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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 National Director 

Cadet Programs

bio

Chris Guarniere*

National Deputy Director 

Cadet Programs

bio

Col Ned Lee, CAP

Senior Policy Advisor      

Cadet Programs

bio 

Vacant     

CP Staff Coordinator   

Cadet Programs

 

Mary Albright*

Program Manager 

Career Exploration

bio

 JaMi Hansen*

Program Administrator

Career Exploration

 

Jacob McIntosh*     

Program Manager 

Cadet Support Services

 

Elizabeth Hornbach*

Senior Program Manager 

Cadet Curriculum & Learning Development

bio

Chelsea Mulcahy*

Program Manager

Cadet Core Curriculum

 

Heather Weaver*

Program Manager 

Leadership Camps

bio

Kathrine Schmidt*

Senior Program Manager 

Cadet Aviation

bio

David Benning*

Program Assistant

Cadet Aviation

 

Julie Cooley*

Program Administrator

Cadet Aviation

 

Katie Thurson*

Program Manager

Cadet Protection

bio


* Denotes full-time employee


Organizational Chart

National Cadet Team vacancies are posted online as they occur.  

 


Last updated 4 August 2026

 

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