Capital Campaign Committee

Rick Kaiser | Chief Executive Officer

Rick Kaiser, Master Chief SEAL, USN (Retired)
Rick was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After attending Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL (BUD/S) training Class 109 in Coronado, California, he was assigned to SEAL Team TWO in 1980. Rick deployed three times with SEAL Team TWO 2nd Platoon, specializing in Winter Warfare, Sniping, and Combat Swimming.

He was assigned to SEAL Team SIX in 1985 acting as lead diver, breacher, and sniper. In 1993, Rick received the Silver Star for Valor during the Battle of Mogadishu (Black Hawk Down). He served as the training chief and lead sniper from 1993-2000. He then served as Deputy Operations Officer from 2001-2013, overseeing and managing numerous combat deployments post 9-11 of SEAL Team SIX personnel to Afghanistan, Iraq, Africa, and many other locations around the world.

Rick is currently employed as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Navy SEAL Museum and lives in Vero Beach, Florida with his wife Barbara.

Lance Cummings | Docent Manager

Lance Cummings, Chief Warrant Officer, USN (Retired)
Lance is a native of Macon, Georgia. He enlisted in the Navy in 1981 and served in the fleet as ships navigator before reporting to SEAL Training in 1983. After graduating in Class 124, he became a plank owner (original member) of SEAL Team THREE, where he deployed to the Western Pacific theater.

Subsequent duty as a BUD/S instructor and at Defense Language Institute took him to SEAL Team FOUR and three deployments in South America, working with US Drug Enforcement until 1995. He then transitioned to SEAL Reserves while going to Chiropractic College, receiving his Doctorate in 2000. After 9/11/01, he mobilized to active duty and four deployments to the Middle East in support of US foreign policy.

Retiring from the Navy in 2011 as a Chief Warrant Officer, Lance lives in San Diego with his teenage children. Lance serves as the Navy SEAL Museum San Diego Docent Manager, and conducts adventure fundraising events for the Navy SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida.

Donald G. McClure, Jr. | Board Chairman

Don is the former Chair and Co-CEO of a national wireless telecom service provider that operates in 39 states. His company was sold to a Fortune 100 company in 2000. As founder and CEO, Don manages The McClure Group, Inc. and sits on several private company boards. Don has served as the Lead Director with a publicly traded financial services firm for almost a decade. Don has overseen operations as a commercial grape grower at his McClure Family Vineyard since 2005. Additionally, Don operates Maryland Vineyard Management, which provides viticulture services to 25 Maryland wineries and vineyards.

Don has served as the chair for four major nonprofits in a lengthy volunteer career; he has actively served the National Navy SEAL Museum since 2013 and continues to direct efforts of its developing San Diego museum. He is chairman of the Navy SEAL Museum’s West Coast Board, serves as a member of its National Executive Committee, and remains an invaluable asset as a Board Member of the Fort Pierce, Florida museum. Don has been at the forefront of several Navy SEAL Museum fundraising endeavors nationwide. A prolific writer, Don authored his first book on family World War II history that was published in 2023. Natives of Maryland, Don and his wife of 57 years, Charlene, split their time between North Central Maryland and Vero Beach, Florida. They have three sons and a daughter, and ten grandchildren.

Kim Rhinehelder, CFRE | Director of Development

Kim is a successful, passionate, and effective nonprofit leader and fundraising professional. Driven by her fervent belief in the value of philanthropy, Kim is described as a masterful relationship builder. Constantly, thinking about the donor’s wishes and how to connect those wishes to the mission of her organization earned her the coveted role of Director of Development for the Navy SEAL Museum San Diego.

In her previous position as the President of Eskaton Foundation she was charged with building the philanthropic arm of the largest senior health care organization in the Sacramento region. With the experience of successfully building from the ground up, after 9 years as President, Kim took on a new role as VP of Communications, Outreach and Philanthropy at the same organization. In that position, her immediate goal was to build from the ground up a comprehensive communications department. Under Kim’s leadership her team created Eskaton’s first-ever Brand Message – “Age is Beautiful!” As Kim would later say, “Age is Beautiful” is a legacy that will be with the organization for years to come.

When asked the question, what was one of your proudest accomplishments, Kim enthusiastically would say the founding of an advocacy Think Tank which brought together the brightest and most influential individuals in the Sacramento Region. Its purpose was to ignite human stories and inspire local change in the belief that seniors are relevant.

After living in Sacramento for over 25 years, Kim and her husband Charles set out on a new adventure landing in Carlsbad, CA. Kim is a Master Gardner, a piano enthusiast, bread baker, and mentor to several nonprofit fundraising professionals.