Jack Hammond

Jack Hammond is a retired U.S. Army Brigadier General with multiple combat commands. He currently serves as the Chief Executive for the Home Base National Center of Excellence for Mental Health and Brain Injuries. Hammond is a decorated combat leader and private sector innovator who has served on advisory groups for presidents, governors, and businesses. Hammond has also presented his innovative programs and leadership at the White House, United Kingdom’s Parliament, Presidential libraries, and with national companies working in defense, construction, biotechnology, marketing, and more.

General Hammond has led U.S. and NATO forces in combat and counter-terrorism operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan. This includes; simultaneously commanding two separate Battalion level Task Forces on more than one hundred successful intelligence-fused counter-terrorist operations in Iraq, responding to both WMD events and Mass Casualty suicide bombings, and an attack on our US Embassy.

In 2012 Hammond was invited to lead Home Base, which is a unique partnership between the Boston Red Sox and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Over the past decade Hammond and his team have; established the nation’s first private sector Center of Excellence for the Invisible Wounds, developed innovative solutions for mental health and brain injuries, and leveraged the faculty and clinical resources of MGH and Harvard Medical School to reimagine Veteran mental health and brain injury care. All of these treatments are provided at no cost to the Veterans, military service members, and families we care for.

Hammond has advised President Obama’s Commission on Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization & the White House Veterans and Military Family Mental Health Conference, President George W. Bush’s Health and Well Being Task Force and Warrior Wellness Alliance, Secretary Bob McDonald’s MyVA Advisory Committee, Governor Mitt Romney’s Homeland Security Advisory Council, and Governor Charlie Baker’s Healthcare Transition Team & Veteran Advisory Council. He was the co-founder and Board Member for the Cystinosis Research Network and leads the Military Advisory Board for the NanoDX company.

Hammond’s military awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, two Legion of Merit Medals (one for combat service), the Bronze Star Medal, two Meritorious Service Medals, five Army Commendation Medals (one for Valor), two Valorous Unit Awards, the Combat Action Badge, the French Medal of National Defense, and the Bulgarian Medal of Mission Support. Hammond received the National VFW Commander in Chief’s Gold Medal of Merit in 2019. In 2020, General Hammond received the American Red Cross Heroes Award for his work at Boston Hope, and was inducted into the US Army Military Police Hall of Fame.

Hammond also completed the Israeli Defense Force’s International Crisis Management Program and the NATO Counter Insurgent Leader Course in Kabul, Afghanistan.