Board of Directors

Ronnie is a retired Army Colonel with over 30 years of leadership experience with 10 years of executive-level experience. His leadership background includes operational and strategic management within a variety of organizations. He has proven expertise in organizational development; new program development & implementation; large-scale team building, training & coaching and public speaking. He is a graduate of Norfolk State University and the U.S. Army War College. Ronnie and his wife Tarita reside in Dumfries, they have three children and three grandchildren.

Jim is a Managing Director at Clearsight Advisors. Jim has over 15 years of experience in leadership roles at various investment banking, private equity and operating enterprises throughout his career. Most recently he was a senior member of the investment banking team at Outcome Capital. Jim has been involved in many M&A and capital raising transactions in his career with a variety of key strategic acquirers and private equity investors. Jim originally hails from upstate New York, where he spent the long dark winters cultivating his love of baseball, history, and fond dreams of moving southward. He and his lovely wife are happily married with four children, who keep him looking old but feeling young. Jim has an MBA with Honors from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.

Kevin D. Catron is completing a 22-year career as a Judge Advocate General (JAG) in the United States Air Force, obtaining the rank of Colonel in 2019. His last assignment was the Staff Judge Advocate for the Air Force District of Washington (AFDW), Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. AFDW is the Air Force component to the Joint Forces Headquarters National Capital Region and is responsible for organizing, training and equipping combat forces for aerospace expeditionary forces, homeland operations, civil support, national special security events and ceremonial events. AFDW also provides major command-level support for 33,000 military and civilian personnel assigned worldwide. Throughout his career as a JAG, Mr. Catron served in 10 different assignments, including at Headquarters Air Force, twice as a Wing Staff Judge Advocate, Deputy Commander, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, Senior Trial Counsel, and Defense Counsel. He deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to CJIATF 435 as the OIC of Detainee Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions. He was awarded the prestigious Legion of Merit twice, the Bronze Star Medal for service in Afghanistan, and the Air Force’s Meritorious Service Medal five times. His other notable achievements in the Air Force include winning the Air Force’s Legal Office of the Year Award, the 2017 Judge Advocate Association’s Outstanding Career Judge Advocate, the 2014 United States Air Force’s Europe Dr. Schubert Award for the top international legal office in Europe, and the 2006 Company Grade Officer of the Year for Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Mr. Catron will begin a position with the Department of Justice as the Chief Counsel for the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force.