WARRIORS FOR AFRICAN WILDLIFE

Brad J Craven: Veteran/Founder/President of Warriors For African Wildlife bradcrvn@gmail.com 

9 years of boots on the ground experience in African Wildlife Conservation and Antipoaching. 

Victor McNeal:  Veteran/Director/Board Member 

3 years experience in African Wildlife Conservation. Vic is a vital element to our mission; his Integrity and intelligence has been proven time and again for the growth of our impact on all fronts.

Aaron Cook: Veteran/Purple Heart /Director/Board Member

3 1/2 years experience in African Wildlife Conservation and Antipoaching.
Cook is the definition of commitment to what is right. He is also absolutely vital to another outstanding perspective and wisdom to our mission through WFAW. At WFAW we are all in and we would not be here without the continued selfless service to mission and cause greater than self. We must continue to give Veterans our mission driven purpose back. Our tribal mentality naturally occurs through our devotion to our holistic Wildlife Conservation Mission. Counting on each other at the highest levels for cause greater than self once again is vital to Veterans Mental Health.  
Sam Marks: Director/Board Member.

 Extensive experience in Disabled/Adaptive sport Non-Profits. Sam is a Warrior of life. Sam was born with Spina Bifida, which never has stopped him from doing greater things than most able bodied folks. His perspective in helping us start to create a disabled Veterans program and run the nonprofit has been absolutely crucial to our balanced approach in everything we do! Sam has deployed with us to Africa and will continue to help us grow.
Tanette Maffei: Director/Board Member/ Finance advisor. Tanette has extensive experience and a business management background; and key to our behind the scenes, logistical, financial, and strong leadership support. 

Warriors For African Wildlife's team will coordinate closely with U.S. Veterans Services. We will enlist the expertise and legal certifications for our Veterans with local African Conservation and Anti-poaching experts.  WFAW will book courses at accredited African Wildlife Colleges, and expert K-9 anti-poaching training with the Global Conservation Force. These well established programs have great standing and respected positions in the local communities of Africa. WFAW will be the only foreign operative Veterans Organization that will listen and learn from the Local African Experts in order to gain the trust of African Countries and the wildlife reserves in which WFAW operates in.  This is crucial in making the sustainable and legal differences in African wildlife conservation and Anti-poaching. WFAW will support able bodied and disabled Veterans to heal while they make real differences in African wildlife conservation and Anti-poaching initiatives. 

 WFAW Director, Brad J Craven. I am a U.S. Navy Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Korea. Honorable Discharge. When I returned home I struggled as many Veterans do. I found true purpose in training and coaching my younger brother Sam who has Cerebral Palsy in his Paralympic endeavors. Sam won gold and silver medals in the 2011 Parapan Games. 

I found Africa in 2016, volunteering once or twice a year for one to two months at a time. My second trip I trained and operated with an Anti-poaching unit. Protecting the wildlife of Africa. Africa gave me back true purpose, and I want to help other Veterans heal as I did; by sharing the experiences of protecting and conserving Africa's beautiful wildlife.

Warriors For African Wildlife's mission is to fund an able bodied and disabled Veterans training and education program in Africa; taught by leading African local conservation and Anti-poaching experts. U.S. Veterans will get local training and certification to provide legal and sustainable wildlife conservation and Anti-poaching on front line initiatives. Warriors For African Wildlife will work with and support local African communities in conservation and Anti-poaching initiatives. Through out this process Veterans will heal and get back their purpose. WFAW has now trained full units of African Field/Anti-Poaching Rangers, funded and participated in elephant relocations, white rhino humane dehorning counter-poaching operations, donations of kit, equipment, gear, and funded several African community outreach programs; we as WFAW will continue to be the difference on holistic frontline African Wildlife Conservation efforts and initiative.