Dr. Jack Pierce

The Washington D.C. VA Medical Center

Dr. Jack PIERCE is a modest American hero who has served and has inculcated enlightened awareness and change management to an inclusive and most diverse suffering population; and inculcated meaningful, award winning changes in the detection and treatment of PTSD in the US military and in the US veteran population— and he particularly, now, focuses on serving the homeless and destitute very diverse veterans population today in the most inclusive manner. He received awards from both the US Marines and the US Defense Department for his PTSD and change management programs for the very diverse armed services and veterans populations.

Who is he? And how did he do this?

Dr. Pierce is a retired Navy psychiatrist who is currently working in the Washington DC VA among the poorest of the poor— the diverse population of the homeless vets. There he is leading by example; and affecting change management while he is helping homeless veterans in the DC community – – veterans of every gender, color, race, creed – – to discover ways to better health and better lives. He is an example that can unite and encourage us to be strong in service and to make a difference.

And before that, he won awards from the Marines and the Defense Department for developing innovative inclusive and effective PTSD treatment protocols for the Marines and for all the diverse members of all the armed services indiscriminately – – in helping early detection and treatment systemically in the organization and delivery of lifesaving health services of those in need of PTSD services.

Dr. Pierce lead and implemented organizational change and personal change then and now by using what I call, and the MIT Sloan School of Management calls, applied “action learning”, He teachs and learns and teaches others to lead with action science reasoning, learning, and action. He does it inclusively, and his programs are inculcated in theory and in practice by example and by applied inspiration , using this effective combination of enlightened and compassionate “theory in practice”. He does this daily in his service to a suffering veterans community and a population that is most diverse and most inclusive— a population that is served by the beleaguered US Veterans Administration – – a population of those who suffer and those who are in our society, often as a result of their WOUNDS AND SUFFERING incurred while they were in service to others and to our country. These are veterans, the most diverse and inclusive population of those who sacrificed for our common welfare.

Dr. Jack PIERCE serves and serves effectively, and does so consistently and selflessly in his service to the most diverse community of the poorest of the poor – our suffering and wounded veterans.

For his inclusive service to those of diversity who suffer with PTSD and the homeless veterans everywhere— we should acknowledge and highlight him for his dedicated and inspiring service to the homeless veterans, and the exemplary change management that he has affected in the poorest and most diverse and inclusive population of Americans; and for the hope that he gives to countless veterans — a hope for meaningful, effective change in the US Veterans Administration— a hope he inculcated in the Navy, Marines and the DoD and in enlightened theory that he applies in practice. and illustrates by example, daily today.

For this, no one more than Dr. Jack PIERCE deserves the Rosoff awards as a leader who has changed the face of organizational awareness and management at the highest levels and who by his leadership and example unites us and enlightens and inspires us on how together we can strengthen each other, and especially the weakest in our diverse communities inclusively, and how together we can both sow and reap; and be strengthened to make a difference in our nation— and become stronger in serving others.