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National Cadet Team

We are a youth development practice comprised of full-time paid and part-time unpaid professionals working together to serve today's cadets. Team members include educators, aviators, retired military, other professionals, and cadet alumni. Our office is nominally located in Montgomery, Alabama, on Maxwell Air Force Base, but all paid and volunteer staff serve from their homes, located all across the nation.

 

Contact

Mission & Vision

Key Leadership Circle

Organizational Chart

 

Contact

cadets@capnhq.gov
(334) 953.5352 


Team Mission & Vision

Mission:  Provide research-based and strategic-level educational, policy, and programmatic leadership to the CAP cadet community.

Vision:  Constantly improving the cadet experience for today's cadets


Key Leadership Circle

 

Name

Title

Chris Guarniere*

Interim Director bio

Chris Guarniere*

Deputy Director bio

Col Ned Lee, CAP

Senior Policy Advisor   bio    

Col Darin Ninness, CAP     

CP Staff Coordinator   bio

Mary Albright*

Activities Group bio

 JaMi Hansen*

Activities Group

Tammy Hallihan*     

Services Group 

Elizabeth Hornbach*

Adult Training Group bio

Chelsea Mulcahy

Cadet Curriculum

Jacob McIntosh*

Aviation Group

Kathrine Schmidt*

Aviation Group bio

Katie Thurson*

Cadet Protection bio

Heather Weaver*

Encampment bio

Denotes full-time employee


Organizational Chart

National Cadet Team vacancies are posted online as they occur.  

 


Last updated 21 April 2025

 

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