Board of Directors
Dylan Ward Goff
Dylan is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hidden Wounds, a veteran’s service organization dedicated to providing peace of mind and comfort to military personnel suffering from combat stress injuries and other post war psychological challenges.
Dylan is a native of Columbia, South Carolina where he lives with his wife, Carla and practices law with the law offices of James E. Smith, Jr., P.A. He is a 2002 graduate of The Citadel and a 2008 graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law.
In addition to being an attorney in private practice, Dylan serves his state as an Armor Officer in the South Carolina Army National Guard and is currently assigned as a staff officer with Headquarters, 218th Brigade in Charleston, S.C. From February 2007 until May 2008, he was deployed as an embedded trainer to the Afghan National Police Forces in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Dylan’s military decorations include the Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Action Badge.
In 2010, Dylan was elected by a joint session of the South Carolina General Assembly to The Citadel Board of Visitors for a term expiring in 2016 where he serves as Chairman of the Education Committee.
Kim Milano
Kim Milano is the Secretary of Hidden Wounds Board of Directors. Kim is married to MG James M. Milano and has been actively involved in programs to help soldiers and families for the past 27 years. She is also a registered dietitian with a specialty in pediatrics. While at Fort Carson, Colorado she counseled patients with TBI and PTSD and their families on healthy eating for brain injuries and depression. Kim led programs such as Walk to Iraq and Back, Resiliency Workshops, Baby Blankets for Newborns, monthly Division FRG Steering Committee meetings etc., to improve morale during deployments. She also partnered with the Homeland Defense Foundation to provide programs for military families such as stress reduction, healthy cooking, self-defense, suicide prevention, etc. She has served as the senior family readiness advisor and has actively promoted programs to alleviate stress and create resiliency for families and soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, Fort Knox, Kentucky and currently at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
Barbara Flora Livingston
Barbara Flora Livingston has been employed as Director of Human Resources at Gregory Electric Company for the past 13 years. In that capacity she is responsible for payroll and employee benefits, employee safety and training programs, and any legal or labor related issues concerning Gregory Electric Company employees. She currently serves on the Columbia Electrical Council which supports the electrical apprenticeship program for several local electrical contractors.
As the wife of Major General Robert E. Livingston, Jr., Barbara has worked with military families and organizations that support troops and their families. In addition to her involvement with the board of Hidden Wounds she also serves on the board of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve and the USO.
Barbara graduated with a B.S. in Guidance and Counseling from Baptist College in Charleston, SC in 1977. Barbara worked in Virginia at Virginia National Bank in Farmville, Virginia and then at Hampden-Sydney College’s Career Counseling Center. She returned to Columbia and worked for Lexington State Bank and then moved to Atlanta, Georgia where she worked for Trust Company Bank. Barbara decided to be a stay-at-home mom while she raised four children. During this time she concentrated her efforts on the schools and extracurricular activities that her children were involved in. She served on the Board of Dance Theatre of Columbia for four years, two of those years she served as treasurer. She has been actively involved in her church, Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church, in West Columbia for the last 34 years where she has served as a Sunday School teacher and as a member of Mt. Tabor’s Church Council.
She has been married to Robert E. Livingston, Jr. for 34 years and they have four children, Robert, III, Rachel, Rebekah, and Roxanne.
Captain Charlie Hall
Captain Charlie Hall was born and raised in York, South Carolina. He attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Environmental Science in 2001.
He was commissioned into the U.S. Army as a 2nd Lieutenant and completed the Combat Engineer Officer’s Basic Course at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. in Nov. 2001. He reported to the 1st Engineer Battalion at Fort Riley, Kan. and served as Engineer Reconnaissance Platoon Leader and Combat Engineer Line Platoon Leader. Capt. Hall graduated from the Army Sapper Leader’s Course during his time in the U.S. Army.
In Nov. 2002 he completed an interservice transfer to the U.S. Marine Corps and reported to The Basic School in Quantico, Va. He graduated in June 2003 and then completed the Ground Supply Officer’s Course and was subsequently assigned as Supply Officer, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, Camp Lejeune, N.C. He deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom from Aug. 2004 to April 2005 in Fallujah, Iraq. He then served a short time with 3rd Battalion, 10th Marines as battalion Logistics officer and then completed his active duty service in May 2006.
Following the completion of his active duty service Hall moved to Greenville, S.C. and began work as a Project Manager with the Harper Corporation, General Contractors. He also served as the Upstate South Carolina Marine for Life employment coordinator with the Marine Reserves until August 2009.
Since Aug. 2009 he serves in the Mobilized Reserve as District Injured Support Coordinator for the state of South Carolina with the Marine Corps’ Wounded Warrior Regiment.
Capt. Hall is married to the former Elizabeth Robeson and has three children.
“Capt Hall is proud to serve on the Hidden Wounds Board of Directors because he sees firsthand how the organization benefits young veterans. The Marines he works with on a daily basis all have unique needs, and Hidden Wounds is one of the primary resources used to accomplish the task of meeting those needs. He is excited to see the organization expand its reach to other areas, both in physical range and military related issues that are not typically addressed by traditional practices.”
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