The rambunctious Wounded Warrior Project embraces multichannel strategies to fund its mission to transition America’s youngest disabled vets back into civilian life.

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

WWP is “governed by a very strong board of directors that believes in accountability and governance,” Melia concludes — and that’s good enough for him.

“Nonprofits are in business to cure social ills, the worst problems in our society. People want to measure us using a star system, which I think is ridiculous,” he says.