Behind The Mission

Show Summary On this episode of Behind the Mission, we feature a conversation with Marine Corps Combat Veteran Dante' Bickham, Illustrator of PsychArmor's Military Culture Course Series sponsored by Comcast   About Today’s Guest   After transitioning from service, Marine Corps combat Veteran Dante Bickham got a degree in graphic design and animation, but he was truly an illustrator at heart. “When...

Show Summary On this episode of Behind the Mission, we feature a conversation with Stephanie Brown, CEO and Founder of The Rosie Network, an organization that serves, supports and empowers active duty, veteran, and military spouse entrepreneurs.    About Today’s Guest   Stephanie Brown, CEO and Founder, The Rosie Network CEO and Co-Founder, U.S. Military Spouse Chamber of Commerce  Stephanie is a...

Show Summary On this episode of Behind the Mission, we feature a conversation with Danitza “Dee” James, a U.S. Army Combat Veteran and CEO of Repatriate Our Patriots, an organization that focuses on bridging the gaps for the repatriation of deported servicemembers and their reintegration back into the United States.     About Today’s Guests   DANITZA G. JAMES, M.S.W. Danitza “Dee” James is the Exe...

Show Summary On this episode of Behind the Mission, we feature a conversation with Dr. Rajeev Ramchand, Co-Director of the RAND Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Institute and a member of the Department of Defense Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee    About Today’s Guest   Rajeev Ramchand, Ph. D., is codirector of the RAND Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Ins...

Show Summary On this episode of Behind the Mission, we feature a conversation with Emily Bader, Senior Director of Investments for the Bob Woodruff Foundation, an organization with a mission to find, fund, shape, and accelerate equitable solutions that help service members, veterans, their families, and their caregivers to thrive About Today’s Guests   Emily Bader, Senior Director of Investments E...

Show Summary On this episode of Behind the Mission, highlight an upcoming special event, The War Horse Symposium, presented by the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and The War Horse News on April 6th 2023. Joining us for the conversation is Thomas Brennan, Founder of the War Horse News, and Valerie Suttee, a 35-Year Marine Corps Spouse and 2022 War Horse Fellow About Today’s...

Show Summary On this episode of Behind the Mission, we share the third episode in our series on the work of Task Force Movement, an effort to improve our nation’s economy and national security by creating opportunities for synergy between industry and military communities. Our guest for this episode is Dan Kunze, Vice Chairman of Task Force Movement About Today’s Guest Dan Kunze is a leading voice...

Show Summary On this episode of Behind the Mission, feature a conversation with Adrienne Sherk, Army Veteran and Associate Vice President with Unite Us, a technology platform that is working to create an efficient system of care within the community to improve health and social support. About Today’s Guest Adrienne Sherk is the Senior Director of Community-Based Organization Partnerships at Unite...

Show Summary On this episode of Behind the Mission, we continue a series sponsored by Comcast featuring a look at Task Force Movement, a national effort to bring transitioning service members, veterans, military families, and industry stakeholders together to improve economic and national security outcomes. Today’s guest is Liz Belcaster, Senior advisor of Communications and Public Relations for T...

Episode Summary: On today's episode, we're featuring a conversation with Gold Star spouse Lisa Hallett and wear blue: run to remember, an organization that strives to honor the service and sacrifice of the American military through active remembrance. About Today’s Guest Lisa Hallett is the President and Co-Founder of wear blue: run to remember.  On August 25, 2009, Lisa’s husband, CPT John Hallet...

Episode Summary:  On today's episode, we're featuring a conversation with Navy Veteran Alex Krongard, CEO of The COMMIT Foundation. The COMMIT Foundation seeks to provide high touch transition support so veterans in all communities can access services helping them identify their passions, build strong networks, and leverage their skills in civilian careers. About Today’s Guest Alex Krongard is cur...

Episode Summary:  On today's episode, we're featuring a conversation with Navy Veteran Jason Loughran, Assistant Commissioner of Community Affairs with the New York City Department of Veteran Services.  About Today’s Guest Jason Loughran is a veteran of the US Navy and is currently serving as Assistant Commissioner of Community Affairs for DVS. Before joining DVS, Jason served as an Adjudication S...

Episode Summary On this episode of Behind the Mission, we feature a conversation with former Congressman and 32nd Under Secretary of the Army, the Honorable Patrick J. Murphy and his work to support increasing the transportation and cybersecurity workforce with Task Force Movement and Task Force Cyber About Today’s Guest At age 19, Patrick joined the Army, launching a lifelong commitment to our na...

About Today’s Guest Jason Shockey is the founder of mycyberpath.com and passionate about helping people get into the cybersecurity industry and level up throughout their careers. He is a Chief Information Security Officer in the financial services industry. Prior to his CISO roles, Jason served 20 years active duty in the US Marine Corps as a technology leader conducting cyberspace operations, inc...

About Today’s Guests Dr. Heidi Kraft Heidi Squier Kraft received her Ph. D. in clinical psychology from the UC San Diego/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology in 1996. She joined the Navy during her internship at Duke University Medical Center and went on to serve as both a flight and clinical psychologist. Her active duty assignments included the Naval Safety Center, the Naval Health...

About Today’s Guest Gregg F. Martin, PhD, Major General, US Army (Retired), served on active duty for 36 years, until May 2015. He is a combat veteran, Bipolar Survivor, Airborne-Ranger-Engineer qualified soldier, and Army Strategist. He holds a Ph. D. and two masters degrees from MIT, masters degrees in national security strategy from both the Army and Naval war colleges, and a bachelors degree f...

About Today’s Guest Andrew Morton currently serves as part of PsychArmor’s  Strategic Communications team in the role of External Relations.  Andrew is retired Army Infantry Officer with a combined 30 years of service and experience within the military community and veteran employment and transition space.  Since his transition from active-duty Andrew has spent much of the last decade focused on v...

About Today’s Guest The Honorable James D. Rodriguez, MA is the U.S. Department of Labor’s Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS). He is responsible for preparing America's veterans, service members and their spouses for meaningful careers. In this capacity and in Fiscal Year 2021, over 2,800 DOL Veterans’ Employment and Training Service staff, contractors, and gr...

About Today’s Guest Crystal is a dynamic, agile storyteller, who is passionate about speaking up for those who have historically been disenfranchised, systemically excluded and institutionally oppressed. She leverages her service to her country to ensure that those that have served, and those still serving, have a voice and a safe space. She is a fellow in the George W. Bush Presidential Center St...

This Episode Sponsored By:   This episode is sponsored by PsychArmor, the premier education and learning ecosystem specializing in military culture content. PsychArmor offers an online e-learning laboratory with custom training options for organizations. About Today’s Guest Kelcey Liverpool, Founder & Executive Director of Kids Rank, likes to take ideas and bring solutions that help build comm...

About Today’s Guest Joy Ashcraft is the Director of Maryland’s Commitment to Veterans, a program under the Maryland Department of Health’s Behavioral Health Administration. Under her leadership, her team has revamped their data collection system, launched new program initiatives, reinvigorated their social media presence, and developed new education and training collaborations and initiatives. Joy...

About Today’s Guest Mary Reding is a government affairs exec with diverse private sector, non-profit, and public sector experience. Government experience includes leading the Office of Executive Councils and managing the development, implementation, and setting performance standards for management initiatives across the center of government through the ten C-Suite Executive boards including the Pr...

About Today’s Guest Abby Malchow is the Sr. Business Development Manager of Small Business Partnerships for Small Business Empowerment at Amazon helps drive the success of small businesses and underserved business populations (including minority-, women-, and veteran-owned businesses). Additionally, Abby serves on the Global Board of Directors at Amazon for Mental Health & Well-Being (MHW) as...

About Today’s Guest Dave began his military career as a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and of the US Army Ranger School. He then served two tours in Europe during which he was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as an armor platoon leader. Dave's last active duty Army position was as an Assistant Professor of Military Leadership at the Massachusetts Institu...

About Today’s Guest Frank Larkin is a national advocate for veteran suicide prevention and military traumatic brain injury research. He currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer for the Feherty’s Troops First Foundation and the National Warrior Call Day campaign. Frank is also aligned with several other non-profit organizations working to positively impact the health and survivability of our...