
We are proud of the outstanding leaders and thinkers who have joined the Advisory Board of A Child's Guide to War. We are excited to announce two new additions to our Advisory Board: Dana H. Born and Martha White Jackson.
Dana H. Born is a lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University and a retired brigadier general, with over 30 years of service in the U.S. Force. Born served two terms as the President-appointed Dean of the Faculty for the U.S. Air Force Academy, where she was also a professor and head of the Behavioral Sciences and Leadership Department. Born has also served as the Assistant Director for Recruiting Research and Analysis in the Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy, aide to the Secretary of the Air Force and Deputy Chief of the Personnel Issues Team in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel. She commanded the 11th Mission Support Squadron at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C., was an Exchange Officer with the Royal Australian Air Force, and served in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. A 1983 graduate with distinction of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Born holds two master’s degrees and a doctorate in industrial and organizational psychology. We are so excited to welcome her to the board!
Dana H. Born is a lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University and a retired brigadier general, with over 30 years of service in the U.S. Force. Born served two terms as the President-appointed Dean of the Faculty for the U.S. Air Force Academy, where she was also a professor and head of the Behavioral Sciences and Leadership Department. Born has also served as the Assistant Director for Recruiting Research and Analysis in the Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy, aide to the Secretary of the Air Force and Deputy Chief of the Personnel Issues Team in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel. She commanded the 11th Mission Support Squadron at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C., was an Exchange Officer with the Royal Australian Air Force, and served in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. A 1983 graduate with distinction of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Born holds two master’s degrees and a doctorate in industrial and organizational psychology. We are so excited to welcome her to the board!

Martha Jackson, an educator and mother of an active-duty Army Ranger who has deployed twice to Afghanistan. Jackson is a member of Blue Star Mothers, a non-political, nonprofit organization of mothers of active duty service men and women and veterans. Blue Star Mothers provides support to deployed soldiers and assistance to veterans organizations. She has had a long career in teaching English to international students beginning as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco. She has taught at Northeastern University, Boston University and Show Women's University. She was a Teaching Fellow under Professor Robert Coles at Harvard University. She has served on many educational boards, including The Brookline Educational Foundation, Facing History and Ourselves New England Board, and Beacon Academy. We are thrilled to have her support for this project!
Thank you to everyone on our Advisory Board and all of our supporters!
Thank you to everyone on our Advisory Board and all of our supporters!