No veteran should have to fight their hardest battle alone.

Project New Day was created in response to a gap we could no longer ignore. Too many combat veterans complete treatment yet continue to struggle with trauma, addiction, isolation, and loss of purpose. Clinical care often addresses symptoms, but lasting healing requires connection, trust, and community.

We are scientists, physicians, therapists, coaches, veterans, and advocates who have spent our careers working in trauma and recovery. Together, we developed a peer-led, human-centered model designed to address the root causes of suffering, not just manage its effects. Across multiple cohorts and formal studies, the program has demonstrated statistically significant reductions in PTSD-related symptoms, including depression and anxiety.

Project New Day was inspired and initially supported through the philanthropic leadership of Mike Sinyard, founder of Specialized Bicycle Components and Outride. From the beginning, this work has been self-funded and mission-driven. Combat veterans do not pay to participate. Our commitment is simple: remove financial and systemic barriers so veterans can access meaningful healing without additional burden.

Having completed multi-year studies and validated the model, we are now focused on expanding access by partnering with aligned organizations, institutions, and communities to bring Project New Day to combat veterans at scale while maintaining the integrity of the program.

We believe healing happens in relationship. By bringing together veterans, trauma-trained coaches, and trusted partners, we create environments where identity can be rebuilt, stories can be honored, and purpose can be restored.

Project New Day exists to serve those who have served, and to build the partnerships that ensure no veteran has to walk the path forward alone.

Meet the Team

Mike Sinyard

FOUNDER

Founder and CEO of Specialized Bicycle Components, Advocate for innovative approaches for mental health

Jeremy Wilson, MS

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ICF Certified Life Coach, Veteran Advocate, Knowledge-Based Coaching Specialist

Crystal Smith, PhD

RESEARCH ADVISOR

Assistant Professor at the Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. Lead Principal Investigator for the Laboratory for Innovations in Therapeutics

Gabor Maté, MD

ADVISOR

Addiction Expert, Speaker, and Best-selling Author

Ryan Ackerman

ADVISOR

USMC Purple Heart Recipient, Three-Time Iraqi Combat Veteran, President & Co-Founder at the First Battalion Fifth Marines Association

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Brian Anderson, MD

ADVISOR

Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor, University of California San Francisco, Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Allison Feduccia, PhD

SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR

Neuropharmacologist and educator

Anne St Goar, MD

ADVISOR

Primary care physician at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, emeritus certified therapist; team member with the Trauma Research Foundation

 

Dylan Jouras

ADVISOR

Project New Day Leadership Team, Purple Heart  Recipient, Two-Time Afghanistan Army Combat Veteran

 

Ben Capron

ADVISOR

Strategic business development, communications specialist

Mary Cosimano, LMSW

ADVISOR

Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Paul Stamets

ADVISOR

Mycologist and researcher in neurocognitive health

Sam Chapman

ADVISOR

Executive Director at the Healing Advocacy Fund