On March 18, Senator Charles Grassley wrote to the board of Wounded Warrior Project asking questions based on the issues raised by CBS News and the New York Times. While he waits for the board's official response, we feel the need to offer our defense as we led the organization for the past eight years, with the board's approval, of course. Today in The Hill newspaper we published our reply.
This blog was created by Steven Nardizzi, former CEO of Wounded Warrior Project and Al Giordano, former COO. On March 10, 2016, we were fired by the board of the WWP in the wake of media reports about wasteful spending at the charity we had led for eight years. In the same press release announcing our firings, the Board of WWP issued findings of an independent investigation disproving the allegations contained in those media reports. Nevertheless, the media's false reporting has taken hold and and we are forced to defend ourselves and the wonderful organization and people that has done so much help our wounded veterans.