Combating Underemployment. One Veteran and Spouse at a Time.
Our mission
American Corporate Partners (ACP) is a national nonprofit organization focused on helping Veterans and Active-Duty Spouses find their next careers through one-on-one mentoring, networking and online career advice.
More than 1 million Veterans are expected to transition from the armed forces to civilian life over the next five years. ACP engages the American people in a unique volunteer opportunity to provide career guidance to Veterans as they transition to civilian life.
We believe that the biggest issue facing our Service Members is not unemployment – it’s underemployment. ACP focuses on helping Veterans and Active-Duty Spouses find meaningful opportunities and develop long-term careers.
Our history
Founder Sidney E. Goodfriend launched American Corporate Partners on Labor Day 2008 with the help of six founding corporate partners who provided funding to ACP and volunteer Mentors. By the end of 2009, ACP had paired 500 returning Veterans with Mentors. In November 2018, ACP announced it was expanding its reach and opening its program to the Active-Duty Spouse community. Currently, ACP has more than 5,000 Veterans and Active-Duty Spouses paired one-on-one with Mentors from more than 1,500 of America’s top companies, universities, and hospitals.
Since its founding, ACP has focused on expanding its number of corporate partners, reaching out to a larger number of returning military and designing several new programs and initiatives to help an increasing number of Service Members, Veterans, and their families.
Board of Directors
Sidney E. Goodfriend
Chairman and Founder
Colleen Deere
Vice Chairwoman
Daniel H. Bayly
Lt. General (Ret.) Thomas P. Bostick
Jon Brooks
James Flaherty
Patty George
Amy O. Goodfriend
Dawn Halfaker
Alain Lebec
Stanley S. Litow
John Manzi
Steve Miller
Dan Morehead
Duncan L. Niederauer
John M. Pratt
Sarah E. Smith
Advisory Council
Cathy Benko
Alvin H. Brown
Timothy J. Cochrane
Paula S. Davis
Christy Ferer
Lea Gabrielle
Captain (Ret.) Carrie Hasbrouck
Lt. General (Ret.) Charles W. Hooper
Eduardo Jany
General (Ret.) John M. Keane
John P. Langan
Sam Moser
General (Ret.) Richard B. Myers
Mary Jo Myers
General (Ret.) Peter Pace
Chris Peck
General (Ret.) David H. Petraeus
Lt. Col. (Ret.) John W. Phillips
Sergeant Major (Ret.) Michael Quinn
Laura Schmiegel
Lisa Sharkey
George Sorial
Terri Tierney Clark
Jana Toner
Paul Wolfowitz
Joan K. Woodward
Staff
Executive Staff
Sidney E. Goodfriend
Chairman and Founder
Colleen Deere
Vice Chairwoman
Molly Fortunoff
Chief of Staff
Kevin Danehy
Managing Director - Strategic Partnerships
Leslie Coffey
Vice President - Military Engagement
Jacqueline Harris
Vice President - Strategic Partnerships
Natalie Johnson
Vice President - Programs
Nicole Murray
Vice President - Strategic Partnerships
Megan Rhea
Vice President - Corporate Relations
Jenny Tang
Vice President - Government Affairs
Kristin Untisz
Vice President - Strategic Partnerships
Directors
Managers
Dallas Blackburn
Data
Hailey Brindamour
Strategic Partnerships
Andrea Bryant
Programs
Casey DeTamble
Corporate Communications
Carly Holin
Database
Mikayla Kamber
Programs
Joseph Mastrosimone
Digital Strategy
Matthew Peirce
Corporate Relations
Jake Samler
Programs
Casey Smith
Corporate Relations
Natalia Tobaccowala
Strategic Partnerships
Sarah Wheatley
Special Assistant to the Chairman
Jael Williams
Corporate Relations
Alexandra Zielinski
Programs
Senior Operations Associates
Ashton Andrews
Sam Araysha
Amy Bonnar
Emma Cindrich
Amber Clark
Molly Cuddy
Samantha Darge
Alina Dirito
Courtney Distelrath
Pauline Fleming
Erica Gunn
John Hansen
Jordan Hardage
Christopher Maj
Jennifer Mitchell
Nicole O’Donnell
Yaroslav Opalynskyi
Chantell Osei
Kristen Ponsell
Lubi Popovic
Peter Sullivan
Victoria Thompson
Kendra Washington
Operations Associates
Alyssia Blackburn
Husene Camara
Alexis Chambers
Cameo Flores
Cassandra Golden
Nicole Pallai Green
Katie Griffiths
Maira Khan
Carly Kreiser
Kaitlyn Lassiter
Carlos Mendoza
Billy Mullen
Emi Patino-Kishigami
Kimberly Pramana
Jordy Quiroz
Autumn Rice
Preston Riddle
Anna Scriven
Zuzanna Skolimowska
Alexandra Snow
Caroline Troop
Brianna Weber
Elina Yang
Eugene Yang
Cassandra Zhen
Avery Zigon
ACP audited financials
Interested in a career at ACP?
- Healthcare, dental, and vision plans
- Summer Fridays (1/2 day) between Independence Day and Labor Day
- Generous PTO package, increasing with your length of employment, including 10 paid holidays off
- Paid time off for volunteering in the community
- Paid parental leave
- Pre-tax transit benefits
- Professional development allowance for workshops, tutorials, and online courses
