AERIAL RECOVERY FOUNDERS
Aerial Recovery is an international disaster response 501(c)(3) US-registered public non-profit whose mission is to save lives, eliminate confusion, maximize support, and accelerate recovery. The larger goal is to help nations recover even stronger than before, resulting in desperation-rooted human trafficking being eliminated. Aerial Recovery accomplishes this by employing the most qualified, trained, and elite military veterans to deploy as Humanitarian Operators to man-made and natural disasters all over the world utilizing the Special Forces tactic of Force Multiplication. This is the process of using the smallest number of Aerial Recovery Operators to work by, with and through the local population to train and enable them to continue the mission once Aerial Recovery has redeployed.
BRITNIE TURNER
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Turner has had a passion for ending sex trafficking since she was 12 years old, which led her to found Aerial Group at the age of 21 with the mission of elevating people and places with the goal of eliminating poverty-rooted atrocities. She has since formed multiple companies under the Aerial brand, including the brand’s non-profit, Aerial Recovery. Turner experienced firsthand the pain, chaos, and desperation that takes place after a major disaster affects a region when the 2017 Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated her home in the British Virgin Islands. Turner and her team were first responders after Hurricane Irma, the strongest hurricane on record at the time, annihilated the BVI. This disaster taught her there was a great need in this space, and if it wasn’t filled, it would cost many lives.
To date, Aerial Recovery has rescued over 8,000 lives across the world from disasters and human trafficking.
JEREMY LOCKE
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Locke brings 20 years of U.S. Army Military experience to the Aerial Recovery Team. Serving his first 10 years in the US Army Infantry and the remainder as a Special Forces Communications Sergeant and Team Sergeant, Locke draws on his ability to operate in austere conditions to plan and lead effective responses in the most difficult areas of the world. Locke discovered his purpose in 2019 when responding to Hurricane Dorian with his now-wife, Britnie Turner. The couple saw how effective the military skill set was in these familiar environments and moved forward with transforming Aerial Recovery to be a veteran-powered non-profit. Locke has since led recovery & rescue operations as well as trainings in more than 20 nations. Locke has a passion for helping his fellow veterans find their purpose again, which led to Aerial Recovery establishing the Heal the Heroes Initiative.
This initiative repurposes over 100 veterans and first responders every year into Humanitarian Special Operators who lead this life-saving work across the world.