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ADAM MARR

Director of Operations, Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition (VMHLC)

Adam Marr is a U.S. Army combat Veteran and former AH-64D/E Apache helicopter pilot who now continues his service as Director of Operations for the Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition (VMHLC). Through this role, Adam drives strategy, operations, and national engagement to help advance a new standard of Veteran mental health care—one rooted in science, service, and lived experience. He leads partnership development, cross-sector alignment, and helps translate Veteran voices into actionable policy.

In 2015, Adam co-founded the first Veteran nonprofit dedicated to addressing the root causes of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress (PTS). This pioneering work made him a nationally recognized advocate for alternative therapies and holistic healing. During that time, he also served as a transformational change consultant at Accenture, advising Fortune 500 companies on human-centered innovation at scale.

Though he worked to change systems for others, it was Adam’s own encounter with emerging therapies—including ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT—that transformed his life. These experiences helped restore his mental, emotional, and spiritual health—and reconnected him to his Christian faith, deepening his calling to serve.

That journey now fuels his leadership at the intersection of lived experience, strategic vision, and service to the community. Amid a rising Veteran suicide crisis, Adam is a trusted voice shaping bipartisan policy and advancing global conversations on Veteran mental health care.

Adam also serves as Strategic Advisor to Beond Service’s 9-week ibogaine program in Cancún and co-hosts Tango Alpha Lima, the national podcast of The American Legion and it +2 million members. He lives in rural Alabama with his wife and three children.

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Why We Fight

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Veteran die by suicide and drug
overdoses every day.

1.5x

Veteran are 1.5x more likely to die
by overdose than civilians.

200,000+

Over 200,000 Veteran have died from suicide and overdose
since 9/11.

Thousands

leave the country they served for overseas psychedelic therapy because the system won’t support them.

“This isn’t just a crisis. It’s a moral failing. And we’re done waiting.”

We’re Stronger Together

VMHLC is powered by a national coalition of Veteran-led organizations, clinicians, researchers, advocates, and families—united in one mission: to end the suicide crisis and revolutionize mental health care.

“We are Veterans still in service—fighting for the right to heal.”