Bob Suter
Graduate, SHARE Military Initiative
- Connection
About the portrait
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About Bob
Bob Suter is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, nurse, dog trainer, and avid reader who served three tours in Iraq between 2001 and 2009. During his military service, he sustained multiple traumatic brain injuries and spinal injuries, later compounded by PTSD. For years, he quietly endured symptoms like dizziness, vision issues, sleep disturbances, and emotional dysregulation — what he describes as “white-knuckling life.”
His turning point came when the emotional toll became too heavy to ignore. “I couldn’t stop crying,” he recalls. “That’s when I knew something was really wrong.”
In 2022, Bob enrolled in the SHARE Military Initiative at Shepherd Center. There, he found expert care, innovative treatments, and a community that helped him feel seen and supported. It was the first time in a long time that “the world stopped spinning.” SHARE helped him slow down, shift his mindset, and gain tools to manage both his physical and mental health.
Today, Bob is a nurse on Shepherd’s Acquired Brain Injury Unit and continues to give back through his work with Shepherd’s Men. His journey has come full circle, from seeking help to becoming a source of support and hope for others walking a similar path.
In his portrait
Bob appears alongside three people who helped carry him when he couldn’t move forward on his own:
- Kathleen Suter (his mother): Her steady love and quiet strength filled every gap, no matter how small. She was his constant.
- Sary Newman-McCormick (SHARE case manager): She never let him give up, often calling weekly (and sometimes daily) and showing up, no matter what.
- Adam Del Priore (fellow veteran and close friend): Adam saw Bob slipping and refused to let go. He never asked for anything, only how he could help.
