Chairman of the Board

A native of Richland Center, Wis., Dennis Schoville joined the U.S. Army after graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and trained as a helicopter pilot. While serving in Vietnam, he was awarded two Silver Stars, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts, along with several other Air Medals and service awards.

Following his medical retirement from active duty at the rank of captain, Schoville earned a law degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1973, and a master’s degree in law at Northwestern University in 1974. For the next 23 …

President and CEO

Born Aug 26, 1971, in Monticello, Il., Charles R. Bailey graduated from Unity High School in 1989.  He served in the United States Navy from 1990-1994, as a Torpedoman’s Mate, Third Class Petty Officer.

Bailey attended Miramar College to become an Emergency Medical Technician and studied Liberal Arts at Mesa College.  He is a Licensed Funeral Director and mortuary manager at Glen Abbey Memorial Park and Mortuary in San Diego.

Bailey recently was elected President of the San Diego County Funeral Directors Association. He also is the Dignity Memorial Homeless Burial Coordinator for San Diego County, and …

Vice-President

Rear Adm. McGrath, USN (Ret.) completed thirty-three years of service in 2012.  His last assignment was as the Deputy Commander of the U.S. Third Fleet.  He is a 1979 graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy and a native of New York City.

RADM McGrath was designated as a naval aviator in 1981, reporting to the Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (Light) 35. While at HSL-35, he completed multiple deployments to the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific.  He completed a tour as a flight instructor in HSL-41, and then as officer-in-charge in HSL-45, completing a deployment to the Persian Gulf aboard …

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Colonel Michael Cardenas, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in a large military family. They were stationed all over the U.S. and eventually settled in San Diego in 1973.  He left San Diego to pursue an aviation career and received his commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1980, and earned his wings a year later. 

Cardenas became an aircraft commander and instructor in C-141 Starlifter.  During his three flying assignments in California and Washington he flew airlift missions around the world including in Southwest Asia, conducted Special …

Secretary

Amy L. Magnusson, M.D., is a staff physician in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Sharp Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital in San Diego.  She also is a staff physician in spinal cord injury services at VA San Diego Healthcare System in La Jolla; Medical Director for Learning Services, Southern California; and Medical Director of physical medicine and rehabilitation at CareMeridian in La Mesa and Escondido.

A native of Phoenix, Dr. Magnusson graduated from San Diego State University in 1988 with a degree in nursing sciences.  She earned an M.D. degree at Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine in 1997.

Dr. …

Director

A retired U.S. Army intelligence officer with more than 20 years’ service, Sallay Kim holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Campbell University in North Carolina, and a master’s degree in Tourism Administration from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She is the owner of Serenity Event Solutions of San Diego, a firm that plans and manages events ranging from multi-day conferences to large dinners and receptions. Notably, she coordinated a Wounded Warriors Motivational Speaker Series at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

A native of Washington, D.C., Kim enlisted in the Army in 1990, and graduated from …

Director

Charlie Inot was raised in a U.S. Navy family.  In 1964, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving in the 82nd Airborne Division and with the 6th, 5th, and 10th Special Forces Groups.  During the Vietnam War, he saw combat with the 5th Special Forces Group, and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for valor, and the Purple Heart Medal.  He was honorably discharged from the Army in 1970.

Inot joined the San Diego Police Department in 1971 and, over the years, served in various assignments, including the Metro Arson Strike Team.  He retired as a detective in 1993.…

Director

Colonel Joe Boscacci, U.S. Army (Ret.) was born in San Francisco, CA and attended California State University San Francisco from 1960-1964.  Upon graduation, he enlisted in the United States Army Reserve and went to training at Fort Polk and Fort Ord.

Joe returned to CSU San Francisco and received a General Secondary Teaching Credential and was selected for a teaching assignment at Westmoor High School in Daly City, California. During this time, he served as an enlisted man with Headquarters 6253d U.S. Army Hospital, Presidio of San Francisco, California. He rose through the ranks from E-1 to E-7 in …

Director

CAPT Tamara Graham, U.S. Navy (ret) was born in Rome, New York to a military family. She grew up in various places, eventually graduating high school in Huntsville, AL and attending the University of Virginia on a Navy ROTC scholarship.

In 1993 she received her degree in Biology, commissioned and was selected to Navy flight training, just one month after the combat exclusion law was lifted. This change in policy opened all Navy aircraft and combat ships to women for the first time and allowed Graham to pursue her dream of flying H-60 helicopters off of aircraft carriers.

She …