Who Are We
Jadie Miller, Founder/CEO
Jadie Miller has almost two decades of experience as a firefighter. She has served as a volunteer and today, still serves as an active professional firefighter within Ontario Canada. She believes staying connected to the pulse of the people she is trying to serve is critical.
Jadie is a subject matter expert that builds frameworks designed to not only detect but also manage the risks and deficiencies within critical infrastructures. The objectives within her frameworks are to empower individuals to forecast, identify, mitigate and manage the interdependencies and disruptions unique to each environment. Her specialty focuses on working within dynamic operational environments that require unified standards, however operate under independent strategic and tactical objectives.
Her work has included years of serving as a liaison between Firefighters and Fire Chiefs. Responsible for the research, development and implementation of policies, procedures and training curriculums for 5 different operational branches that interconnect with neighbouring departments and services.
Since 2020 Jadie has instructed and counselled Firefighters and Fire Chiefs across North America through the challenges of Firefighter Syndrome. She has been a guest speaker at conferences, departments, firefighting specific training academies and several podcasts.
Dr. Chris Frueh, Co-Founder/Scientific Director
B. Christopher Frueh, PhD is a clinical psychologist, Professor of Psychology at the University of Hawaii. He has thirty years of professional experience working with military veterans and active-duty personnel, and has conducted clinical trials, epidemiology, historical epidemiology, and neuroscience research. He has co-authored over 300 scientific publications (h-Index = 86; total scientific citations > 23,000), including a graduate textbook on adult psychopathology.
His previous work on “Operator Syndrome” is changing the way we understand and treat the complex set of interrelated health, psychological, and interpersonal difficulties that are common downstream outcomes of a career in military special operations. He devotes efforts to the SEAL Future Foundation (chair, medical advisory board), Boulder Crest Foundation (scientific advisory panel), Military Special Operations Family Collaborative, Special Operations Association of America, The Mission Within, VETS, Inc., and to the military special operations community in general.
He has testified before US Congress, and served as a paid contractor for Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, US State Department, and the National Board of Medical Examiners. He has also published commentaries in the National Review, Huffington Post, New York Times, Time, and Special Operation Association of America; and has been quoted or cited in the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Washington Post, Scientific American, Stars and Stripes, USA Today, Men’s Health, Los Angeles Times, Reuter, Associated Press, and NBC News, among others.