Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program and has two U.S. presidential appointments.