JC Clapsaddle is a retired Air Force Colonel. Among his assignments was a tour in Iraq as a liaison between Air Force and Army combat medical activities, and the Iraqi National Health Ministry. 

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He served on Capitol Hill in the U.S. Senate as a National Defense Fellow and liaison with a legislative portfolio of Veterans Affairs, human rights, racial diversity, combating religious intolerance, prevention of sexual harassment & assault, and ending veteran suicide.  

In 2010, the Secretary of Defense appointed him Deputy Director of the Pentagon’s special Legal and Legislative Team that crafted the President’s successful repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.” 

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Later, he commanded hospitals at Ramstein Air Base (Germany) and Al Udeid (Qatar) to care for ill & wounded from combat operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Horn of Africa. 

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JC is a graduate of the Masters Leadership Program San Antonio, a Rotarian, and has served on many nonprofit boards. He is a co-founder and  the U.S. Coordinator of the “Seeds of Hope” International Peace Leadership Academy (Northern Ireland), and helped establish the “Nurturing Hope Summer Learning Journey” Program (Northern Ireland). Since 2022 he serves as the US coordinator of an international humanitarian relief unit supplying equipment, medical supplies, and vehicle convoys throughout Ukraine during the Russian-Ukraine War, has driven on 14 humanitarian aid convoys and continues to do so throughout the war.

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JC has been honored as a San Antonio Peace Laureate (2026), Rotary International’s Service Above Self Award (2026), St. Philips International Philosophy Award (2025), the San Antonio International Peace Leadership Award (2024), received a Ukrainian Humanitarian Volunteer medal, and serves as an Ambassador for the international Institute for Economics and Peace. ​