HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR FALL 2022 CONFERENCE
October, 2022
FALL 2022 HIGHLIGHTS
Our Fall, 2022 Conference was a huge success! We encouraged (and always do) feedback from everyone – from vendor, sponsor, speaker and attendee – and all of the comments were positive and lifting. We thank you for such a great event. Below are the highlights!
CONFERENCE SPONSORS AND FRIENDS

Keynote Speaker:
RYAN MANION
President, The Travis Manion Foundation
Ryan Manion has dedicated her life to supporting our nation’s military, veterans, and families of fallen heroes. She is inspired by the character, leadership, and sacrifice of her brother 1st Lt. Travis Manion, USMC, who made the ultimate sacrifice in the Al Anbar province of Iraq while drawing fire away from his wounded comrades on April 29th, 2007.
Ryan Manion - President | The Travis Manion Foundation
FEATURED SPEAKERS

GEORGE ALTMAN
Managing Director
VETS Indexes
George Altman, Managing Director | VETS Indexes
George Altman is a Managing Director of VETS Indexes where he leads the firm’s proprietary survey, ranking and recognition programs.
Prior to VETS Indexes and for the past 8 years, George led the Best for Vets series of rankings at Military Times, including Best for Vets: Employers and Best for Vets: Colleges, overseeing all aspects of the process, from survey design to response evaluation to preparing the results for publication.
George worked for 14 years as a journalist, specializing in data projects, veterans’ issues and the federal and state government. George was the Editor for Special Projects at Military Times, where he oversaw the organization’s coverage of veteran employment, education and transition out of the military.
George has appeared on cable news and worked extensively in front of the camera, conducting interviews, producing video content, and making TV and radio guest appearances. He has spoken about veterans’ issues at the Employing U.S. Vets Conference, the Council of College and Military Educators, and the Service Members of the Year Awards.
George lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Carrie, daughter Zoe and Moe, his cat.

NICHOLAS ANTAKI
Director of Marketing
Managing Director
VETS Indexes
Nicholas Antaki, Director of Marketing, Managing Director | VETS Indexes
Nicholas Antaki serves as the Director of Marketing for VETS Indexes where he is charged with promoting the strategic vision and value proposition of the firm. Nick leads the marketing team with a laser focus on executing upon the overall marketing and branding initiatives throughout the many marketplaces in which the firm endeavors. Mr. Antaki joined VETS Indexes in July of 2017 and brings this role seasoned leadership supported by a track record of success.
Nick began his professional career on Wall Street and most recently served as a management consultant to small and growing businesses with a niche focus on market-research firms. Previously, Nick served as the Business Development Manager for a California-based health products company and in a variety of financial services roles with Bernstein Global Wealth Management, Merrill Lynch and Citigroup.
Nicholas acquired both his B.S in Finance and MBA in International Business with honors from The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University. He serves on the Board of Directors and as an Executive Officer of the Tobin Alumni Association is involved with more than a dozen philanthropic organizations. Nicholas also maintains several ministries at his Church and is active in his community. He is passionate about Impact Investing, Microfinance, Philanthropic Finance, Venture Philanthropy, Social Entrepreneurship and all innovative forms of using the power of business for good while doing well at the same time.

Rob Arndt
CEO & Founder
BufferSprings
Rob Arndt - CEO & Founder | BufferSprings

William A. Baas
Vice President
Comcast NBCUniversal
William A. Bass - Vice President | Comcast NBCUniversal

Ray Bermudez, PHR
Vice President, Human Resources
Fiserv
Raymond Bermudez, PHR VP of Human Resources | Fiserv
Raymond Bermudez is a certified PHR with over 28 years of experience focusing on strategic and tactical Human Resources.
Raymond received a bachelor’s degree in Meteorology and Oceanography from the State University of New York Maritime College. Upon graduation, he was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Navy. Raymond is a Gulf War Veteran who served for 11 years both active and reserve and held the rank of Lieutenant. He utilized his leadership skills and technical expertise in the US Navy’s electronic warfare community to improve mission readiness and operational execution.

Garrett D. Boesch
Global Supply Base Manager
Teradyne
Garrett D. Boesch - Global Supply Base Manager | Teradyne
Mr. Boesch is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, where he served for 8 years as a master-at-arms; deploying primarily to the Persian Gulf, Southeast Asia, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He was repeatedly recognized for superb performance with military awards to include commendation medals and campaign ribbons for completing overseas and arduous duty assignments. He was a crew member of USS O’Brien DD975, which holds the distinction of having been the first U.S. military asset to deploy ordinance in 2001 against targets in Afghanistan weeks after 9/11, thus initiating Operation Enduring Freedom. In 2008, he was honorably discharged from the military as a Chief Petty Officer.
After his military career, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts area to attend graduate school and start his civilian career and family.
The majority of his civilian career has been with Teradyne. He has held multiple roles in finance there, including: corporate financial planning and analysis, as well as finance manager of global operations and semiconductor engineering. He recently served as the revenue operations manager within Teradyne’s high volume manufacturing organization and is currently a global supply base manager. The last few years have presented Mr. Boesch interesting opportunities and challenges as Teradyne has sought to source the semiconductor content necessarily to build and ship it’s test equipment to their semiconductor customers during the heavily constrained environment of the semiconductor industry.
He graduated with honors from Northeastern University with a Masters of Business Administration.
Mr. Boesch is originally from Vermont and currently resides in North Reading, Massachusetts. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf and going on adventures with his wife and children across New England.

SUSAN DeWITT CHRIST
Diversity & Inclusion Veterans Outreach Consultant
Oracle
Susan DeWitt Christ - Diversity & Inclusion Veterans Outreach Consultant | Oracle

Crystal Cochran
Senior Director, Programs and Events, Hiring our Heroes
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Crystal Cochran - Senior Director, Hiring Our Heroes Programs and Events | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Crystal joined the HOH team in 2016 and most recently served as Director for Fellows Programs. The Fellows Programs have quickly scaled, providing access to a variety of career pathways for transitioning service members, military spouses, and veterans. Crystal serves as an advocate and subject matter expert on veteran and military spouse employment and educates on issues impacting the military community. Crystal is passionate about leading a team that is changing the landscape of employment opportunities for veterans and military spouses.
Before joining Hiring Our Heroes, Crystal managed several programs for the Department of the Army while on the move as a military spouse and is more recently a Bush Institute Scholar. Crystal holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Occidental College and a master’s degree in counseling and psychology from Troy State University. Crystal is a dedicated traveler who has now happily settled in Northern Virginia with her family.

PAUL A. DILLON
Adjunct Instructor, Sanford School of Public Policy
Duke University
Paul A. Dillon - Adjunct Instructor, Sanford School of Public Policy | Duke University
Paul is an Adjunct Instructor at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, where he created and teaches a highly unique and innovative course on veterans’ issues.
He created and co-taught the first mini-course in the history of the University of Chicago on veterans’ issues at the Harris School of Public Policy in 2012-2013.
His articles and quotes on veterans’ issues have appeared in Forbes, HuffPost, Chicago Tribune, Crain’s Chicago Business, US News & World Report, Investor’s Business Daily, the Times of Israel, Kiplinger Today, Arianna Huffington’s ThriveGlobal, We Are The Mighty, USAA Magazine, and Money.com. He is a sought after commentator on national veteran matters on numerous radio programs, podcasts, and TV programs, including CBS Radio’s “Eye on Veterans” program, Bloomberg Business Radio, Westwood One Radio Network, Spectrum1 TV News, WRAL-TV and WUNC-TV in Raleigh, NC and WBKB-TV ABC 11 in Michigan.
Paul represents the nation’s veteran community on the Kennedy Forum on Mental Health, and is a member of the Leadership Council of the Kennedy Forum Illinois, where he represents the veteran community on erasing the stigma of mental illness, Post Traumatic Stress, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Substance Abuse among veterans, and ensuring mental health parity for those veterans who get their health care through the private sector.
He is the president and CEO of Dillon Consulting Services LLC, a Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, based in Durham, NC and Chicago, IL. Paul is the creator of the concept for a veteran startup incubator in Chicago, called Bunker Labs, as well as the creator of the concept for a veteran entrepreneur support organization in North Carolina, called VetStart, which was recently rebranded as Bunker RDU.
Additionally, Paul has served as a subject matter expert on veterans issues for various conferences and symposia, most recently at a conference on The Many Futures of Work: Possibilities and Perils, where he delivered a paper on “ Veterans in the Workplace: Myths and Realities”.

ANDREA FISHER
Global Programs Manager, Transitions
USO
Andrea Fisher - Global Programs Manager, Transitions | USO
Andrea is part of a strong military family – her dad is a Combat Vietnam Veteran in the US Marine Corps, her grandfather served in the Army Air Corps and her other grandfather was held as a POW for 26 months during WWII in Oflag 64 serving in the US Army. Her uncles all served in the US Army or US Marine Corps during the Vietnam era. Her husband is currently serving his 23rd year in the Arkansas Army National Guard.
Andrea founded the nonprofit Hearts of our Heroes, LLC, the Fallen Heroes Living Memorial and Arkansas Bikers Backing our BLUE. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Arkansas Veterans Cemetery Foundation, Friends of Fisher House Arkansas and Rally Point Nonprofit Council. She serves as an Associate Member of the Marine Corps League and was nominated to be the National Securities Manager State Chair with the American Legion Auxiliary Department of Arkansas, is a member of the Patriot Guard Riders, Bombshell Belles of Arkansas, Oflag 64 WWII POW organization, Camp Robinson/Camp Pike Community Council, Arkansas Veterans Coalition, Chamber of Commerce Military Relations Committee for Sherwood and North Little Rock, served as the Little Rock Air Force Base Honorary Commander for the 19th Airlift Wing Medical Squadron in 2016 and was the Family Readiness Group (FRG) Leader for the 39th HHC IBCT during her husband’s 2017-2018 deployment.
She has been presented the Military Exceptional Service Medal, the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, the Order of St. Maurice Civis Medal, the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Seven Seals Award and Marine Corps League Associate Member of the Year award for her continued service to the military.
A native of California, Andrea holds a Masters in Nonprofit Management from Capella University, a Bachelor’s of Science in Zoology from Oklahoma State University and a Paralegal Certification from Bryant & Stratton College. She is currently pursuing a second Masters in Project Management and received a military spouse fellowship to obtain her Personal Financial Counseling certification. She resides in Vilonia, Arkansas with her husband and son.

JAMES FITZGERALD
Associate, Strategic Communications & Engagement
AmeriVet Securities
James Fitzgerald - Associate, Strategic Communications & Engagement | AmeriVet Securities
Mr. Fitzgerald is a veteran of the U.S. Army, where he served for nine years in the Infantry, deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan. He received the Purple Heart for his injuries sustained during combat in Afghanistan while serving with the 101st Airborne Division. In 2014, he was medically retired and honorably discharged from the military.
He moved to New York City in 2014 and most recently served as the Deputy Director of the NYC Veteran Alliance. There, he established strategic partnerships with key stakeholders and government agencies, and managed organizational policy initiatives at local, state and federal levels in support of veterans. In addition, he worked to ensure pressing matters impacting veterans and their families were addressed and continuously created sustainable solutions for them.
Mr. Fitzgerald previously interned at the White House with First Lady Michelle Obama on Joining Forces, an initiative connecting service members, veterans and their families with public and private sector resources in education, employment and wellness.
He graduated with honors from CUNY, Medgar Evers College, where he majored in Public Administration, with a focus on Law and Public Policy.
Mr. Fitzgerald is originally from Tennessee and currently resides in Brooklyn. In his free time, he enjoys fitness, reading graphic novels and hiking.

Jesse Gemberling-Johnson
Dir. of Talent Recruitment & Development
MCFA
Jesse Gemberling-Johnson - Director of Talent Recruitment and Development | MCFA

DEREK HELM
Global Vaccine Launch Excellence Leader
Merck & Co.
Derek Helm - Global Vaccine Launch Excellence Leader | Merck & Co
Derek’s previous working roles have included Military Combat Operations and Security, Acute-Care Health Operations and Finances, Late and Early-Stage Human Pharmaceutical Trial Research, Community and School-Based Clinical Services, and the Manufacturing operations for Gardasil and Recombivax Vaccines.
Derek has Masters in Psychology and Business Administration, with a focus on Clinical Psychology and Healthcare Management. His education blends the two fields of Behavioral Medicine and Healthcare Business, with a focus on how patient behaviors impact health decisions and clinical health outcomes.

LINDSAY HELM
Founder & CEO
Empower Employ LLC
Lindsay Helm - Founder & CEO | Empower Employ LLC

SCOTT JENKINS
Sheriff
Culpeper County, VA
Sheriff Scott H. Jenkins | Culpeper County, VA Sheriff's Office
Scott Jenkins is a recognized thought leader in the areas of Second Amendment rights, secure communities, constitutional government, and law enforcement. He is recognized for his no-nonsense but compassionate approach to law enforcement. His thought leadership in these areas has resulted in him being invited to the White House numerous times for briefings with the Executive Branch. He also speaks at local, state, and national conferences on these issues. He has numerous appearances on Fox News, local network affiliates of the major networks, international media, and digital media. Print stories on his principled stands have appeared in local, national, and international media.
In 2019 Scott made headlines by promising to deputize thousands of law-abiding citizens in the face of proposed unconstitutional gun control legislation. His principled stand, as well as his untiring commitment to protecting our Second Amendment, helped lead to the defeat of one of the most overreaching gun-control bills proposed by the Democrat Virginia legislature in the 2020 session. His fight for our God-given rights, as guaranteed by the Second Amendment, continues.
Scott Jenkins has held a number of supervisory and leadership positions throughout his career. He formed the first SWAT Team in Culpeper County, conducted the first active shooter training in Culpeper, and has served for years as a tactics and firearms instructor. Under his leadership, active shooter training has been provided to every public school employee in Culpeper County. The Culpeper Sheriff’s Office provides free concealed carry training to thousands of law-abiding citizens.
Protecting his community always has been, and remains, Scott Jenkins’ highest objective. Toward that end, he is pleased to have prevailed in several lawsuits brought by the ACLU and similar groups attacking his cooperation with the federal government in enforcing our nation’s immigration laws. Scott does not back down from what he believes is right.

JOHN LEES
Sr Manager, Talent Acquisition & Outreach, Human Resources
Serco
John Lees - Sr Manager, Talent Acquisition & Outreach, Human Resources | Serco
Within his position at Serco, John is responsible for building partnerships with Veteran organizations, military resources, diversity organizations, external sourcing vendors, and colleges and universities with the goal of identifying and attracting highly qualified candidates.

JARED LYON
National President & CEO
Student Veterans of America
Jared Lyon - National President & CEO | Student Veterans of America
During his tenure, he co-authored the National Veteran Education Success Tracker (NVEST), a comprehensive study of the first 854,000 student veterans to use the Post-9/11 GI Bill. In 2017 Lyon led SVA’s commitment to pass the “Forever GI Bill,” the largest expansion of college aid for military veterans in a decade with an economic impact of $3.4 Billion. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served as a submariner and diver, taking part in multiple deployments in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
Prior to joining the headquarters team at SVA, Lyon previously served as the National Program Manager for the Institute for Veterans and Military Families Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans and as Manager of Florida Operations for the Washington Nationals Major League Baseball team. Lyon is a member of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veteran’s Advisory Committee on Education, and a commissioner for the American Council on Education’s Commission for Education Attainment. He also serves on the advisory boards for the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation and the Florida State University Veteran Advisory Board and is a 2018 Presidential Leadership Scholar.
He holds an Associate of Arts from Eastern Florida State College, a Bachelor of Science from Florida State University, and a Master of Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, where he is an adjunct professor at the Whitman School of Management. In 2011, SVA named Lyon the National Student Veteran of the Year. Jared and his wife Chayla reside in Alexandria, Virginia with their son, Campbell.

Cathy Miclat, CSM® CSPO®
Director of Career Services
Vets2PM
Cathy Miclat, CSM®, CSPO® - Director of Career Services | Vets2PM
Cathy began her career in Human Resources, helping a small government contractor double in size, and then switched to the Executive Search & Recruitment industry where she has spent most of her career. After helping a struggling veteran with a resume in the spring of 2015, she was introduced to Vets2PM and began providing professional resume writing services, which turned into a full-time position where she created the Career & Talent Services division.
Cathy is an Amazon best-selling author, as Editor with Dr. Eric Wright, Vets2PM’s Founder, on the book ‘101 Lessons Learned From Helping Military Members and Veterans Achieve Meaningful, Lucrative Post-Service Careers,’ published in 2020. Cathy graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BS in Mass Communications and spent three years in the advertising industry prior to her HR and Recruiting career. She is a Certified Scrum Master (CSM®), and a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO®).

Jeremy Montgomery
Director of Business Development
Fusion Cell
Jeremy 'Monte' Montgomery - Director of Business Development | Fusion Cell
Monte has 16 years of active business development and recruiting experience in corporate, tech, manufacturing, trades, and military recruiting, serving as Fusion Cell’s Director of Business Development. Clients and candidates love his practical down-to-earth approach to career-changing, market analysis, sales, networking, and business development.
Today, he helps organizations attract, understand, and translate the skills of our United States military Veterans, transitioning service members, their Military Spouses, and of-age dependents. He has quickly become a pivotal voice in this community’s fight against unemployment and underemployment. This dedication led him to be voted one of the Top 100 Veterans to Follow on LinkedIn, Transitioning Service Member and Military Spouse advocate, and several partnerships with “Veteran Ready” organizations.

Crystal C. Romero
Retired US Army Master Sergeant
United States Army
Crystal C. Romero, Retired US Army Master Sergeant
Crystal was born to a 15-year-old young lady from Mora, NM. Her mother was in high school, and, luckily for her, the principal, Jose G Lucero, and his wife Stella took Crystal’s mother under their wings. Crystal then became their goddaughter. Her Padrino (godfather) was a Sergeant in the Army during WWII, he was also a Bataan Death March survivor, so she had the privilege of growing up listening to his stories. When she was little, he told her she was born to be a soldier because Crystal’s birthday is March 4th, and soldiers always “march forward.” In 5th grade, Crystal was a female Army 1st Lieutenant’s pen pal while she was deployed to Operation Desert Storm. Crystal knew then that she, too, wanted to be a soldier like the lieutenant. Coming from poverty and having a mother that was not fully capable of taking care of her, Crystal went into foster care, where she remained until emancipation at 16. At 17, she enlisted and began to live out her childhood dream.
Crystal obtained four Military Occupational Specialties (MOS), held various positions, and successfully ran many programs like the DoD Innovative Readiness Training Program throughout her military career, beginning in logistics and later transferring to a Public Affairs Detachment. She then transitioned to the 64th Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team as a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Specialist. There she helped run operations and was activated for the Space Shuttle Columbia recovery efforts in 2003 and Hurricane Katrina, Rita, and Ike. Concurrently, she served with the New Mexico Counter Narcotics Task Force serving as the Finance and Executive assistant to the commander. In her final years in the military, she was a Senior Human Resources Specialist, Platoon Sergeant, Sexual Assault Victim Advocate, member of the Safety Council, National Guard Bureau Counterdrug Program Evaluation team member, and the Joint Substance Abuse Program Coordinator for the State of New Mexico where she ran the drug testing program for all National Guard service members.
After her honorable discharge, in 2014, Crystal struggled to adjust to civilian life and found herself battling depression and PTSD. That struggle is what prompted her to start volunteering to help other veterans, that are presumably, worse off than she is. This was to be her path to redemption and the way she plans to make her mark in the veteran’s community: through her advocacy. She resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico with her twin daughters, Rosea and Isabella. Her oldest daughter Jaedon is currently a Junior at NM State University.
Her awards include the following: Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medals (x3), Army Achievement Medal (x4), Reserve Overseas Service Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon (x3), Army Service Ribbon, and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.

Gary Patton MG (Ret)
VP, Veterans and Military Affairs
CACI
Gary Patton MG (Ret), USA - VP Veterans and Military Affairs | CACI
Immediately following his transition from the military, he held the position of Executive Vice President of Wave Systems Corp., responsible for directing day-to-day operations for a publicly traded, microcap, software security company.
Prior to his Army retirement, he served in two key senior executive positions on the staff of the Secretary of Defense. As Director for the Department of Defense (DoD) Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO), he served as the DoD’s single point of accountability and oversight for sexual assault policy and programs. As Principal Director for Military Personnel Policy, he was responsible for overseeing the implementation of DoD’s repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, as well as the development and implementation of DoD policy on recruiting, compensation, training, diversity, and employee relations for two million active duty service members.
Notably, Major General Patton’s military career included command at multiple levels and 45 months of combat duty in Operations Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Enduring Freedom (OEF), highlighted by the following command and senior-level staff assignments: Deputy Commanding General for the NATO Training Mission in Kabul, Afghanistan, with responsibility for training, manning, and equipping the Afghan National Army during a critical growth period of OEF; Senior Advisor to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon, Wash. D.C., with responsibility as the J1, Director for Manpower and Personnel for global force management responsive to the nation’s war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan; Commander, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Korea, and later in Ramadi, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom, where his brigade played a key role in the Battle of Fallujah and the first Iraqi democratic elections in 2004-2005; Chief of Staff, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, HI, and later in Tikrit, Iraq, where the division task force played a key role in the 2006-2007 U.S. troop surge of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
A 1979 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point with a Bachelor of Science Degree, he also holds a Master of Science Degree in Journalism from the University of Kansas and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.
His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Legion of Merit (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Bronze Star Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Purple Heart and Afghanistan’s National Ghazi Mir Bacha Khan Medal.
He has been married for over 33 years to the former Chong Suk Lim. Together they have raised three children and reside in Fairfax, VA.

Matt Schulter
Process Improvement Consultant
Xcel Energy
Matt Schulter - Process Improvement Consultant | Xcel Energy
Matt entered the SkillBridge Program with Xcel Energy in May 2022 and has recently ended the program, staying with Xcel full time. Prior to his time with Xcel, Matt was a Force Support Officer with the United States Air Force. His last role within the military prior to separating was Chief, Military Personnel Programs for Space Operations Command. In that role, Matt led a 5-member team in formulating and implementing military human resources policy for 26,000 worldwide members, advising 74 Senior Air and Space Force Leaders on all military personnel programs including promotions, evaluations, hiring actions, awards, discipline, and organizational structure. Matt holds a Bachelors in English from the United States Air Force Academy.

Troy Shullick
Manager of Military Sourcing
Carmax
Troy Shullick - Manager, Talent Acquisition Technology & Military Sourcing| Carmax
Prior to Troy’s career at CarMax, he retired from the United States Air Force in 2021 after 24 years of service. His career in the Air Force included 11 years in Security Forces and 13 years in various Air Force Recruiting Service assignments.
Troy has a master’s degree in Justice Studies from Southern New Hampshire University.
Troy currently resides in Pittsburgh, PA with his wife Amy and son Aidan.

Sam Storjohann
Federal Government Account Manager
United Rentals
Sam Storjohann - Government Account Manager | United Rentals
Sam graduated from West Point and commissioned as an Aviation officer. She finished her career as a maintenance test pilot with 4 years of command and 9 years of service with a deployment to Jalalabad Afghanistan. Her passion during service was to help advance Soldiers’ careers both in and out of service through promoting education, networking and sponsorship. She continues to give back to Veterans in United Rentals by supporting career development and building a community within the ERG.

Haley Weaver
Senior Manager, Military Relations
The Home Depot
Haley Weaver - Senior Manager, Military Relations | The Home Depot
Haley was most recently Program Manager for the Military Relations team, where she led the effort to build and expand hiring pipelines and fellowship programs for veterans. She joined The Home Depot in 2018 as a Project Manager in Home Services, where she led IT-focused projects across the Home Depot Installation Services network. Prior to The Home Depot, Haley served as the Legislative Affairs Liaison for the Georgia Department of Defense, focused on National Guard issues at the State and Federal levels. Haley holds a MA in International Security from the University of North Georgia and a BA in International Affairs from Kennesaw State University.

Joshua Wilson
Corporate Relationship Manager
America’s Warrior Partnership
Joshua W. Wilson - Corporate Relationship Manager | America’s Warrior Partnership
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