MARY MILLSAPS (Volunteer)
Executive director/cfo, compliance officer, clinical oversight, certified diaphragmatic breath coach
Mary Millsaps is the creator and co-founder of Operation Angel Wing (OPAW). Her passion to help those who are suffering through the devastating effects of traumatic stress is reflected directly within our organization’s mission statement. She continually pours her life’s work into pioneering innovative and incredibly effective ways to assist our Nation’s men and women of service and their families through the journey of trauma, “one victory at a time.”
Mary’s own path through struggle and dedication to her community have led her to answer her calling by creating OPAW. As a teen and young woman, she endured an extreme and prolonged cycle of abuse. Despite her physical and emotional scars, she went on to complete a very successful career in Emergency Medicine that spanned more than twenty years. She advanced from Paramedic and Search and Rescue into hospital emergency care and ultimately retired as an Occupational Healthcare Administrator.
Continually building upon her passion of healing the mind, body and spirit, Mary has earned her Masters in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Timeline Therapy, and is certified at the highest level in a host of board-certified therapies. She brings incredibly effective tools and techniques to our trauma work, many of which she has personally developed and continues to teach and mentor within the within the First Responder/military communities.
A truly amazing healer of trauma, Mary is also a devoted wife and mother, and keeper of her small farm in the foothills of western North Carolina.