The Gulf War Project Team
Chairman and CEO
Director of Gulf War Project
Christopher Fontaine
Chris is a Real Estate Investor with over 16 years of Real Estate experience having run his own investment business for several years. Chris is a licensed agent in multiple states and has vast experience in all facets of real estate in both residential and commercial properties. Chris is a retired U.S. Marine and former State Police Officer. Christopher is active in various Veterans causes and organizations, including setting up “Veterans Investing University” teaching our military veterans, both past and present, the art of investing in real estate and starting their own business.
Chris has a degree in Criminology from the University of Colorado, has over 15 years of active duty time as a US Marine Corps Explosives Detection K-9 Handler with multiple tours in Iraq.
As the leader at Veterans Investing Inc., Chris puts his vast real estate experience and “mission first” tenacity towards getting our investor clients the absolute highest return on their investment possible.
In 2017 Chris started the Gulf War Project, a life long vision of his that will address the veterans suicide rate, homelessness and veteran unemployment. Having lost close friends from the platoon he served in during the first Gulf War, Chris wanted to raise funds for further research into “Gulf War Illness.” Chris utilizes his vast real estate investing experience to teach and mentor his fellow disabled veterans and house homeless vets.
VP of Investments, Board Member
Stephen H. Watkins
Stephen is an experienced entrepreneur founding a series of successful information and business services companies; two of which grew to billion dollar market cap companies.
His efforts raising capital and exiting from these companies repeatedly demonstrated the inefficient and unstructured path that entrepreneurial companies experience when trying to access the capital markets. These experiences inspired Stephen to conceive a capital market for entrepreneurial companies: Entrex. To create public awareness of the entrepreneurial sector Stephen wrote a nationally syndicated financial column which had readership of over 8,000,000. He also founded, working together with the Dow Index Team, the Private Company Index (PrivateCompanyIndex.com) which helped to establish the vibrancy of the “top-line” of the entrepreneurial sector. In 2006 he authored the book: “Capital Can’t Fund What it Can’t Find”, which focused on capital markets, capital formation and capital access for entrepreneurial companies. Stephen is active in the US Chamber of Commerce, Fortune Small Business, and other global business forums which provide him regular opportunities to speak to entrepreneurial company CEO’s about Growth, Financing and Capital formation.
Having never served in the military, Stephen says that he has always been thankful and appreciative of our nations veterans. Stephen has been involved in several Veterans Advocacy programs over the years, to include working with the VA to build a community of modular homes for disabled veterans in South Florida. Stephen is a proud and valuable board member of Gulf War Project.
VP of Acquisitions, Board Member
David Brown
Dave has over 20 years of Real Estate Investing experience, running one of the most successful Investment companies in the Northeast. Dave has personally purchased and sold well over 250 properties! Dave is a subject matter expert on identifying and closing on properties that realize the absolute highest return possible. Dave is experienced in residential, commercial and land investments. Dave serves as a mentor to over 35 real estate investor students as well as conducting coaching calls for students of the most successful investor program in the country.
Dave is active in various Veterans causes, including setting up an outreach program for “gold star mothers and wife’s” who lost a loved one in Iraq or Afghanistan. Dave and his fiancé Barb have also started “American Snippets” a monthly podcast researching and interviewing American heroes, Veterans, First Responders and those that exhibit the American Spirit and entrepreneurship. Dave is one of the head coaches and mentors for the Gulf War Project and proudly sits on the board as well.
Dave has a degree in Business Management from NY State University at Oneonta. Dave has worked for Keller Williams and is licensed in the State of New York.
VP of Operations, Board Member
Patrick Kenneally
Patrick brings a wealth of financial experience to the teams at Veterans Investing Inc.as well as Gulf War Project. Patrick served as the head of “Product Development” at Boston Financial and DST Retirement Solutions for over 20 years. Patrick brings vast IRM (Investor Relations Management) skills to our team as well as excellent day-to-day operations oversight. Patrick is a four-year Veteran of the US. Army and actively involved in Veterans causes to include the “Homes for Hero’s” program. Patrick is actively involved in marketing and student relations for Gulf War Project and proudly sits on the board. Patrick studied Communications at Fitchburg State University.
Creative Director, Board Member
Christopher Baima
Chicago native, Christopher Baima, is a well-versed multimedia designer and art director with over 20 years of professional experience in a plethora of creative fields. Christopher’s areas of expertise include website design and development, graphic design and illustration, plus corporate branding and identity. An artist through-and-through, Christopher also has a passion for motion graphics, animation, CGI, audio/video production, and photography. Christopher is instrumental in dealing with all web based tasks for Veterans Investing University as well as Gulf War Project. Christopher also sits on the board at Gulf War Project.