Our Team
Hailey Swift
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
hailey@veritasteam.com
Hailey graduated with high honors from Patrick Henry College in Washington, D.C., with a Bachelor’s degree in Strategic Intelligence. Prior to starting the Foundation, Hailey was an intelligence analyst who frequently produced special event threat assessments and briefed the military and government agencies on a weekly basis.
Ed Marlow
BOARD CHAIR
emarlow@hotmail.com
Ed received the Meritorious Service Medal when deployed as an engineer during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He went on to work in the security and technology departments of Excell Data Corporation, Microsoft, Premera Blue Cross, and Kaiser Permanente, amongst other companies.
Ken Diebner
EXECUTIVE TEAM
kendiebner@aol.com
Ken counsels and manages sales teams across the U.S., and he is well versed in business development, strategic planning, marketing, sales analysis and interpretation, budgeting, and forecasting. Ken has also worked for multiple Fortune 500 companies. Prior to starting the Foundation, Ken lived in Sierra Leone for a year managing finances for a nonprofit organization.
Steve Roberts
steve@veritasteam.com
Steve is the founder of Veritas Forensic Accounting & Economics, the corporate affiliate of the Veritas Foundation. As an Economist, Certified Public Accountant, and Certified Fraud Examiner, Steve has been directly responsible for designing, implementing, and managing several thousand engagements around the world collectively involving billions of dollars.
Richard Stephens
BOARD MEMBER
stephens@sklegal.pro
Dick has practiced law primarily in the Washington, Oregon, and California regions for over 35 years. He mainly represents businesses, associations, and individuals challenging governmental regulatory power. Disk is a partner at Stephens & Klinge LLP.
Charlene Stephens
BOARD MEMBER
charlenestephens007@gmail.com
Charlene worked in a local university’s career center for 11 years, where she coordinated teacher placement. Later she used her organizational gifting as an administrative assistant for a law firm. Charlene has also worked as a stay-at-home mom for the last two decades.
Tom Lenart
BOARD MEMBER
tlenart@colsonfellows.org
Tom has worked as a Pediatric Ophthalmologist and Surgeon for the last 24 years. Having lived in Benin, West Africa, for two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer, he has returned on numerous occasions to Africa in the context of participating and leading teams of missionaries to the lost and forgotten prisoners in several African countries. Apart from international ministries, Tom is involved in several community ministries including coaching football at a local high school and feeding the homeless in Seattle.
