Robert Vera
Robert earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Boston College and an MBA from Grand Canyon University. After college, he accepted an appointment as a Staff Assistant to a United States Senator where he managed military and veteran constituent services.
Robert transitioned from government into a financial service career where he worked in leadership positions for eighteen years.
Robert is the founder of the non-profit Institute for Transformation. He is the author of Perfectly Wounded (Twelve Publishing/ Hachette; June 2020), and A Warrior’s Faith (Thomas Nelson/Harper Collins; March 2015). The book earned the publishing industry's 2016 Illumination Silver Medal Award for Best Memoir.
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