Liberal Men of the Lowcountry
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2023 LML Board of Directors
President: Richard Hammes
Richard is originally from Wisconsin but resided in the Chicago area for over 50 years. He has degrees from the University of Wisconsin, University of Chicago and Northern Illinois University. First 15 years of career he worked for the Illinois Dept. of Mental Health and the last 30 years as a management consultant focused on leadership, communication, performance and a range of other programs. He has resided in Hilton Head fulltime since late 2018. He was a founder of the LML in January 2014 and has led the organization for more than five years. He volunteers with many organizations including VIM, Hopeful Horizons, NAACP, and Moms Demand Action.
Member at Large: Beau Patterson
Judge Beau Patterson served as the Presiding Judge of the Denver County Court (the first African American Chief Presiding Judge in the Court’s history) He supervised the Court’s management team of 15, was hiring authority for the 300 court employees and 32 full and part-time judicial officers. J.D. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. 1974. B.A. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. 1968. Licensed to practice law in the State of Colorado 1975. Martin Luther King Graduate Fellowship Recipient Colorado State University1969. Toastmaster’s International, Downtown Speakeasy Club “Toastmaster of the Year” Award. 2003. Sam Cary Bar Association Distinguished Jurist Award 2003.Member, Denver and Colorado Bar Associations (1975-2011)Chair, the Mayor of Denver’s Justice Center Planning Committee (1999-2000); Panelist on the American Bar Association’s “Ethics in the Public Sector” Seminar (1996); Chief Trial Judge, Hoffman Moot Court, University of Denver College of Law (1987); Trial Judge, National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Regional Institute (1991).Judge Patterson coached youth soccer for the Northeast Soccer Association for 13 seasons. Board of Directors of the Colorado Youth Soccer Association (1988-1990); Chair of the Selection Committee for the Denver Public Schools Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Denver, CO (1989-1994).
Treasurer: Mark O'Neill
Expertise:
Leadership, leader education and development, national security, leading organizational change, strategic planning, expeditionary logistics, China and East Asia.
Experience:
Mark is a tested leader with extensive domestic and international experience in military, diplomatic, and corporate arenas. During a thirty-year career in the United States Army, he served in leadership positions from platoon through multi-national division level, with peacekeeping and combat deployments to Haiti, Afghanistan and Iraq. Pentagon service on the Army Staff honed skills in the development and implementation of strategic plans and policy. Mark also served in political-military assignments as an Army Foreign Area Officer in Hong Kong and as a Defense Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China. He concluded his military career developing the nation’s future military leadership at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.
In business, he served in executive positions in the defense industry crafting corporate strategies in response to a rapidly changing global business environment. In 2015-2016, he led the massive logistics support effort (LOGCAP) for coalition forces in Afghanistan. As a business owner, he is a leadership development and organizational growth consultant assisting business leaders in their efforts to adapt and better serve their clients.
Mark serves as a Director on the board of Alphapointe, a non-profit corporation that is a national leader in providing rehabilitation services, training and career opportunities for blind Americans. He also serves on the advisory board of Dynamic Planning and Response, a leading veteran owned small business based in Hawaii.
Technology and Web Development Lead: Peter Moore
Peter had a 50+ year career in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. From a family of entrepreneurs, after 30 years in various industries, Peter became a business founder and owner, executive coach and consultant. After work with Ernst & Young, Capgemini and other big firms as a Vice President,, while in semi-retirement, Peter was recruited and served as Adjunct Professor at UT, DU, GCSU and USCB. Peter formed a new company that grew to be a major online education service for the Transportation industry. Peter has served on other non-profit boards including 2nd Helpings of the Lowcountry on Hilton Head.
Member at Large: Frank Ward
Frank grew up in Queens, NY and Atlantic City, NJ. He majored in American History and would teach on every level from middle school through graduate school. He eventually got his Ph.D. from Columbia, but then switched to a thirty-plus year career as a Foreign Service Officer. He served in the U. S. Information Agency, USAID, and the State Department in such places as Afghanistan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, India, Turkey, and El Salvador. Like Frank, his wife, Bonnie, is a retired Foreign Service Officer. They have children and grandchildren in Virginia and New Orleans, have owned a home in Hilton Head Plantation for over four years, but divide their time between HHI and Washington DC.