Staff
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Nicole Motsek
Executive Director
850.729.2336 (office)
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Nicole Motsek began with the EOD Memorial Foundation in 2012 and was asked to continue on with the EOD Warrior Foundation after the March 1, 2013 merger. She comes to the foundation’s helm having achieved great successes as a business development manager in the transportation and logistics industry. She has also supported the continued success of nonprofit organizations like...
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Sherri Beck
Director of Programs
850.729.2336 (office)
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Sherri Beck is a Maryland native and met her husband Leon while he was attending EOD School. An EOD wife since 1990, she has traveled the world supporting her husband's career and raising a beautiful family. While stationed at EOD Mobile Unit 5 in Guam, she received training and volunteered for two years as the Command OMBUDSMAN; the Commanding Officer's direct link to the EOD families....
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Melissa Tackitt
Director of Memorial Care and Events
850-729-2336 (office)
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After graduating from high school in the small farm town of Ithaca, Michigan, Melissa left for an adventure in the U.S. Navy that would span 22 years. Her initial job and duty as a Torpedomen’s Mate stationed at Cubi Point, Philippines lead to her first interaction with EOD Technicians. In 1993 she graduated from NDSTC as a 2C Deep Sea Diver. Her EOD career began in 1998 and she retired as a...
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Mike Mack
EOD Family Caseworker
850.729.2336 (office)
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Mike Mack is a 24 year U.S Air Force veteran who served in Aircraft Maintenance Operations, Career Advisor, and eight years as a First Sergeant. His assignments took him to from Eglin AFB, to assignments in the U.S., Europe, Asia and came full circle, retiring at Hurlburt Field FL, Air Force Special Operations Command. Following his military career, he went into the private sector unti...
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Lauren Walls
Outreach Strategist & Scholarship Coordinator
850-729-2336 (office)
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Lauren Walls joins the EOD Warrior Foundation as the Events and Engagement Coordinator, and looks forward to raising awareness for the Foundation and supporting the families and events in the EOD community. Lauren was introduced to the EOD community by her brother-in-law, a Navy EODC Master Technician, in 2009, but is no stranger to the military lifestyle. Growing up, Lauren was an Air Force brat...
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Patricia Adelmann
Development Officer
850-729-2336 (office)
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Patricia joins the EOD Warrior Foundation as the Development Officer, and looks forward to raising awareness for the Foundation’s programs in the corporate and private sectors and increasing the support for the families of the EOD community. She comes to the position after achieving great success in managing and growing 3 separate annual funds at a professional engineering association (ASHRA...
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Lynnette Swanson
Accounting/Booking
850-729-2336 (office)
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Lynnette is a proud Pittsburgh native, who has had the opportunity to live all over America alongside her husband, a Marine EOD Tech for 22 years. She joined the EOD Warrior Foundation team in January 2012. Lynnette is strongly committed to our mission, and feels fortunate to have the opportunity to serve a community with which she is so familiar and has so much respect and admiration for. ...
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Caroline Miller
Office Administrator
850-729-2336 (office)
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Caroline was born and raised in Lansing, Michigan. Driven by a sense of adventure, Caroline joined the US Air Force in 2012 at the age of 18, where she served for four years as a Medic. While she was stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, NV, she met her husband, an active duty USAF EOD Technician. Together, they were stationed in Guam for two years before arriving to Eglin AFB in the Fall of 2017. A...
