Our Leadership

Shannon Staples 

Executive Director

Shannon Staples serves as the BPF Executive Director responsible for executive management, resource development and administrative oversight of the BPF at a national level.  Shannon acts as the liaison with the Border Patrol and has focus on growth, media, and overall management of BPF operations.  

Raised in a USBP family, Staples served as a U.S. Border Patrol Agent in the Tucson Sector prior to her work with the Foundation. Shannon lives in Casa Grande, AZ with her husband and she has two children. 

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Shannon can be reached at shannon.staples@borderpatrolfoundation.org.

Erica Aguilar

Deputy Executive Director 

Erica Aguilar serves as the Deputy Executive Director with management over  program support for the families of the U.S. Border Patrol.  These programs include coordination of events, support for the surviving families, supporting the growth of the BPF, and the BPF Scholarship Program.

The surviving spouse of SBPA Luis Aguilar, she and her children also serve as ambassadors to USBP families of the fallen on behalf of the BPF. Her office is located in El Paso, TX. 

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Erica can be reached at erica.aguilar@borderpatrolfoundation.org.

Our Executive Committee

Chief Ronald Colburn

President, USBP Retired

Chief Rowdy Adams

Vice President, USBP Retired

Dan Dreyfus

Treasurer

Brannon Donlon

Media and Public Affairs

John Moriarty

Secretary

Our Board of Directors

Commissioner David Aguilar

USBP, Ret.
GSIS

Commissioner Ralph Basham, Ret.
Command Consulting 

Chief Mike Fisher
USBP, Ret. 
Scorpion Security

Chief Scott Luck
USBP, Ret. 

Terry Modglin
Audit Chair 

Mike Neal
General Dynamics

Chief Robert Harris
USBP, Ret. 
Border Commanders Consulting Group, LLC

Curt Steiner
Motorola

Chief Robert Gilbert
USBP, Ret. 
General Dynamics

Roger Wells
FLIR