BR McDonald is the Founder and President of the Veteran Artist Program (VAP) and has a vocal performance degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. When 9/11 happened, BR made one of the most crucial career decisions to do something bigger than himself and chose to enlist in the US Army. He served as an Arabic Linguist and Special Operator in the Joint Special Operations Command deploying seven times to Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq for some of the toughest assignments with the most elite units in the military. After leaving the military in 2009, BR founded VAP and has now given voice to over 1000 veteran artists in 5 years. BR received his Executive MBA from Loyola University Maryland in 2013 and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY where he runs VAP full time. BR’s work has been highlighted on CNN, Fox News, ABC, BBC, MSNBC and covered by NPR, Baltimore Sun, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor and The New York Times.