Ron Whitehead is a Desert Storm Combat Veteran, a devoted educator, and an award winning artist. He most recently won the first-place award for black- and-white photography in the 2015 National Veterans Creative Arts Competition, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the American Legion Auxiliary and his work was also featured on the cover of the November 2015 VFW in action Magazine.

Ron designed and launched the Living History Veteran's Art Project here in Ossining School District which students meet with veterans to learn about their experiences. The students have two weeks to create unique art projects that tell the veterans’ stories through paintings, videos, photographs, and graphic designs. Each summer, Mr. Whitehead visits veterans at VA hospitals in Connecticut or New York and creates a personal piece of artwork for each one.