John H. Linnartz

John H. Linnartz is an advisory Board Member of SoldierStrong. He is a nationally recognized trusted advisor, consultant and speaker to leading family businesses, family offices, family foundations and family councils. He is highly experienced in multi-generational enterprises and helps to create the environments where affluent families have the greatest chance of flourishing. He is a specialist in family philanthropy and preparing successful heirs. His unique skilled approach is built upon his own experience and knowledge as a member of a recognized philanthropic family, his strong business background, and his broad network in the family enterprise circles. As a fifth generation family member, he also serves his own family in positions of leadership. He assists clients in creating tailored governing structures, organization, programs and tools to allow communications for clarity and greater confidence across generations. He has worked with and presented to countless families at family business gatherings and conferences throughout the United States, England and Switzerland.

Previously, he worked with several Fortune 500 companies including Becton Dickinson & Co., Lockheed Martin and GE Capital. In these various positions, Mr. Linnartz used a collaborative approach to build consensus for the development of new strategic alliances and partnerships and monitored their performance with quantitative and qualitative measurement tools. In addition to serving on the advisory board of SoldierStrong he serves on the Robertson Foundation for Government board as Treasurer. Also as the Treasurer/Secretary of The Hartford Family Foundation, board member of Robertson Research Fund at the Cold Spring Laboratory and as Chairman of Career Resources, Inc., a well-established non-profit workforce development organization that has achieved national recognition for preparing youth and adults in Connecticut to gain employment and progress in their careers.