Military, Veterans, Public Safety (MVPS) Council Meeting

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Carrie Nelson, Executive Director at Boulder Crest Foundation

Carrie is a native of Virginia, born and raised in Loudoun County. She graduated from Loudoun Valley High School in 1997 and attended Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Human Services Counseling.

Carrie joined the BCF team in 2015 as the Guest Relations Specialist. In 2017, Carrie was appointed as the Operations Manager. Through the years, Carrie has demonstrated hard work, passion for the communities we serve, and growth in her personal and professional life. In 2022, she was promoted to Executive Director of Boulder Crest Virginia.

Carrie has a strong background working in non-profit and counseling. Her experience has ranged from working in homeless shelters, domestic and sexual violence centers, to helping children with Axis 1 diagnoses in the school system. In 2017, Carrie completed Yoga Teacher Training at Shine Yoga in Winchester, VA and is a RYT 200 hour yoga teacher. She teaches yoga during Warrior PATHH and Family Rest and Reconnection Stays. Carrie has always been passionate about making a difference in people’s lives and helping them improve their lives in any capacity possible! She is honored to be a part of the mission and to interact, engage, and positively impact the veterans, first responders, and the families that visit Boulder Crest Virginia.

Ralph Diaz, Director of Programs at Boulder Crest Foundation

Ralph was born into a family with a military history and has inspired some of his nephews to follow in his footsteps. He was born and raised in West Texas. He always had a desire to serve his country and joined the US Air Force shortly after 9/11, when he enlisted as a logistics specialist. Over the course of his career, he went on multiple deployments and humanitarian assistance missions. He served 17 ½ years before his medical retirement in 2019. After his retirement, Ralph struggled to adapt to civilian life. In late 2021, he started hitting the lowest point of his life. He didn’t know how bad things were until the “On Duty” Boulder Crest commercial aired. He attended Warrior PATHH at Boulder Crest Virginia in March 2023, and has been able to reconnect with himself and family and play an active role by being present.

He and his beautiful wife Kristina have been married for 12 years. They live with their 2 sons and 2 dogs. As a family, they enjoy spending quality time together BBQing, hiking, fishing, and watching football. Family means everything to Ralph, and it is his greatest joy is seeing the smile on his sons’ faces.

He is privileged to be a part of helping others and having an impact on military, veterans, and first responders on their transformation to alter their path and struggle well. He is grateful and honored to be a part of the Boulder Crest team.

ABOUT BCF:

Boulder Crest Foundation is the home of Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) and the global leader in the development, delivery, study, and scale of PTG-based programs. We exist to transform the way that our society thinks, feels, and acts when it comes to notions of mental health and struggle, so that we live in a world that is fueled and founded in notions of PTG, not PTSD, diminishment, diagnosis, or dysfunction. Boulder Crest is the home of Posttraumatic Growth (PTG). We offer life-changing programs free of charge to members of the military, veterans, and first responder communities, and their families.

Neabsco Supervisor Victor Angry

Supervisor Angry served in the United States Army for over 23 years and retired as a Command Sergeant Major with the distinction of serving as the Command Sergeant Major of the entire Army National Guard where he was responsible for the health and welfare of over 368,000 Guardsman and their families. He was the first African American to be assigned as the Command Sergeant Major, serving on an interim basis to lead the Enlisted Force during a challenging and changing time in leadership. During his military career, he led at every position from Squad Leader, Platoon Sergeant, First Sergeant and finally to Command Sergeant Major.
He achieved numerous military awards and received two Legions of Merit.

After his retirement from the Army, Supervisor Angry continued his service to others by joining the Dale City Volunteer Fire Department and has been an active member since 2011. In 2012, he became the Department Public Education Coordinator working with the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and other youth in Prince William County. Supervisor Angry was elected to the Dale City Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors and is serving his third four-year term.

Supervisor Angry is a life member of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS), the Army Aviation Association of America (AAAA) and the Veterans of Foreign War post 1503. He is a member in good standing of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and served as a board member of the Association of the United States Army’s Reserve Component Advisory Board and the Dale City Volunteer Fire Department (DVFD).