In “Hope Comes Home: A Decade of Baseball in Washington” he writes, “It is a special thing to see your dreams come true, and to see your fondest hopes turn into reality. The effort bore fruit when the Washington Nationals played their first home game in Washington in April 2005.Ĭumberland was a contributor to the Nationals’ yearbook in 2015. He penned many columns, letters to the editor, and other materials advocating for baseball’s return to his hometown. The self-proclaimed “Mayor of Nats Town,” Cumberland was a strong supporter of the effort to bring baseball back to Washington, DC. In that role, he led the firm’s proposal-writing team for 15 years.īesides writing, another passion of Cumberland’s is baseball. He retired in 2017 as senior vice president for Communications, Marketing, and Business Development for Axiom. A director of communications was needed to tell the TRICARE story, and Cumberland was chosen for the job. In 1998, the Department of Defense established the TRICARE Management Activity to manage its health program for 10 million beneficiaries worldwide. “Recruiting was a true challenge, and I learned a lot from the experience.”įrank Cumberland and his “pop” at his Saint Leo commencement in 1980. “My team recruited physicians, dentists, health administrators, and allied health professionals,” he said. His family-especially his mother-nurtured his love of literature, and that continued in his education at the university and throughout his career.Ĭumberland served in the Air Force Medical Service Corps, and also worked as a health professions recruiter for Air Force Recruiting Service. He also appreciated Saint Leo’s emphasis on writing. “I was amazed at how quickly I could get started and the variety of offerings.”

“The Saint Leo people were so helpful,” he said of his first visit to the education office. Cumberland ’80 studied at Saint Leo’s Langley Air Force Base Education Office and earned his bachelor’s degree in human resources management and sociology while he was serving in the Air Force. Writing and communication have figured into many aspects of Frank Cumberland’s life.

Commuting Wife by Dean McCoy