After a fundraising and public relations disaster in 1993, the award-winning Marine Toys for Tots Foundation regrouped and came back stronger than ever.

By Melissa Busch

“The key thing to getting back up was to find the right president and CEO,” says Lt. Gen. Pete Osman, a retired Marine and the organization’s current president and CEO. “The commandant picked [Lt.] Gen. [Matthew] Cooper, who was just about to retire. But he accepted the opportunity and put the organization back on its feet.