Our Team
OUR STAFF
Steve Glavan brings more than 25 years of nonprofit leadership, fundraising, and consulting experience to the Saber Six Foundation. A retired Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), he has worked with nonprofit organizations in the areas of fund development, strategic planning, board development, donor engagement, communications, and organizational growth.
As Development Consultant, Steve helps strengthen Saber Six’s fundraising and outreach efforts, including donor cultivation and stewardship, grant and sponsorship development, marketing communications, and long-range development planning. He is especially committed to sharing the stories of Saber Six Veterans and helping supporters understand how the Foundation’s programs foster purpose, belonging, and wellbeing.
Steve is the owner and principal consultant of Sapience Nonprofit Solutions. He is also a writer, public speaker, podcast host, and longtime community and church volunteer. Steve lives in Spokane, Washington, with his wife, Caryl, and values time spent with their children and grandchildren.
Christina Krych is an Operations Director with 30+ years of experience in conducting logistics and operations in military, non-profit, and for-profit sectors. Christina enjoys activating teams to achieve greatness while realizing organization’s stretch goals. She focuses on the details and on building strong internal and external relationships to create successful, resilient organizations. Her career is supported by a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations from Norwich University, Military College of Vermont and a Master’s Degree in International Studies from University of Denver.
Christina served 23 years in the U.S. Army, supporting three separate infantry divisions as a logistician. As a military operations planner, she supported the 3rd Infantry Division’s SFOR peacekeeping rotation in Bosnia-Herzegovina from 2001-2002. She and her team delivered critical life sustaining support to 1st Infantry Division’s soldiers in Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2004-2005. During that time, she supported 1-4 Cavalry Squadron soldiers, many of whom would subsequently deploy to Afghanistan as 1-91 Cav/TF Saber, the 800 combat veterans supported by Saber Six Foundation. After her operational assignments, Christina was trained as a European Foreign Area Officer and assigned as a political-military specialist to embassies in Warsaw, Poland and London, UK to cultivate vital senior level intergovernmental relationships with our NATO partners.
Following military retirement, she gained experience in non-profits, a venture-funded early stage start up, and as a small business owner. She won over $50M in grants to foster community health and social support programs. She primarily lives in beautiful Manitou Springs, Colorado with her family where she finds peace and restoration by hiking, mountain biking, and trail running in the breathtaking Rocky Mountains and part time in Toruń Poland, her husband’s hometown. She is honored to join the team at Saber Six Foundation to foster positive outcomes for the 800 combat veterans and their families who were deeply affected by their wartime service.
H’Krih lives in Colorado Springs with her two teenage children and brings a wide range of experience in education, nonprofit leadership, volunteer service, and the military community. She holds a master’s degree in Elementary Education and spent five years as a teacher before dedicating much of the next two decades to raising her family and life as a military spouse.
As Program and Operations Assistant, H’Krih will help support the programs, events, and day-to-day operations that connect Task Force Saber Veterans and their families with opportunities for Purpose, Belonging, and Wellbeing. You’ll also see her at upcoming Saber Six events – and Veterans, we want you to know that H’Krih is available to connect and chat with you along the way.
When she’s not working or volunteering, H’Krih enjoys making art, cooking, reading, traveling, and, as she puts it – showering her dogs with affection.
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Volunteer Outreach Team
Amanda and Ryan Inabnet
Ryan will focus on connecting with fellow TF Saber Veterans, encouraging participation in online gatherings such as Fiddler’s Green and Stable Calls, and inviting Veterans to join in-person experiences including Saber Challenges and reunions.
Amanda will work alongside Ryan to support these activities, with a special focus on connecting with spouses and partners, sharing helpful resources, and strengthening relationships both during and between events.
Most importantly, Ryan and Amanda are here for our Veterans and their families. Whether you have questions about getting involved, want to reconnect, or simply want to reach out, they’d love to hear from you!
Saber Six foundation
Board of Directors
Alan M. Anderson is an internationally recognized trial lawyer with over thirty years of experience. He is certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a civil trial advocate and by the Minnesota State Bar Association as a civil trial specialist. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Alan practices primarily in the areas of intellectual property litigation, complex commercial litigation, international arbitration and dispute resolution, and
appellate advocacy. In addition, Alan is an avid research historian, having received a number of fellowships and grants in connection with his research. He has a personal connection to 1-91 CAV, in which his father served. He is currently researching and writing an account of their storied history. As such, he is honored to serve on the Saber Six Foundation’s board, which supports Veterans of 1-91 Cav who served in Afghanistan with TF Saber.
Gil graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and after completing his service with the U.S. Army, he enjoyed a successful career in the pharmaceutical industry, where he served as a National Sales Director and Senior Director for Sales and Marketing with Elan Pharmaceuticals.
He then left the corporate world, taught Junior High School mathematics, and later served as Principal of a private elementary school in Los Altos California. He left his position as Principal to pursue his doctorate in executive leadership at The George Washington University.
Gil joined Core Strengths in 2012 as part of the ownership team and focused on working with Executives from various industries to facilitate their exploration into how best to build the leadership capacity and relational effectiveness of their organizations. In 2024, Crucial Learning acquired Core Strengths, and Gil is continuing his work with Executive Teams. Gil is the co-author of the soon to be released book, Relationship Intelligence-The Power of Human Connection (Due out January 2027).
Gil also served as the President of Nativity Prep Academy from July 2018 to July 2022. NPA is the only all scholarship school that serves low-income, first-generation college-bound students and their families. During his tenure, NPA purchased and paid off all debt on a new campus located at 4463 College Ave. in San Diego. Students attending NPA are five times more likely to graduate college.
In addition, he served on the Board of Directors of PSP Inc. (Core Strengths) (Carlsbad CA) as well as the Education Technology Non-Profit, Curriki (founded by Sun Microsystems founder Scott McNealy). Gil serves as an Adjunct Professor at American University in Kyiv (Ukraine) where he teaches Organizational and Business Ethics.
He is married to his wife Katie for 29 years and has two sons, Jack (28) and Matt (26). They split their time between Southbury CT and San Diego CA
Joey Comley is an experienced criminal practitioner who has tried or defended over 100 cases in federal, state, and military courts and has two decades’ worth of experience working with investigative agencies from allied and partner nations and from a number of states and the federal government. Joey enjoyed 20 years of active-duty service as an Army officer, first as a Field Artilleryman, always as a Cavalryman, and later as a Judge Advocate. His connection to 1-91 Cavalry began at the Unit’s birth as Joey was a member of then Lieutenant Colonel Kolenda’s Transformation think-tank charged with determining the best way to organize and employ the new light Reconnaissance Squadron (Airborne) for high intensity conflict and counter insurgency operations. After leaving 1-91 Cavalry for law school, Joey spent the next 14 of his 20-year Army career serving on both sides of the bar, prosecuting and defending Soldiers as a Judge Advocate and prosecuting civilians who entered military bases as a SAUSA in New York and California. Joey was honored to serve the Army Staff as a legal advisor to The Army’s Judge Advocate General and Assistant Judge Advocate General for Military Law and Operations and as a Legislative Counsel for the Army’s Office of the Chief Legislative Liaison. In his final Army position, as the Chief of Military Justice for the U.S. Army’s V Corps, he designed a military criminal and administrative jurisdiction that would allow a Fort Knox, Kentucky-based unit to exercise military order and discipline throughout the European Theater.
Joey currently runs his own private law practice in Elizabethtown, Kentucky where he is a general litigator and criminal justice reform advocate who specializes in military criminal defense, policy analysis and government relations, and complex government investigations.
Joey was married to the love of his life, Erika, in 2002 and along with their three children, JJ (21), Carter (16), and Sienna (14), all call Elizabethtown, Kentucky home and attend Grace Heartland Church. Joey spends his spare time supporting community events, local charities, non-profits, thoroughly enjoying the athletic and scholastic interests of his children and tending to his acre of pristine Kentucky bluegrass while accompanied by his two loyal roadside rescues, Opal and Bella.
Michael Creedon is a retired ExxonMobil Executive after a 30 year global career in operations, engineering, project management, and maintenance. He is also a Retired US Army Colonel after 29 years of Active, Reserve, and National Guard service that included company and battalion level commands as well as brigade and division leadership assignments. In 2007-08 while working for ExxonMobil, he was called to active duty service to lead the US Army Reserve Civil Affairs Team attached to 1-91 Cav (Task Force Saber) in eastern Afghanistan. Later in 2011-12, he was again called to active duty service to command US Army Reserve Civil Affairs forces in northern Afghanistan. During his active and reserve military career, Michael witnessed and experienced first hand the struggles of veterans and their families trying to define their version of purpose, belonging, and well being post military. He is excited to join with the Saber 6 Foundation and explore and implement programs to help address this growing need. Michael has degrees from West Point, Georgia Tech, and the US Army War College and is a licensed Professional Engineer. He is currently a consultant in the energy field. Michael and his wife Sherri reside in Texas with their three sons, one dog, and one very bossy cat.
Melissa G. Dalton has over 20 years of experience in U.S. defense, aerospace, and national security affairs. She served as the 28th under secretary of the Air Force. She was responsible for organizing, training, and equipping the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, overseeing an annual budget exceeding $200 billion, and accountable for the welfare of nearly 700,000 active-duty, guard, reserve, and civilian Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Ms. Dalton performed the duties of deputy under secretary of defense for policy from December 2023 to May 2024, when she served as the principal advisor to the secretary of defense on the formation of national security and defense policy. Additionally, she served as the assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and hemispheric affairs from March 2022 to May 2024. She joined the Biden administration in January 2021 as the principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy, plans, and capabilities. From 2014 to 2021, Ms. Dalton led research and analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, including directing the Cooperative Defense Project and serving as deputy director and senior fellow in the International Security Program. Ms. Dalton served for more than a decade as a career civil servant in the Bush and Obama administrations within the Department of Defense. Ms. Dalton is a recipient of the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Medal. She was a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs fellow and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a Non-Resident Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and is the Principal of Potomac River Strategies, LLC.
Karen D. Gephardt founded Fusion Partners in January 2010, a global advisory and private placement firm (associated with BTIG). In May 2018, Karen formed her own broker dealer, Fusion Partners Global LLC. The firm raises capital for private companies and alternative investment fund managers globally from institutional investors.
Prior to founding Fusion Partners, Karen worked at Goldman Sachs & Co from 1997 – 2009. During that time, she led the Pensions, Endowments and Foundations Group for North America, serving as a liaison between the largest strategic institutional investing clients of the firm and the various divisions of Goldman Sachs. Karen became Managing Director in 1999 and a Partner in 2004. From 1995 – 1997, she was VP of Strategic Marketing and Business Development at Morgan Stanley & Co. Prior to Wall Street, for almost 10 years, Karen worked for GE Company (1986) and then GE Capital (beginning 1990).
In addition to running her broker dealer, Karen serves on seven non-profit boards, as follows: Member of the National Advisory Council of The Gephardt Institute at WashU (2025); The Board of Directors of The Saber Six Foundation (2022); The Board of Trustees of Iona University (2020); Vice Chair of the Museum of American Finance (2015); Center for a New American Security (2019); buildOn (2012); and The Damon Runyon Cancer Foundation (2005 and Board Member Emeritus since October 2024).
Karen earned a BS degree from Iona University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Greg Kaplan is an entrepreneur, a disrupter, an innovator, and most importantly, a doer of good.
Greg is currently SVP at Newfront, a tech-enabled brokerage, where he leads the Retirement Services business.
Prior to Newfront, Greg was the VP of Strategic Finance and Operations at Specialized Bicycles where he had broad responsibilities across Treasury, Global Real Estate and Facilities, Operations, Planning, and Logisitics.
Prior to Specialized, Greg spent nearly a decade at Mircosoft as a capital markets expert overseeing $100B+ in financial assets.
Greg is passionate about family, philanthropy, health and wellness, building community, and making the world a better place.
Greg earned a BBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and is a CFA Charterholder.
Retired Colonel Chris Kolenda has left military service but continues to serve the military community in other ways. Today he runs Strategic Leaders Academy, a consulting firm that helps veterans and their family members build meaningful, joyful, and profitable businesses. In 2007-08, he led 800-paratroopers in eastern Afghanistan. Six of his paratroopers were killed in action, dozens wounded, and every one of the 800 combat veterans have been deeply affected by the war. They all served and sacrificed so Americans could pursue their dreams peacefully and safely. Chris created the Fallen Hero Honor Ride to raise awareness and funds to honor their service. He has also written and been featured in several books about his experiences, including his latest, Leadership The Warriors Art.
Rear Admiral (upper half) Tom Luscher served 33 years in the US Navy, retiring in 2019. In his final assignment, he served as Commander, Navy Reserve Forces Command and Deputy Commander, Navy Reserve Force (RESFOR) in Norfolk, VA where he was responsible for the training and mobilization readiness of 60,000 Reserve Sailors. In his first flag officer assignment, he served as Deputy Chief of Navy Reserve, OPNAV N095 at the
Pentagon. His operational assignments include service as an F-14 Tomcat pilot, officer in charge (OIC) of VR-52 at NASJRB Willow Grove, commanding officer of VR-1 Starlifters at Andrews Air Force Base and commanding officer of Naval Air Station New Orleans. He is a 1986 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and holds a Master of Strategic Studies from the US Army War College in Carlisle, PA.
Michael Rubel is a decorated Naval Officer and accomplished business leader with a track record of transforming organizations, building elite teams, and delivering measurable results. He has led sailors in combat, launched startups, turned around struggling operations, and built corporate venture groups for global enterprises.
As CEO of Red Bison Technology Group, Mike is redefining how commercial real estate leverages technology. Under his leadership, Red Bison has become a powerful platform delivering managed networks and distributed cloud infrastructure that increase building efficiency and asset value for some of the country’s largest property owners. Early in his tenure, Mike adopted the phrase “Service Matters”—a guiding principle that now defines the company’s culture and commitment to country, community, customers, and each other.
Throughout his career, Mike has consistently built and led high-performance teams—from the bridge of a Navy warship to the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies and cutting-edge startups. His track record includes launching Ericsson’s 5G Corridor, founding Michelin’s Emerging Ventures Group, and scaling breakthrough technologies at Intellectual Ventures. His expertise in dynamic organization development, corporate innovation, investment management, and technology commercialization has enabled him to create measurable outcomes for investors, employees, customers, and communities.
A U.S. Naval Academy graduate, Mike earned three Navy Commendation Medals and the Carhart Award for leadership in combat. He holds a graduate degree from Thunderbird School of Global Management and remains a passionate advocate for veterans—seeing his civilian leadership as an extension of his service.
Mike lives in Seattle with his wife and two daughters.
David Shuler co-founded Y2X, a technology-driven investment platform, in January, 2018. Prior to Y2X, he was Managing Director with Blockchain startup itBit /Paxos, where he was responsible for building the company’s exchange and settlements business and developing strategic relationships. He was Managing Director, Alliance and Venture Management of CME Group Inc., where he managed the company’s investments in new businesses and strategic partnerships, including joint ventures, global alliances and other growth initiatives. Before joining CME Group, Mr. Shuler served as Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff for NYSE during the company’s transition to a public company, as well as through the merger of NYSE and Euronext. Mr. Shuler previously held leadership roles at Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York and Japan, and he spent over a decade as a diplomat in the U.S. State Department, including postings in Osaka, Japan, Thessaloniki, Greece, and Washington, DC. Mr. Shuler received a bachelor’s degree in government from Dartmouth College. He is fluent in Japanese, Spanish, and Greek.