Our People 


Founders:

  • Zachary Fisher (1910-1999)

  • Pete Haas (1927-2020)

  • James K. Kallstrom (1943-2020)

  • Richard P. Torykian, Sr.

  • Steven Wallace (1942-2010)

Officers

  • Chairman - General Peter Pace, USMC (Ret.)

  • Vice Chairman - Gary E. Schweikert

  • President Emeritus - Edmond J. Boran

  • President - John F. Keenan

  • Chief Financial Officer - John Connor

  • Corporate Counsel and Judge Advocate General - James Sullivan, Esq.

  • Chaplain - Msgr. Luke Sweeney

Vice Presidents

  • Anthony Boyle – Pennsylvania

  • Michael Fedorko – New Jersey

  • Kevin McGuire – Texas

  • James Mottola – New Jersey

  • Gene Sepe – Connecticut

  • Michael Tobey – Nevada


Directors

  • Sandy Alderson

  • Gen. James Amos, USMC (Ret.)

  • Westy Ballard

  • Col. H.C. “Barney” Barnum, Jr. USMC (Ret.)

  • Christopher Burnham

  • Col. Bob Coates, USMC (Ret.)

  • Gen. Ron S. Coleman, USMC (Ret.)

  • Gen. James Conway, USMC (Ret.), 34th CMC

  • David Cornstein

  • Kevin Coughlin

  • Robert Cummins

  • Patrick J. Finneran

  • Pete Fitzpatrick

  • Lt. Col. Arthur Gorman, USMC (Ret.)     

  • Gen. A.M. Gray, USMC (Ret.), 29th CMC

  • Brian D. Haas

  • Gen. Michael Hagee, USMC (Ret.), 33rd CMC

  • Col. G.F. Robert Hanke, USMC (Ret.)

  • Pat Haynes

  • Gen. James L. Jones, USMC (Ret.), 32nd CMC
    14th SACEUR/Commander, USEUCOM

  • Erika Kallstrom

  • Raymond W. Kelly

  • Lt.Gen. William M. Keys, USMC (Ret.)

  • Gen. Charles C. Krulak, USMC (Ret.), 31st CMC

  • Joseph P. Looker

  • Paul Marrandino

  • General James Mattis, USMC (Ret.)

  • Lt.Gen. Fred McCorkle, USMC (Ret.)

  • Lt. General Robert E. Milstead, USMC (Ret.)

  • Dominick Monaco

  • Gy. Sgt. Mario Monaco, USMC

  • Bruce Mosler

  • Joseph M. Murphy

  • David Myers

  • Gen. William Nyland, USMC (Ret.)

  • Peter Pace, Jr.

  • Dan Parker

  • Gen. James Paxton, USMC (Ret.)

  • Gary L. Penrith, FBI (Ret.)

  • Col. Lou Piantadosi, USMC (Ret.)

  • Lt. Col. Dominick Prezzano, USMC (Ret.)

  • MGySgt. Jay Renwick, USMCR (Ret.)

  • Charles W. Santoro

  • Gilbert D. Scharf

  • John Eric Smith

  • Ryan Sparks

  • Agostino von Hassell

  • Jason Wallace

  • Michael Wallace

  • Matthew E. Zames

 

Chairman of the Board

General Peter Pace, United States Marine Corps (Retired)

General Peter Pace retired from active duty on October 1, 2007, after more than 40 years of service in the United States Marine Corps.

General Pace was sworn in as sixteenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Sep. 30, 2005. In this capacity, he served as the principal military advisor to the President, the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council. Prior to becoming Chairman, he served as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Pace holds the distinction of being the first Marine to have served in either of these positions.

Born in Brooklyn and raised in Teaneck, NJ, General Pace was commissioned in June 1967, following graduation from the United States Naval Academy. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from George Washington University, attended the Harvard University Senior Executives in National and International Security program, and graduated from the National War College.

During his distinguished career, General Pace has held command at virtually every level, beginning as a Rifle Platoon Leader in Vietnam. He also served as Commanding Officer of 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment; Commanding Officer of the Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C.; Deputy Commander, Marine Forces Somalia; Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force Somalia; Director of Operations for the Joint Staff; Commander, U.S., Marine Forces Atlantic/Europe/South; and Commander in Chief, US Southern Command.

In June, 2008, General Pace was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor a President can bestow.


Vice Chairman

Gary E. Schweikert

Gary Schweikert has proudly served as Vice Chairman of MC-LEF for over 20 years and has been an executive in the hospitality industry for over 35 years.

His experience ranges from managing iconic, complex hotels to corporate roles overseeing multiple properties. He has led corporate teams responsible for operations, development, sales and finance. He has been an officer of two public hotel companies, is well-versed in international third-party owner relations, proficient at creating and implementing asset-use strategies and is recognized for building highly efficient and profitable teams.

Currently, he is Managing Director of the Hospitality division at CIM Group, an international real estate investment firm.  He has previously held Managing Director positions with Grace Hotels, Trump Hotels, Jumeirah Hospitality, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, and Hilton Hotels Corporation. In these capacities, in addition to corporate leadership responsibilities, he has led the operations of several of New York’s most iconic properties including The Waldorf=Astoria, The Plaza Hotel, and the Essex House.

Mr. Schweikert also formed two private companies which provided operational and development services to owners, investors and developers of independent hotels. He has been retained for development consulting in North, South and Latin America, Morocco and several countries in the Caribbean. 

He is the recipient of many awards, including the International Geneva Association’s Restaurateur of the Year, the Cardinal’s Award by the Archdiocese of NY Cardinal’s Committee, the Humanitarian of the Year Award of the American Jewish Committee, and is a past Chairman of the Hotel Association of New York City. 


MCLEF President Emeritus

Ed Boran

On January 4, 2014, the Governing Board of Directors of MC-LEF selected Ed to become the organization’s President, replacing Pete Haas, who was stepping down after serving as the President since 1995. Ed had been managing administrative duties since April of 2013.

In 1995, Ed joined The Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) as the Director of Security, supervising a staff of 120 Federal Law Enforcement Officers (FLEO). Previously, he spent 25 years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) where he investigated a wide variety of general criminal, internal security and organized crime cases, primarily in the New York City area. While in the FBI, Ed was one of the original organizers of and served as the vice president of the FBI-USMC Association, which was formally chartered in 1972 and was the predecessor of today’s Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation.

Ed began his career in 1967 when he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was commissioned a second lieutenant. Upon completing the Basic School, Ed was assigned to the Republic of Vietnam, serving first as an infantry platoon commander with the First Battalion, Ninth Marines – The Walking Dead – operating along the DMZ and, seven months later, as the officer-in-charge of the Kit Carson Scouts – former Vietcong and North Vietnamese regulars who had surrendered under an amnesty program. For his remaining time in the Marine Corps, Ed was a Company Commander with the 8th Marines in Camp Lejeune.

Ed earned a baccalaureate degree from Iona College in 1967 and a master’s degree from Long Island University in 1982. He was born in New York City and raised in the Bronx.

Presently Ed lives in Manhattan and devotes much of his free time to babysitting for his eight grandchildren.


MCLEF President

John Keenan

John Keenan has over 30 years of law enforcement, corporate and private security experience.  He is a Vietnam Veteran, who served as an Infantry Officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1969-1973. Upon leaving active duty in the Marine Corps, he entered the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1973 and remained with that agency until his retirement in 1998.  Upon retirement, he entered the private sector as the Executive Vice President of Sutton Associates, a Long Island, NY based corporate security and investigative firm.  In 2001, he assumed a position as one of the Directors of Security in the National Football League (NFL) and remained in that organization’s employ until 2010, at which time he accepted a position as a Security Consultant to the NFL. He continued in that position, until 2016.

As a Special Agent and as a Supervisory Special Agent, Mr. Keenan investigated general criminal, organized crime, narcotics and national security matters in the Jacksonville, FL and New York, NY Divisions.  Additionally, he served as the Program Manager and Basic Instructor of the FBI Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Program, while on the faculty of the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA.

As the Executive Vice President of Sutton Associates, Mr. Keenan was responsible for the daily operations of this multi-million dollar firm, providing pre-employment investigative services, due diligence investigation, executive protection, and security site surveys to its corporate clientele.

As a Director of Security at the NFL, Mr. Keenan was responsible for the “Post 9/11” Disaster Recovery and Emergency Response Planning for that organization. In January, 2002 he assumed responsibility for the overall security of “NFL Europe” operations and its 400+ employees.  Additionally, between 2002 and 2016, he was responsible for establishing coordination with federal and local law enforcement and providing direct oversight to the annual conduct of background investigations of over 35,000 individuals, seeking to be employed at the NFL’s annual “Super Bowl” event.

Mr. Keenan holds a B.B.A. and M.B.A. from St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY. He is a member of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, the Knights of Columbus, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation.  He additionally serves as a volunteer guide at the Intrepid Air and Space Museum.


Executive Director of MCLEF

Sue Boulhosa

Sue Boulhosa is the Executive Director of the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation and joined MC-LEF in January of 2007. Working only part-time, Sue remains the only MC-LEF employee.Sue focuses mainly on fundraising, interfacing with donors, and handles all aspects of reviewing and preparing scholarship and aid requests.

Prior to joining MC-LEF, Sue worked for the New York State Executive Chamber as the Executive Assistant to John Cahill, Governor George Pataki’s Chief of Staff. She worked very closely with Foundation Chairman, James Kallstrom on the security and reconstruction of Ground Zero, and during this time she became aware of the tremendous work that MC-LEF performs. When Governor Pataki left office in December of 2006, Sue was asked by Chairman Kallstrom to join and has been at the helm of MC-LEF ever since. Sue is dedicated to providing the personal touch that MC-LEF is well respected for.

In her spare time, Sue enjoys spending time with her husband Michael, their four children and two dogs. She is an active member of Annunciation Parish in Crestwood, NY, and spent many years coaching various sports as well as serving as the Athletic Director there.

She believes it is an honor and privilege to promote MC- LEF’s mission and to work alongside the leadership and volunteers of MC-LEF to achieve this goal.