Chad M. Robichaux is president and founder of Mighty Oaks Foundation, a leading nonprofit organization serving the military community, with highly successful peer-to-peer, faith-based, combat-trauma recovery programs and combat-resiliency conferences. Chad and his team are dedicated to helping America’s warriors and their families suffering from the unseen wounds of combat such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTS(d)). To date he has reached hundreds of thousands of veteran and active-duty service members through Mighty Oaks Warrior Programs and his much celebrated speaking events. Chad is a former Force Reconnaissance Marine and DoD Contractor with eight deployments to Afghanistan as part of a Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) Task Force. He has earned an MBA from New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) and is a board-certified pastoral counselor with a focus on PTS(d). Chad and his wife, Kathy, have been married for twenty-two years and have three children. Their family has faced the challenges of PTS(d) after years of his deployments. However, they now share a story of a victory in Christ and have dedicated their lives to sharing that story to mentor others like them. Chad is a Medal of Valor recipient for his bravery beyond the call of duty in law enforcement. Outside of his work with veterans, he is a former Pro MMA world champion who has used his platform to advocate for civilian support of America’s warriors returning home while competing in the sport’s biggest events such as NBC’s World Series of Fighting, StrikeForce, Bellator FC, and Legacy FC. While growing up in San Jacinto, CA, Jeremy’s only goal in life was to leave home and join the Marine Corps. This dream was finally realized with an active duty commission in 1999. Following Infantry Officer Course in Quantico, VA, Jeremy was assigned to First Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division as an infantry platoon commander. As the war began, First Battalion, Fifth Marines was the infantry battalion used to breech the berm separating Kuwait and Iraq and secured the first major objective of the war. This led to a road march that ended with the battalion occupying Baghdad and seizing the presidential palace in northern Baghdad. Throughout this movement, Jeremy and the counter-mechanized platoon provided navigation and lead security for the battalion. While in the Marine Corps, God was working in Jeremy’s life to turn his heart toward full-time ministry. Just one month after returning from Iraq, Jeremy became a staff member of his home church at Coastline Baptist in Oceanside, CA. Here he gained ministry experience that would equip him for the further leading of God. He was able to serve in this capacity so close to Camp Pendleton since most of the people he worked with were either Marines or the family members of Marines. In 2008, Jeremy and his family took on a new responsibility when he became the Senior Pasto at Bay Area Baptist Church in Fremont, CA. After serving in the role of senior pastor for nearly seven years, the door leading to a full-time position with the Mighty Oaks Foundation opened. This move brought together both his ministry experience and military background in a way that allows him to serve and minister to many hurting veterans, service members and their families. Along with his wife Susanne and their four children, Jeremy works to reach the hurting and provide the healing found in Christ.