At the age of 35, Cepee Tabibian upended her entire life by selling her belongings and moving to Europe—and since then, has never looked back. Now, she teaches other women how to do it too, through her community-based business, She Hit Refresh: a global community of over 12,000 women age 30+ who want to move abroad. She has even turned her overseas expertise into the digital book “I’m Outta Here! An American’s Ultimate Visa Guide to Living in Europe”—which was featured in Forbes (spoiler alert: it’s easier than you think).

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Sienna Brown is the Head of Growth at PowerToFly. Her mission is to build a new wave of leadership focused on inclusion and intention in the workplace so that every individual has an equal opportunity to reach their full potential. Her thought leadership around topics related to inclusion, leadership and cross-cultural understanding has been highlighted by NPR, CNN, TEDx, Insider, USA Today and more.

Justine Ramos is a training and development specialist for Raytheon Missiles and Defense based in Dallas, Texas. She has over 10 years of training and curriculum development experience where she single-handedly supervises, records, tracks all training programs, and effective online courses including employee training history and status reports of over 600 employees. As the site's first-ever training coordinator, she re-developed, created multiple online courses, and introduced new designs while utilizing different learning platforms and software to train employees in various learning environments. She also manages the site's company records to protect, control, and oversee vital company information efficiently and cost-effectively. Her passion for training comes from her fellow peers who encouraged her to pursue the career as they enjoyed her training sessions in preparation for the U.S. Navy's biannual advancement rate exams.

Military Experience:

Before her career in Raytheon, she served in the United States Navy as an Aviation Ordnanceman from November 2011 to August 2018 where she graduated top of her class during her technical training school. One of her noted achievements included reaching the rank of E-1 to E-6 in less than 5 years and USS Ronal Reagan (CVN-76) Weapon's Department Sailor of the Year back in 2015. With her superb leadership and technical expertise, she led and directed over 100 personnel in the safe handling and building of 1,583 tons of conventional ordnance including rockets, missiles, and bombs valued at $600 million in support of the 7th fleet operational requirements from 2012-2015. By 2016, she was assigned to NATTC Pensacola as an AO instructor to "lead from the front", mentor, and train all the new sailors and marines who joined the military as an AO. She received her master training specialist qualification and ran the maintenance department as the leading petty officer.

Education:

Her educational background includes graduating from Southern Illinois University as a Cum Laude with a degree of B.S. Workforce Education and Development. She will also be graduating this December from the University of North Texas with a Masters in Learning Technologies. She is also enrolled this coming Spring of 2022 for her MBA in Strategic Management.Justine C. RamosTraining and Development Specialist

Tamiko T. Pickering is Associate Director, Industrial Security serving as Product Line Business Partner (PLBP) for the Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems (ISRS) product line.

As a PLBP, Tamiko supports the Front End of the Business by ensuring that security capabilities and requirements are integrated as early as possible into all classified, Foreign Military Sales, and Direct Commercial Sales contract activities. Tamiko works directly with Product Area Directors, Chief Engineers, and Digital Technology to ensure that ISRS programs are security compliant to meet or exceed customer expectations.

Tamiko joined Raytheon Network Centric Systems (NCS) in November 2010. Raytheon Network Centric Systems was consolidated into Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) in April 2013. Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems merged with Raytheon Information, Intelligence, and Services (IIS) to form Raytheon Intelligence & Space in April 2020.

Before her current role, Tamiko was Manager III, Industrial Security serving as the SAS Eastern Region Security Manager supporting Raytheon SAS locations in North Texas, Largo/St. Petersburg, FL; Warner-Robins, GA; Aberdeen, MD; Forest, MS; and Fort Wayne, IN. Prior to joining Raytheon, Tamiko was the FSO for Booz Allen Hamilton located in Colorado Springs, CO, and has also held positions with ManTech International and Honeywell Corporation.

Tamiko was recognized as a 2018 SAS Technical Honors recipient by her peers for her technical skill, leadership, and contribution to enterprise success. Tamiko served two terms as the Chapter Secretary for the Greater Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of The Society of Industrial Security Professionals (NCMS). She has been a member of NCMS since 2006 and is a certified Industrial Security Professional having obtained ISP^® certification through NCMS.

Tamiko holds a master's degree in business administration and a master's degree in management from Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, CO, and a bachelor's degree in computer networking from Regis University, Colorado Springs, CO.

Military service 1999 �� 2006:

USNS Niagara Falls

USS John L Hall

Defense Intelligence Agency

Volunteering:

Member of VFW

Operation Homefront

Operation Gratitude

Career:

General Dynamics (2006 �� 2007)

SGIS/Skillstorm (2007 �� 2010)

Raytheon Technologies (2010 �� Present)

Aaron Williams is a United States Marine Corps Veteran, currently attending Monmouth University where he is majoring in Health Science. Born in Camden, Aaron has recently laid down roots in Asbury Park, where he founded the Asbury Park Tennis Initiative–a 501c3 non-profit focused on teaching leadership skills and citizenship through the sport of tennis to underserved communities.

While serving in the Marine Corps, Aaron specialized in logistics with the 2nd Supply Battalion at Camp Lejeune. In 2019, he participated in the Marine Corps first LGBTQ panel dicussion speaking about service in a post-Don't Ask, Don't Tell world. In April 2020, Aaron was decorated with the Navy Achievement Medal for his management of a team responsible for over 4.5 million dollars in military inventory. He currently lives with his husband, Christian Fuscarino, and their dog, Justice and cat, Liberty.

Christian Fuscarino has deep roots in New Jersey, growing up in Belmar and spending much of his youth in and around Asbury Park. Fuscarino has been an activist and organizer in the LGBTQ community for over a decade. He credits his positive experiences in Asbury Park as helping influence him to become an activist. In 2016, PolitickerNJ named Christian the 2nd most influential advocate in New Jersey politics and later that year The Observer listed him on the Power List 100.

At GLSEN, Christian worked with high school Gay Straight Alliances (GSA) for several years. In 2007, Christian joined the Pride Connections Center of New Jersey as a program developer serving gay inner-city youth. That same year, he won a student Emmy award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for his End the Silence public service announcement. In 2008, Christian founded The Pride Network, a national leadership development non-profit.

In 2013, Christian joined Alan van Capelle, former Executive Director of Empire State Pride Agenda, by serving as his digital strategist at Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice. They focused on mobilizing Jews to advance social issues by speaking out against injustice and inequality. One of the organization's greatest accomplishments was a campaign that resulted in California Governor Jerry Brown signing The Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.

Ellen Gustafson is a social entrepreneur, author, activist, and, most importantly, Mom and Military Spouse. She has done extensive work toward food system change (Authoring "", Co-Founding Food Tank: the food think tank, giving 4 four TEDx Talks on food system change and advising big food businesses like Barilla and start-ups like Food Stand). She is the Co-Founder of FEED and the FEED Foundation, an early give-back fashion brand that has helped provide over 100 million school meals to children around the world, has been the Co-Director of the Summit Institute since 2016, which applies creative solutions to the world's biggest challenges and has helped create diversity, inclusion, and anti-harassment programs at multiple conference companies. She is the and lives with them and her husband in "just seasonal enough" Virginia Beach, VA

Stephanie is a senior military spouse, wife of recently retired R. Admiral Thomas L. Brown (SEAL). She grew up as an Air Force "brat" moving around the country and overseas. Her father was a Vietnam veteran with over 20 years of active duty service. Stephanie is a sought after subject matter expert and speaker on entrepreneurship. She has dedicated over 20 years to supporting and advocating on behalf of military families, and veterans. Stephanie has been featured on national FOX News, The New York Times, Woman's Day Magazine, U.S. Veterans Magazine, Military Families Magazine, Business Insider, CBS News, Military Spouse Magazine and more. She is a member of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Spouse Ambassador Network and has been presented the Commander's Award for Civilian Service by the Commanding General of Special Operations Command SOUTH. The Rosie Network was founded after spending hours searching Angie's List & craigslist for a contractor to do repair work on their home. Not comfortable having someone unknown coming into their house and preferring to hire a veteran, Stephanie set about creating a means for the American public to locate our nation's military family-owned businesses. Many months later, Rosie's List was born. "We are the only non-profit search tool which features verified veteran and military spouse-owned businesses, provides them with a business profile page and doesn't charge them a dime," says Stephanie. The Rosie Network expanded to include no cost training and mentorship through it's national award-winning Service2CEO program, now offered through chapters nationwide.

"Our mission is to provide business owners and budding military entrepreneurs the kind of business training and support needed to ensure the greatest opportunity for success," Stephanie Brown. The Browns live in San Diego with their horses, dogs, chickens, alpacas (Lulu & "Rosie") on what is referred to as the Brown Family Farm.

Kristine Shirley graduated from Bucknell University with a BS in Civil Engineering and a Commission in the US Army. She attended the Officer Basic Course for Engineers in Fort Leonard Wood, MO and was stationed with the 62nd Engineer Battalion (Combat Heavy) at Fort Hood, TX . During her four years at Fort Hood she served as Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer and S-4 Logistics Officer. She also deployed to Honduras for 6 months in support of Operation Joint Task Force �� Bravo.

In April 2002 she left the service and began her career at Raytheon, working in the Bid and Proposal group at Raytheon Precision Manufacturing in Dallas, TX. In September 2004 she was recalled back into the US Army in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Kristine served as a Company Executive Officer in the 844 Engineer Battalion (Combat Heavy) completing many construction projects in Kuwait. In January 2006 she returned back to Raytheon and joined the Facilities Organization at Raytheon Precision Manufacturing.

Kristine Shirley used many of the leadership and construction skills gained during her service to support her career at Raytheon. She currently serves as a Facilities Manager at the RIS North Building Expressway site. While not at work, she enjoys her time off with her husband and two boys.

Christopher DeJesus currently works for NASA as an International Space Station (ISS) flight controller and instructor supporting and executing 24/7 real-time operations with hundreds of real-time hours and execution of thousands of ISS commands since 2018. He is responsible for managing the ISS solar arrays, rotating joints, batteries, External Thermal Control System (ETCS), and power distribution systems from Houston Mission Control Center. Christopher has critical involvement in the development, implementation, modification, testing, validation, and troubleshooting of spacecraft hardware and subsystems. He plans, supports, and executes real-time missions including nominal orbital operations, Visiting Vehicle rendezvous and docking, Extra-Vehicular Activities (EVA), and contingency safing for hardware/software failure troubleshooting and recovery.

Prior to NASA, Christopher was hired by the State Department in 2016, serving as manager/instructor for the Overseas Training Branch (OTB) to train diplomats, Ambassadors, and other government employees on hostage and personnel recovery tactics, techniques, and procedures prior to departing to overseas posts.

From 2007-2016, Christopher served in the United States Military as an Air Force Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) Specialist. He was stationed at Fairchild AFB, Washington, where he served as lead trainer, group lead, and multiple instructional roles. Christopher was then stationed at Andrews AFB, Maryland serving as the Program Manager for all SERE related activities at the Presidential Airlift and the surrounding areas, where he worked closely with a multitude of federal and state agencies at all differing levels within the government.

Christopher is originally from Talkeetna, Alaska where he enjoys the great outdoors, hiking, fishing, camping, primitive survival, and more. He also likes scuba diving, sky diving, and traveling throughout the world.

Angela Brooks is a Navy Veteran and active-duty military spouse. She served for five years on active duty before being honorably discharged and transitioning to a career in Human Resources. Since departing the service Angela has spent over 20 years in Human Resources within the government contracting industry and earned a BS in Business and Master's in HR Management.

At Raytheon Intelligence & Space, Angela works in Talent Acquisition for our strategic hiring and front end of the business team. In addition, she volunteers with Hiring our Heroes Military Spouse Professional Network in the Hampton Roads region.

April Keating is the Manager of Military and Community Outreach at iRelaunch, a career reentry consulting, training and events company focused on bringing professionals back into the workforce after extended leave. April is the spouse of a retired Army National Guard Soldier and is passionate about connecting the military community with resources to assist in their entrepreneurial and employment endeavors. She left a corporate job in 2006 to marry her Soldier, move halfway across the country, and eventually start an entrepreneurial venture as a means to hold career continuity while raising two boys and living the military lifestyle.

April gained her Associates of Arts in General Studies from Des Moines Area Community College in 2005, then went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Human Resources Management from Park University in 2010. She became a part of the team at iRelaunch in November of 2016, and recognizing the immense value of returnships for the military-connected community, April is at the helm of iRelaunch's military community outreach and champions the advancement of return to work opportunities for military spouses and veterans. She is currently pursuing her Professional in Human Resources certification through the IVMF's Onward to Opportunity (O2O) program.

April also gives back to the military community through a number of volunteer efforts, to include virtual mentorship via the Veterati and eMentor platforms, community involvement with Blue Star Families, and participation in the Quad Cities (IA/IL) Veterans Network.

I joined the Royal Air Force in 1986 as an entry level propulsion mechanic and served until Nov 1997 when I left the service as a propulsion system engineering technician. During my service I competed in representative sport (football, rugby) and progressed through higher education.

On leaving the service I secured a product quality engineer role at Perkins Engines U.K. and was able to quickly progress through several supervisory and management roles within engineering, and supply chain. In 2001 I was appointed into an engineering operations leadership role within Caterpillar U.K. and subsequently moved into a Master Black Belt role within Caterpillar U.K. from 2006 �� 2010

I joined Cummins Inc. in March 2010 as Global Quality Leader for the Generator Technologies and progressed in to Manufacturing and Supplier Quality leadership roles until 2016 at which time I took a Global Aftermarket leadership role, again within Generator Technologies.

In June 2019 I was appointed as General Manager of the newly created EMEA Supply Chain Services organisation which supports the Aftermarket and Distribution Business supply chain in the region.

In 2014 I joined the Cummins Worldwide veterans affinity group and determined the need for a more regional group to support veterans in Europe. I have been actively involved in the work to create our Cummins Veterans strategy which was signed off by the Cummins Leadership team in 2020. Our group charter was signed off in 2018 with the scope of Cummins employees, families, and communities within Europe. We were assigned Cummins senior level sponsorship in 2019 and were able to formally launch our Europe Veterans Employee Resource Group in February 2021.

I am a husband and father of five children and in my spare time I am a school governor, charity fundraiser, footballer and have recently joined a male voice choir.

Mineman Second Class Surface Warfare Specialist Brianna Stimson served in the United States Navy from September 2009 through 2019, eight years active duty and two in the reserves. She first served at the Naval Munitions command East Asia Division in Okinawa, Japan where she maintained and serviced a variety of underwater mines. By the end of her first enlistment, she was the Sailor of the Year for her division and had earned her associate degree in general studies.

After Japan, she was off to assist with the commissioning of the Littoral Comat Ship the USS Coronado in San Diego, California. Once commissioned, she transferred to the USS Independence where the crew spent nine months testing the capabilities of the mine warfare mission package. Brianna supervised a team of 20 in the maintenance and service of underwater mine detection equipment valued over $21B. She delegated tasks and ensured the completion of over 400 preventative and corrective maintenance checks.

Additionally, Brianna acted as the crew's volunteer event coordinator. She partnered with corporations in San Diego, California, and Pensacola, Florida to plan volunteer events, logging over 1K volunteer hours across nearly 100 personnel. By the end of her second enlistment, Brianna had finished her bachelor's degree in business management and was recognized as the Sailor of the Year for not only her crew of ~120 sailors but for the entire Naval Base San Diego.

With her degree in hand and acceptances into multiple grad school programs, Brianna ultimately made the tough decision to separate from active duty, join the reserves, and go to grad school. She packed up her cat Alice and made the drive from California back to Connecticut to attend the University of Connecticut's MBA and MSHRM programs. During her time at UConn, Brianna landed an HR Co-op at Collins Aerospace. She has since graduated, converted to a full-time employee, and acts as a campus manager on the early careers team. In her role, she manages the relationship between Collins and several focus universities. She is able to tie her passion of supporting veterans into her role and thoroughly enjoys it.

Graciela Tiscareño-Sato is an award-winning author, bilingual public speaker, and passionate storyteller who teaches military veterans to become epic storytellers of their own value through AUTHENTIC Personal Branding workshops. She's the mother of three teens, founder of a publishing company, marketing professional and advocate for children with special needs like her first-born daughter.

Before working in that corporate setting in Silicon Valley, Graciela served on active duty for over nine years as a United States Air Force officer and aviator. She was a senior instructor and crew member aboard the KC-135R aerial refueling tanker. She deployed to and lived in countries on four continents, gaining deep, valuable cultural insights that she applied in her subsequent business career. Graciela supervised a multinational military team at NATO battle staff headquarters in Vicenza, Italy conducting air support operations inside Bosnia-Herzegovina. She served as a military liaison officer at the U.S. Embassy in Quito, Ecuador, leading a multi-service team (Air Force and Army) in counter-narcotic operations support. Graciela is a highly decorated veteran and among the first women aviators to earn an Air Medal for "heroic or meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight."

While stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Washington, she completed her Masters in International Management at Whitworth University between operational deployments. She earned her B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley as an Air Force ROTC scholarship cadet.

In 2014, the Obama White House recognized Graciela as a Champion of Change, Woman Veteran Leader for her work raising educational expectations of young Latino students through her award-winning publishing firm, bilingual literature, and public speaking business.

Graciela's bilingual Captain Mama children's picture books (inspired by her military aviation service) have won six literary awards in international competitions as seen . The prestigious book awards for her nonfiction book Latinnovating book showcasing innovators from the Latino community are listed .

Krystal Shorts is an active-duty Navy wife, mother of three, and a Structural Engineer working for Burns & McDonnell in their world headquarters in Kansas City, MO. Within her company, she is a part of an Employee Resource Group called VETS (Veterans Empowered to Serve) where she hopes to grow military spouse initiatives as well. While born and raised in Southern California, her parents immigrated from American Samoa and the Philippines. There they raised Krystal and her four younger siblings.

Her military life began in Hawaii after meeting her husband, Sam, a Navy Supply Officer. During the last eight years the military has brought them from Hawaii to California, Virginia, and Kansas. After having her first child, Krystal resigned and stayed home full-time. She remained home for 4.5 years and then began her journey back into the professional world. She is currently studying for her Masters in Civil Engineering at the University of Kansas.

When not working or studying, Krystal enjoys exploring the area with her family and envisioning a brighter future in sustainable and equitable communities. She often dreams of creating an organization that will advocate and build these communities with the utmost spirit of investment in people and collaboration of stakeholders. Concepts from her faith, engineering, urban planning, and sociology have fueled her passion to remain involved in whatever city the Navy takes them. While in Virginia, she volunteered and joined a one-year Carnegie funded project that worked to design and innovate collaborative efforts for the public schools district that serves over 60,000 students. Krystal currently volunteers to support students through STEM competitions like Battle of the Brains, organizations such as KC Scholars and a unique city collective, KC Global Design.

Krystal's wide range of perspectives brings a helpful framework to partner with others in building spaces and solutions for the community around them.

Karen Golden is an experienced legislative lobbyist, military family advocate, and trained social worker known for her expertise regarding military family quality of life issues. She is currently the New Jersey State Advocacy Manager for the Alzheimer's Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter, where she leads state and federal advocacy campaign activities, in part by empowering volunteers to use their voice to influence legislative change.

Prior to joining the Alzheimer's Association, she worked tirelessly for those in the military, veterans, and their families in New Jersey and New York. First, as the Director of Military Affairs for Cornerstone Family Programs in Morristown, NJ, where she led a multi-disciplinary team of outreach and counseling the provided director services to the military community. Then, as the Director of Volunteer Services for the USO of Metropolitan New York, the nation's leading organization serving U.S. military members and their families during their time in uniform.

She previously served as Deputy Director of Government Relations for the Military Officers Association of America in Alexandria, VA where she ardently advocated for military families through state and federal legislation and has lobbied for a variety of issues, including military spouse employment, military children's education, military family quality of life, and the various challenges family members face. She has addressed numerous audiences, from the White House to Capitol Hill, elevating the voice of the veteran community and the military family.

Karen is the recipient of the Army's Outstanding Civilian Service Award and the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society's Superior Service Award. She has extensive experience working with military families in a variety of other key positions including with the Department of Defense Education Activity, Family Advocacy, the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, and the Marine Corps Family Readiness Program. Karen taught "Serving those that Served" an online graduate level course for Columbia University, College of Social Work. Karen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bradley University and a Master of Social Work from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

JT Liddell has worked in intelligence for U.S. Special Operations, solo piloted a helicopter through the Arizona mountains, spoken Pashto and drank chai tea with village elders in southern Afghanistan, and worked for multiple Fortune 50 companies in corporate America. But his most important mission EVER is building social-impact focused tech startup Promenade. At Promenade, their mission is to match and connect military veterans to the resources that matter to them in order to improve their individual health outcomes. JT is a graduate of George Washington University and is a recent contributing author to the "Diplomatic Courier" where he on the recent U.S. Military pullout of Afghanistan.

Based in the great state of Wyoming with my awesome husband of 43 years. We love all things outdoors but mostly working our golden retrievers in upland bird game hunting. It's a great life!

From 1996 forward, education and training is where I believe that a successful customer journey begins at Infor. Education is at the heart of what we do, it is the building block at the cornerstone of the customer relationship.

I believe that while Infor is a really big place, each of us can make a customer feel like they are amongst friends and family no matter the Infor department. From my point of view, all of our Infor employees deeply care about the success of the customer and want to work toward that end to fulfill the mission.

I have 25+ years at Infor in a variety of roles:

• Infor Support Team
• Distribution SX.e Education and Training
• Infor Partner Network
• Infor Campus Education Engagement

Joshua Schmitt has almost two decades of experience working in HR Consulting and Talent Acquisition. He has built software development teams for companies ranging from Technology start-ups to the Fortune 100, before coming to Amazon in 2021.

Passionate about service, he has served in the Army National Guard and as a Law Enforcement Chaplain. At Amazon, he has been able to utilize his talent acquisition expertise, with his desire to assist those looking to return to the workforce, through Amazon's Returnship program. He is currently building out the program for the Program Manager and Product Manager Job families. Joshua also is active in engaging with the Veteran and Military Spouse communities to share with them the incredible Returnship opportunities at Amazon.

Joe Simpson manages the FSM product management team and is responsible for FSM strategy and roadmap to help drive customer satisfaction and delight. He has a passion for building world class teams charged with delivering world class solutions to help our customers in Healthcare, Public Sector and the Services Industries to solve both people and operational issues.

Joe is also the Founder and Co-Chair of the Veterans Infor Network (VIN) Business Resource Group (BRG); which is a unique initiative dedicated to the recruitment, enablement, advancement, and retention of Infor's veteran employees through community, awareness, and support.

Come learn about Joe's 22+ years at Infor in a variety of roles:

• Pre-Sales Solution Consultant
• Pre-Sales Manager
• Solution Architect
• Services Industries Lead
• Sr. Director of Product Management

Mike Slagh is founder & CEO of Shift, a mission-driven team advancing the careers of military members past and present. Shift builds military talent assessment programs for the Department of Defense and has also helped 100+ private sector companies start or grow veteran hiring initiatives.

Prior to founding Shift, Mike was a bomb disposal officer serving the Naval Special Warfare, Counter-IED, and Foreign Internal Defense mission areas. Before his military service he co-founded , a company that simplifies how individuals securely prove and share their identity online. Mike is a graduate of the US Naval Academy and the Harvard Kennedy School.

General Lori J. Robinson is a retired United States Air Force general who served as commander of the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) from May 2016 to May 2018. She was the first female officer in the history of the United States Armed Forces to command a major Unified Combatant Command.

Robinson previously served as commander of Pacific Air Forces; air component commander for United States Pacific Command; and executive director, Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The Pacific Air Forces command has responsibility for Air Force activities spread over half the globe and supports 45,000 airmen serving principally in Japan, South Korea, Hawaii, Alaska, and Guam.

On March 18, 2016, United States Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced that Robinson would be named by President Barack Obama to replace Admiral William E. Gortney as commander of USNORTHCOM and NORAD, subject to approval by the United States Senate. In 2016 Robinson was named to Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people. Robinson was confirmed and took over from Admiral Gortney on 13 May 2016.

Karuna Thomas is the Chief Possibility Officer at . A dynamic leader with a global portfolio specializes in Supply Chain, International Business, Distribution, Training and Development, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I), and Coaching.

Supporting the veterans of our nation, Karuna joined the , mentorship program offering career expertise to transitioning-service members in advancing their career goals in the corporate world. ACP's free Mentoring Program connects post-9/11 veterans, active-duty spouses, and eligible military spouses (Protégés) with corporate professionals (Mentors) for customized mentorships.

Karuna is a serial community builder who champions organizations and community leaders in creating impactful moments, causes and experiences. She gravitates towards advocacies supporting children, youth, and women and in turn is a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer, and an active member of Junior League of Collin County.

Marcus Williams is the Talent Strategy Leader, Military and Individuals with Disabilities for Kaiser Permanente with over 25 years of experience in Talent Acquisition. He is a retiree from the United States Navy after 20 years of service and his talent acquisition experience in the military and in the government contracting industry were driven by his passion to serve others and his country. Marcus is passionate about the work that he does in support of Kaiser Permanente's mission and is proud to serve veterans and individuals with disabilities as valued and integral members of society and the communities that we serve.

Cynthia Kao is the current Director of Communications, Marketing and Program Development at Operation Code. She is the founder and CEO of Rebirth Media, a digital strategy and innovative technology media company. She is also a documentary filmmaker, the co-host of the Veteran Founder Podcast and a contributing writer at Forbes Magazine. She served in the U.S. Air Force Reserves as a Public Affairs Specialist, deployed twice and spent the first 15 years of her career as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Originally from Toronto, Canada, Cynthia now calls Washington, D.C. home and enjoys advocating for mental-health awareness, photography, cooking and spending time with her three grown children and her Russian Blue kitten named Chairman Meow.

Named Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay Military Spouse of the Year 2019, Michelle is a virtual assistant by trade and a military spouse by love. Her husband Sean is an MV-22 pilot in the Marine Corps. Through multiple relocations and deployments, Michelle built a vibrant, thriving independent virtual assistant business that became the foundation for Squared Away. Squared Away is a team of 130 remote executive assistants that is composed almost entirely of military spouses. Her own experience as a military spouse gives her unique insight into the multitude of challenges facing other military spouses who want to have a career of their own. Currently based out of San Diego, California, this is Michelle's 4th duty station in her 8 years of marriage. In her spare time, she is also living life dangerously as a boy mom to Sawyer, 5, and Jameson, 2.

Jennifer Dane is a veteran of the United States Air Force who served as an intelligence analyst focused on geopolitical relations, terrorism, and threat vulnerability issues. Jennifer currently serves as the Executive Director of the Modern Military Association of America - the nation's largest non-profit organization working to advance fairness and equality for the LGBTQ military and veteran community. She currently serves as a founding board member of Partners in PROMISE, a Vet Policy Fellow, and an Executive Producer of the short film Red Skies.

She has earned a diversity and inclusion certificate from Cornell University, an associate degree in Intelligence Studies from the Community College of the Air Force, a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Bethel University, a Master of Arts in Criminal Justice from Arizona State University, Master of Arts in Educational Policy from The Ohio State University and is a Public Policy and Social Change PhD student at Union Institute and University.

Jennifer also has a wide range of diversity, equity, and inclusion, consultancy and training experience having worked with the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Uber, Synchrony, Capgemini, HBO Max, NBCComcast, the National Diversity Council, and various organizations and people. She is passionate about her commitment to leaving the world a better place than it was before she was born.