Foundation Staff
Jari
Villanueva
President
Jari Villanueva
From 2012-2025, Villanueva has headed Taps For Veterans, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing live buglers for military funerals. He also founded Taps Across America, an annual event where thousands of participants sound Taps on Memorial Day during the National Moment of Remembrance.
He was appointed by the Governor of Maryland to serve on two commissions and has recently been asked to serve on the music committee for the American Friends of Lafayette to commemorate the bicentennial of the Marquis de Lafayette’s visit to the United States in 1824.
Villanueva’s military awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Air Force Good Conduct Medal with six oak leaf clusters, National Defense Service Medal with one service star, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the State of Maryland Distinguished Service Cross, the State of Maryland Meritorious Service Medal, the State of Maryland Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters and the Maryland Defense Force Achievement Medal. He also received the US Marine Corps League Distinguished Service Award and The Bronze Good Citizenship Medal from the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. He is the recipient of the 2024 University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Dr. Charles Woolston Award for outstanding service to the UMBC Athletic department.
Jari Villanueva graduated from the Baltimore Public School system and earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree in 1978 from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. In 1984 he received a Master of Music degree from Kent State University, Ohio. He is also a 2006 Air Force Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Academy graduate.
More information on Mr. Villanueva’s bio can be found at:
Sean
Walsh
Chief Operating Officer
Sean Walsh
Kevin
Paul
Operations Manager
Kevin Paul
As an accomplished trumpeter and educator, Kevin has performed and recorded with many notable ensembles including the National Symphony, Baltimore Symphony and Richmond Symphony. He has been a soloist with the National Concert Band of America and various United States Army bands. He has also been featured with Richmond Symphony and Maryland Symphony Orchestras. Currently, he is the Adjunct Trumpet Professor at Loyola University and the founder of Military Trumpet Jobs, the largest resource for military band auditions. Additionally, Kevin contributed as a performer on the inaugural military band trumpet excerpt CD for the International Trumpet Guild. He is a member of a premier Military Band in Washington, D.C., where he has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and internationally, regularly performing for dignitaries at The White House and at ceremonies in Arlington National Cemetery.
Michael
Delaune
Program Administrator
Michael Delaune
Christopher
Watkins
Facilities Manager
Christopher Watkins
In addition to his work at the Doughboy Foundation, Chris is a highly accomplished trumpet player. He performs with a premier military band in Washington, D.C., and has played at prestigious venues across the country, including the White House and Arlington National Cemetery. As an educator, he has presented masterclasses at renowned universities and music institutes. Chris holds degrees in music from Louisiana State University and the Manhattan School of Music, and his diverse career reflects his passion for music and dedication to excellence.
Denise
Doyle
Administrative Manager
Denise L. Doyle
Her first visit to Gettysburg as a young child in the 1960’s sparked her immersion in the Civil War, and although it remains a passion, her military interest has expanded over the years, most notably in ongoing research of her USAAC fighter pilot ACE uncle’s service in WWII. Her desire to engage and educate both students and visitors alike to the causes and consequences relevant in the 21st century that resulted from the Battle of Gettysburg continued through her nonprofit work with the Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg (FNPG) and the Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation (SRHPF).
While Chief Administrative Officer and Membership and Finance Director at FNPG, on Nov 15, 2003, she initiated the First Annual FNPG Luminaria, an event that continues to honor over 3,500 soldiers every Remembrance Day evening at the Gettysburg Soldiers’ National Cemetery. She was also part of the initial team who devised and operated Gettysburg’s Rupp House History Center.
In September 2011, she took a position with the Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation, the organization who developed the creation of, and oversaw the restoration of, Schmucker Hall on the Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary campus, now United Lutheran Seminary. Serving as the Lutheran seminary’s main building prior to the battle, the building then known as Schmucker Hall was used as hospital by both sides during the 1863 civil war battle. On July 1, 2013, the rehabilitated building reopened to the public with four floors of exhibits and displays operating now as the Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center.
Denise remains active in the Gettysburg community with present and former volunteer activities that include the Gettysburg National Military Park’s Park Watch program, the Adams County Historical Society Public Outreach Committee, the Seminary Ridge Battle of Gettysburg Anniversary Commemoration committee, the Gettysburg National Military Park Dedication Day Ceremony, the 2013 Steering Committee for Battle of Gettysburg 150th Commemoration, and Main Street Gettysburg’s Organizational Committee.
In addition to spending time with her family and traveling to historical sites across the country, Denise is a lifelong space geek who is always looking up.
