Tempered Steel Inc. Board of Directors
Luana Schneider – Exec Director/Co-Founder
Luana Schneider was an artist and interior decorator until November 25, 2006 when she became a full-time caregiver for her son Army Sgt Scott Stephenson after his Humvee hit an IED and he was severely injured in Iraq. Luana and Scott co-founded Tempered Steel.
Heidi Katz – Board President
Over the past 15 years Heidi worked in event design, manufacturing and sales as an owner of a corporate gift service. Heidi’s extensive knowledge of the Event Service business served as a catalyst in expanding her current business as a corporate, social and private event planning company in the Los Angeles area.
Dr. Adam Buhman-Wiggs – Board V. President
Dr. Buhman-Wiggs is a licensed psychologist in Kansas with 15 years of experience in mental health assessment, diagnosis and treatment. He has conducted and presented research on various aspects of human emotional functioning at State, regional, and national psychology conferences.
Madonna Moranville – Board Secretary
Donna Moranville is the Manager, Compliance and HIPAA Privacy Officer for the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System. Donna has been with SCLHS for 21 years in various positions within the Legal and Compliance arenas. Her background is as a corporate paralegal (with which she has 25+ years’ experience) and specializes in corporate, real estate and healthcare law.
Doug Kunkle – Board Member
9 year Marine and Gulf War Veteran. My job now enables me to work behind the scenes for the military, I work on the worlds most sophisticated electronics allowing service members in the field to contact ships, out-posts, subs, aircraft, even call in airstrikes or GPS navigation through the use of Satellite Communications.
Connie Henline – Board Member
Shortly into her husband’s 4th deployment he was severely injured. They were sent to Brooke Army Medical Center, where they have lived with their children for the last 6 year. Connie currently works as a Property Manager full time and takes care of Bobby and their children.
Sharon Rice – Board Member
Sharon has served as a facilitator at TRADOC, wounded warrior and the Department of the Army conferences among other volunteer work. AFAP is the Army's grassroots process to identify and elevate the most significant quality of life issues impacting Soldiers. Several issues from her workgroups have become Army policy including a wounded warrior caregiver stipend.
Susan Muskin – Board Member
Sue has been employed by the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR) since October 2004 at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio in the Progressive Care Burn Unit as the Medical Support Assistant.
Tim Fletcher – Board Member
Tim is 20 yr. retired United States Army veteran, who also served in Desert Shield/Storm. He has worked with over 400 wounded Soldiers/Marines and their families as the 1st Cavalry Division Medical Liaison at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX.