Michael Linnington

On February 5, 2019, Linnington announced to ABC/NBC owned First Coast News that WWP has "turned the corner" and is doing more with less resources. "We are serving more warriors today than ever before in impactful ways that change their lives."

On March 9, 2017 Linnington testified to Congress about veteran healthcare needs highlighting four major areas:

On July 18, 2016, Lt. Gen. Michael S. Linnington (Ret.) was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit veteran service organization that provided programs for veterans injured in service on or after 9/11. He told a reporter he felt compelled to lead WWP after he observed the organization began suffering from a media scandal in 2016. The allegations of the scandal were later disproved by several audits and investigations held by third parties including the Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance. Media coverage resulted in a severe drop in donations and revenue. As a result, Linnington's first actions were focused on reducing costs while maximizing impact from veteran programs, including a pay cut from the previous WWP CEO salary.

In 2014, two organizations, the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office and the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command were merged into the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). Its mission was to account for missing personnel to their families and provide accurate and timely details of their story. Lt. Gen. Michael S. Linnington (Ret.) was its first permanent director. When Linnington took over, his priorities were to continue the mission during reorganization without disrupting field operations, finish reorganization of conflict accounting, streamline and modernize operations and communications, improve communications to stakeholders, and expand partnerships.

In 1980, he graduated from U.S. Military Academy at West Point where he met his wife, Brenda who also graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1981. He has a master's degrees in Applied Mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and in National Security Strategy from the National War College.

Linnington was born in Cape May, New Jersey and grew up in the Villas section of the Lower Township, New Jersey. He attended the former St. Raymond's Roman Catholic School while working in a local restaurant and nearby Citgo gas station. He then graduated Valley Forge Military Academy in 1976.

Michael Linnington (born 1958) is the CEO of Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) and a retired United States Army Lieutenant General. He has more than 35 years of military experience and was the first permanent Director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), served as a Military Deputy under the Secretary of Defense, was the Commanding General of the Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region, the Deputy Commanding General at Fort Benning, GA, Commandant of Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Policy for the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command in Kabul, Afghanistan.