Our founder is Retired U.S. Army Lt Col Ingrid Centurion. Imagine being a little girl growing up in the 1970's and 1980's with the dream of being an Army combat pilot? When most girls back then were told, “Women can't do that!”

 

Ingrid Centurion was born in Paterson, NJ and is a 1st generation Proud American. In 1985 as a young 16 year old girl, she worked long hours at Walgreens as a cashier to pay to start her dream to become a pilot. By 1988 she became a pilot and while in college she upgraded her license to a flight instructor. After graduating college in 1991 with a B.S. in Aeronautical Technology Flight Management from Arizona State University, she joined the U.S. Army and was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. In 1998 she got her Masters Degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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During her 22 year career as a U.S. Army Officer, retired Lieutenant Colonel, she flew intelligence combat missions hunting for terrorists such as Abu Bakr_al-Baghdadi in Iraq. Her intelligence combat missions included protecting our southern border by training our border patrol and preparing them for missions to stop transnational threats of drugs, human trafficking, sex trafficking, terrorists and illegal crossings.

 

She has 25 years of leadership and management experience working with Department of Defense, Law Enforcement Agencies and the United States Border Patrol.  In-depth experience with Homeland Security applications, including manned/unmanned intelligence-gathering systems and innovative security and software development. Domestically, Ingrid served as the Southwestern United States mission planner at Joint Task Force North combatting transnational threats across Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California covering 1203 miles of land border and 850 miles of the maritime border.

 

Responsible for the planning, coordinating, synchronizing, and executing active and reserve DoD Title 10 support to federal law enforcement agencies, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Justice in order to deter and prevent threats to the homeland. Ingrid has specialized experience including military (national) intelligence capabilities, logistics, national security, and aviation expertise in the application of technologies in support of ground tactical (law enforcement teams and homeland security).

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She has been a Helicopter and Fixed Wing pilot, Maintenance Test Pilot, Instructor Pilot (Helicopter and Fixed Wing), Motivational Speaker, and Corporate Trainer. She has learned what it takes to lead many kinds of people and has the proven experience. She brings this big picture world vision to help other young Americans accomplish their childhood dreams. For adult Americans, you are never too old to start, to finish your childhood dreams.

 

Ingrid is a multi-lingual corporate trainer, executive coach, and certified as a Human Brain Dominance Practitioner, using the HBDI assessment, which is a system to measure and describe thinking preferences and processing styles. Ingrid is the youngest of four children and was raised by her mom after her father died in a car accident when she was two years old.  In honor of her father's Americanism and Patriotism, Ingrid's mission is to learn from the past and help all generations make a better life while defending American freedoms and liberties. Ingrid Centurion's current goal is to educate generations on why America is the greatest country to achieve any opportunity you can dream.