STEWARD
Protect confidentiality, accountability, standards, and the relationships that turn accomplished peers into a true Garrison.
ONE VET™ GARRISON CHAIRS
Build the Board Leaders Wish They Already Had.
Steward an exceptional Garrison of veteran and military connected CEOs and business owners. Lead the room, protect the standard, and build a community people genuinely want to belong to.
01 | The Responsibility
Build the Table. Lead the Room. Protect the Standard.
A ONE VET™ Certified Chair is entrusted with the people at the table and the quality of what happens between them.
The Chair creates the conditions for candor, protects earned trust, keeps the conversation consequential, and knows when to challenge, listen, question, or draw out another perspective.
ONE VET™ and the Chair build the Garrison together. ONE VET™ develops the national member pipeline and leads member conversations. The Chair helps protect quality in who enters the room, then leads what happens inside it.
Every person added should make the Board stronger.
02 | The Work
Protect the Standard. Raise the Room.
CEOs carry decisions they cannot process with employees, investors, boards, or just anyone. A ONE VET™ Certified Chair creates the trusted environment where those conversations can happen while remaining part of the table.
FACILITATE
Surface the real issue, challenge assumptions, draw out perspectives, and unlock the collective intelligence in the room.
CONNECT
Strengthen relationships and connect members to the broader ONE VET™ community, expertise, and opportunities beyond their table.
The Chair is part of the table, not above it. They create continuity, protect candor, deepen relationships, and maintain the standards that keep the work meaningful.
BUILD MORE THAN A MEETING
Build a Community People Carry Forward.
The Chair helps turn recurring conversations into trusted relationships that extend beyond the formal agenda.
They connect the Garrison to the larger ONE VET™ community and reinforce a culture built BY veterans and military connected leaders, FOR veterans and military connected leaders.
Companies, titles, and missions may change. ONE VET™ is built FOR LIFE and for what comes next.
03 | Who We're Looking For
Selected for How You Lead.
01
Leadership Credibility
At least 10 years of meaningful leadership experience with responsibility for people, organizations, and consequential decisions.
02
Military Connection
Veteran, military spouse, or otherwise meeting ONE VET™'s established military connected criteria.
03
Character and Judgment
The integrity to earn trust, protect confidentiality, assess character, and know when to listen, question, or challenge.
04
Peer Facilitation
A strong listener who can challenge accomplished people, draw out perspectives, and manage strong personalities without dominating the room.
05
Candor and Trust
The ability to create psychological safety without avoiding hard conversations, protecting both earned trust and consequential dialogue.
06
Community Builder
A genuine ability to deepen relationships, connect people to something larger, and create a Garrison people want to belong to.
07
Curiosity
A curious, grounded presence focused on the people and issue at the table rather than performance or personal authority.
08
Stewardship Mindset
Commitment to NEST, team over ego, the ONE VET™ standard, accountability, and raising the room through how they lead.
04 | The Backing
Your Focus Is the Garrison. ONE VET™ Builds Around It.
This is a partnership built around clear responsibilities. ONE VET™ finds exceptional people, develops the member pipeline, provides the framework, and invests in the community. The Chair leads an exceptional table.
National Brand & Member Pipeline
ONE VET™ leads national marketing, prospect identification, and member conversations. ONE VET™ and the Chair build each Garrison together around fit, trust, and the strength of the table.
Certification & Framework
Personally selected Chairs receive ONE VET™ certification, development, standards, peer advisory frameworks, tools, and ongoing support.
Garrison Investment
ONE VET™ creates and supports opportunities that deepen trust through meaningful gatherings, local experiences, experts, and shared connection.
A Broader Community
Chairs join a national community of veteran and military connected CEOs, business owners, fellow Chairs, trusted experts, relationships, experiences, and intellectual capital.
Chairs are personally selected and certified by ONE VET™. They are part of the national community they help build and stewards of the local or virtual Garrison entrusted to them.
THIS IS A POSITION OF TRUST
Entrusted With the People at the Table.
ONE VET™ Certified Chairs are accomplished leaders selected for their judgment, character, ability to facilitate peers, and commitment to the ONE VET™ standard. They protect earned trust, connect members to something larger, and create the conditions for leaders to challenge one another, grow together, and build relationships that extend far beyond the meeting room.
This is a selective leadership and stewardship opportunity for someone motivated by purpose, meaningful impact, and the chance to help shape an exceptional national community.
05 | The NEST Standard
How We Lead. How We Show Up.
01
No One Left Behind
02
Earned Trust
03
Standards Always
04
Team Over Ego
NEST defines how ONE VET™ Certified Chairs lead, how members contribute, and how our community shows up for one another.
GARRISONS NOW FORMING
A national footprint, forming with intent.
Ten markets. Two virtual Garrisons.
THE SOUTH
- 01
San Antonio
Texas
- 02
Tampa
Florida
- 03
Raleigh
North Carolina
- 04
Atlanta
Georgia
- 05
Nashville
Tennessee
THE EAST
- 06
Northern Virginia
Capital Region
- 07
New York City
New York
THE MIDWEST & THE WEST
- 08
San Diego
California
- 09
Columbus
Ohio
- 10
Chicago
Illinois
Two National Virtual Garrisons
Available to qualified CEOs nationwide
06 | The Standard
Selected Carefully. Trusted to Lead.
ONE VET™ Certified Chairs are selected carefully because the strength of every Garrison begins with who is entrusted to lead it.
We are looking for military connected leaders with the credibility to guide accomplished CEOs and business owners, the judgment to lead the room, the discipline to protect the standard, and the commitment to build something that matters.
Lead the Table. Build the Community.
If your leadership, character, judgment, and stewardship could raise an exceptional ONE VET™ Garrison, request a conversation.