD ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Legal/Fiduciary Role
General Responsibilities:- Governance:
- Oversee/Evaluate
- Review/Monitor
- Leadership:
- In partnership with CEO and management, guide the mission and direction
- Stewardship:
- Ensure dedication to, and use of assets for, the benefit of the public
- Hire/support/evaluate/discharge CEO
- Review and approve the annual budget
- Review and approve major organizational decisions, commitments, and plans including expenditures
- Evaluate progress toward program and financial goals
- Ensure the continuity of the organization through the development and recruitment of executive staff
- In conjunction with executive staff, provide leadership on organizational transition, structure, and planning
- Conduct affairs of the board including board development, transition, and effectiveness
- Once every two years formally evaluate UAP’s performance and effectiveness and determining future actions required to achieve its mission
- Board Orientation
- Information Flow: Financial statements, reporting regarding programs and operations, planning
- Each Director’s Exercise of Informed, Independent Judgement and vote
- Appropriate Board Organization and Continuity
- Board Meetings, Agendas, Minutes, Documentation
- Appropriate Committee Structure
- Protecting Assets of Organization
- Determination of Board-Executive Staff Relationship and Extent of Delegation of Management Authority
Supporting Functions
- Fundraising
- Planning
- Public and Community Relations
- Others as Needed
