Behind The Mission
178 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsBecause fewer than 7% of Americans have served in uniform, most Americans are unfamiliar with military service and culture. As a result, members of the military and Veteran community are at greater risk for disconnection and lack of belonging with the civilian community. PsychArmor’s mission is to bridge the military-civilian divide by educating and training a Nation. Each week, Duane France, a combat Veteran and Clinical Mental Health Counselor, will dig deep into the stories “Behind The Mission” - and create a conversation with organizations and leaders on how they are utilizing their expertise and networks to support the military-connected community.
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BTM126 - Koby Langley - Red Cross Support for SMVF
July 11, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBShow Summary On this episode of Behind the Mission, we feature a conversation with Koby Langley, Senior Vice President for Red Cross International Services and Service to the Armed Forces, about the resources and opportunities to serve provided by the American Red Cross About Today’s Guest Koby J. Langley, JD, MPA Senior Vice President The American Red Cross As Senior Vice President for International Services and Service to the Armed Forces, Koby Langley provides oversigh...
BTM 125 - Dr Michael Kauth - VHA Support for LGBTQ+ Veterans
June 27, 2023 08:00 - 26 minutes - 24.8 MBShow Summary On this episode of Behind the Mission, we feature a conversation with Dr. Michael Kauth, Executive Director of LGBTQ+ Health, Office of Patient Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, about the support available for LGBTQ+ Veterans in the Department of Veterans Affairs. About Today’s Guest Dr. Kauth was sworn in as the first Executive Director of the LGBTQ+ Health Program on August 29, 2022. He leads the development and implementation of health care po...
BTM124 - Carl Cricco - Service Dogs for Veterans with K9s for Warriors
June 20, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBShow Summary On this episode of Behind the Mission, we feature a conversation with Carl Cricco, Chief Executive Officer of K9s For Warriors, the nation’s largest provider of service dogs for veterans. About Today’s Guest Prior to joining K9s, Carl worked at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum as a senior vice president of marketing, ensuring the stories from that day were never forgotten. Living just blocks from the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, that day left an indelible mark...
BTM123 - Bruce Buckley - Reducing Veteran Homelessness with Soldier On
June 13, 2023 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MBShow Summary On this episode of Behind the Mission, we feature a conversation with Bruce Buckley, Chief Executive Officer of Soldier On, a 501(c)3 Nonprofit that provides veterans with shelter and support in an environment that offers dignity, integrity, and hope. About Today’s Guest Bruce Buckley is the CEO and President of Soldier On, Inc., a national provider of comprehensive services and affordable supportive permanent housing for homeless and at-risk veterans. Prior t...
BTM122 - Lori Adams - National Association of State Workforce Agencies
June 06, 2023 08:00 - 29 minutes - 27.6 MBShow Summary On this episode of Behind the Mission, we feature a conversation with Lori Adams, the Veterans Policy Director and National Labor Exchange Senior Advisor with the National Association of State Workforce Agencies, the national organization representing all 50 state workforce agencies, D.C. and U.S. territories. These agencies deliver training, employment, career, business and wage and hour services, in addition to administering the unemployment insurance, veteran reempl...
BTM121 - James Zenner - Los Angeles County Department of Veteran Services
May 30, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MBShow Summary On this episode of Behind the Mission, we feature a conversation with Army Veteran Jim Zenner, Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. We discuss the unique experience of serving one of the largest concentrations of veterans in the United States. About Today’s Guest James (Jim) Zenner most recently worked for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) as a Mental Health Program Manager III. In this capac...
BTM Bonus - Enduring Remembrance with wear blue: run to remember
May 26, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBShow Summary On this Bonus Episode of Behind the Mission, we join with wear blue: run to remember to share stories of active remembrance in support of the annual wear blue: run to remember Memorial Day Run, a nation-wide event happening in-person in communities across the country and virtually. About Today’s Guest On 9 March 2010, wear blue: run to remember was founded following the redeployment of 5-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team to their home station of Joint Base Lewis M...
BTM120 - Phyllis Wilson - The Military Women's Memorial
May 23, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBShow Summary On this episode of Behind the Mission, we feature a conversation with Army Veteran Phyllis Wilson, President of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation. We talk about the important contributions of women in the U.S. Military and the Military Women’s Memorial in Arlington, Virginia About Today’s Guest Phyllis Wilson served 37 years in the Army as a Military Intelligence (MI) Voice Intercept Operator. She has served around the globe – visiti...
BTM119 - Angela Johnson - Supporting Families of Justice Involved Veterans
May 16, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBShow Summary On this episode of Behind the Mission, we feature a conversation with Angela Johnson, Founder and Executive Director of Valor Village, a program that provides no cost overnight lodging, resources, and peer support to loved ones who have traveled to Southeastern Virginia to visit an incarcerated veteran. About Today’s Guest Angela Johnson is the founder and Executive Director of Valor Village™ Foundation, the nation’s first Justice Staytion®, providing no-cost o...
BTM118 - Dr. Georgine Nanos - Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
May 09, 2023 08:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBShow Summary On this episode of Behind the Mission, we feature a conversation with Dr. Georgine Nanos, a board-certified family physician and the owner of the Kind Health Group. Dr. Nanos is a provider of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), a non-invasive and non-medicinal procedure that has been shown to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and PTSD in military, veteran, and first responder clients. About Today’s Guest Dr. Georgine Nanos, MD, MPH is a board-certifi...
BTM117 - Dante' Bickham - Creativity in Post-Military Life
May 02, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBShow 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 I was in college, my instructor would say that Illustrator should always be the t...
BTM116 - Stephanie Brown - The Rosie Network
April 25, 2023 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBShow 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 nationally recognized leader and sought after subject matter expert on military e...
BTM115 - Dee James - Repatriate Our Patriots
April 18, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBShow 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 Executive Director at Repatriate Our Patriots (ROP). A U.S. Army Combat Veteran, mil...
BTM114 - Dr. Rajeev Ramchand - RAND and the Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee
April 11, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBShow 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 Institute and a senior behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation. He studies the pr...
BTM113 - Emily Bader - The Bob Woodruff Foundation
April 04, 2023 08:00 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBShow 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 Emily Bader is actively involved in finding, funding, and shaping grants made to no...
BTM112 - Thomas Brennan and Valerie Suttee - The Warhorse Symposium
March 28, 2023 08:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBShow 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 Guests Thomas Brennan is the founder of The War Horse, Thomas Brennan is the foun...
BTM111 – Dan Kunze – Task Force Movement and Industry Integration
March 21, 2023 08:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBShow 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 in developing enterprise strategy and policy, enterprise technology, talent managem...
BTM110 - Adrienne Sherk - Unite Us
March 14, 2023 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBShow 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 Us. In her role, she focuses on building strategic relationships with national organ...
BTM109 - Elizabeth Belcaster - Task Force Movement and Skilled Trades in Post-Military Life
March 07, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBShow 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 Task Force Movement. About Today’s Guest Elizabeth Murray-Belcaster is the President ...
BTM108 - Lisa Hallett - wear blue: run to remember
February 28, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBEpisode 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 Hallett, was killed when his Stryker was attacked with an improvised explosive device in ...
BTM107 - Alex Krongard - The COMMIT Foundation
February 21, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBEpisode 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 currently the Chief Executive Officer of The COMMIT Foundation. The COMMIT Foundation e...
BTM106 - Jason Loughran - NYC Department of Veteran Services
February 14, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBEpisode 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 Specialist at the US Department of State where he collaborated with local and federal...
BTM105 - Honorable Patrick J. Murphy - Task Force Movement and Task Force Cyber
February 07, 2023 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBEpisode 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 nation’s military and veterans. Patrick has served as a soldier, America’s first Iraq Wa...
BTM104 - Jason Shockey - Cyber Security Careers
January 31, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBAbout 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, incident response, and cyber risk management. Three of those years he served with the Cyb...
BTM103 - The Clinical Readiness Project (Replay)- Lethal Means Safety for Suicide Prevention
January 24, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBAbout 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 Research Center and Naval Hospital Jacksonville, FL. While on flight status, she flew...
BTM102 - General Gregg Martin - A Two-Star General's Battle with Bipolar Disorder
January 17, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MBAbout 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 from West Point. He commanded an engineer company, battalion, the 130th Engineer Brigad...
BTM101 - Andrew Morton - Storytelling and Adaptability in Post-Military Life
January 10, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBAbout 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 veterans’ employment and transition initiatives across various strategic roles at the S...
BTM100 - Assistant Secretary of Labor James Rodriguez - VETS
January 03, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBAbout 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 grantees served more than 331,000 veterans and military spouses across all Agency progra...
BTM99 - Crystal Ellington - DEI and Sexual Assault Prevention for Veterans
December 20, 2022 09:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBAbout 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 Stand-To Veterans Leadership Program, the Veterans Program for Politics and Civic Engage...
BTM98 - Kelcey Liverpool - Supporting Military Affiliated Children with Kids Rank
December 13, 2022 09:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBThis 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 communities. She has a passion for designing programs and initiatives that create change. H...
BTM97 - Joy Ashcraft - Maryland's Governor's Challenge to Prevent SMVF Suicide
December 06, 2022 09:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBAbout 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 is also the co-lead of the Maryland Governor's Challenge Team, a multi-agency collabo...
BTM96 - Mary Reding - Supporting Military Spouses in the Legal Profession
November 29, 2022 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBAbout 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 President’s Management Council, Chief Financial Officers Council, Chief Information Offi...
BTM95 – Abby Malchow – Small Business Empowerment and Mental Health Advocacy at Amazon
November 22, 2022 09:00 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBAbout 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 the Director of Corporate Strategy. Abby helped launch MHW in April 2020 as Amazon’s 13th ...
BTM94 - Dave Gowel - RallyPoint
November 15, 2022 09:00 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBAbout 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 Institute of Technology (MIT). It was while he was at MIT that he found the value of social m...
BTM93 - Frank Larkin - National Warrior Call Day
November 08, 2022 09:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBAbout 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 veterans and first responders. He recently served as the vice president for corporate ...
BTM92 - Katie Ross and Katie Stenger - Summit Behavioral Health's Tactical Recovery Program
November 01, 2022 08:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBAbout Today’s Guests Katie R. Ross, MSW, is the Director of Veterans Services at Summit BHC and creator of their specialized services for the military community, known as Tactical Recovery. She worked in program management for the U.S. Navy for ten years before beginning in direct care as a clinical social worker at the Hampton VA Medical Center’s Suicide Prevention, Intimate Partner Violence, and Military Sexual Trauma units. She was also pivotal in establishing the country’s fi...
BTM91 - Jaime Chapman - Military Spouse Chamber of Commerce
October 25, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBAbout Today’s Guest Jaime Chapman is one of the original Co-Founders and Chief Operating Officer of the Military Spouse Chamber of Commerce. Her professional background is as a Sr. Military Talent Program Manager for Amazon Web Services and as a human capital entrepreneur where she successfully placed over 1,600 jobseekers in careers, creating an economic impact totaling over $112 million. Jaime has achieved recognition for: · #1 Military Spouse Owned Business Overall Award b...
BTM90 - Mark Harper - We Are the Mighty
October 18, 2022 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBAbout Today’s Guest Mark Harper is CEO of We Are The Mighty (WATM), a digital publisher and entertainment lifestyle company creating authentic content that celebrates the military community. WATM’s website receives more than 16M monthly page views, and has over 1.5M followers across social media platforms. Additionally, WATM provides a range of agency services for major Hollywood studios, Fortune 500 companies, veteran-backed businesses and nonprofits reaching the military communit...
BTM89 - Kelly Finn Störmer - Combined Arms Institute
October 11, 2022 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBAbout Today’s Guest Kelly Finn Störmer is the Executive Director of Combined Arms Institute which elevates the military & veteran-serving ecosystem of support through professional development, collaboration and research. Combined Arms ensures that no veteran or military family member falls through the cracks by streamlining the connection for servicemembers, veterans and their families to services in the communities where they live. Combined Arms powers the Texas Veterans Network a...
BTM88 - Richard Casper - CreatiVets
October 04, 2022 08:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBAbout Today’s Guest Richard Casper is a United States Marine Veteran, Purple Heart recipient, Artist, and Entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and Executive Director of CreatiVets, a non-profit that provides art, music, and writing programs for wounded veterans with post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injuries. Richard was named a CNN Hero in 2022 and named TIME magazine's Next Generation Leaders in 2017. He is the feature of TIME’s documentary Evidence of Things Unseen, and r...
BTM87 - Dr. Erin Fletcher - Wounded Warrior Project and the Warrior Care Network
September 27, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBAbout Today’s Guest Erin Fletcher, Psy.D. serves as the Warrior Care Network Director for Wounded Warrior Project (WWP). In this role, Erin ensures synergy across all WWP mental health programs. Erin collaborates with the four Academic Medical Centers that compromise WWP’s Warrior Care Network to foster Network alignment regarding program implementation and delivery. Warriors taking part in WCN receive a year’s worth of mental health care during a 2-3 week intensive outpatient p...
BTM86 - Meg O'Grady - Higher Education for the Military Affiliated Population
September 20, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBShow Summary On this episode, we feature a conversation with Army veteran and military spouse Meg O'Grady, Senior Vice President for Military and Government Programs for the National University System. About Today’s Guest Meg O’Grady has more than 25 years of experience creating outreach, transition, education, entrepreneur, and employment programs that engage the military community, transitioning service members, employers and federal agencies. She is the Senior Vice President ...
BTM85 - Sean Ryan - Army Emergency Relief
September 13, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBAbout Today’s Guest Colonel (R) Sean Ryan is the Director of Communications for the Army Emergency Relief, the Army’s only nonprofit organization serving active duty Soldiers, retirees and their families. Sean retired from service after nearly 30 years of active duty military experience and was the official military spokesman for the Combined Joint Task Force-Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) in Baghdad, Iraq, including four other combat tours in the Middle East. He worked extensivel...
BTM84 - Rebecca Nowatchik - Secure Families Initiative
September 06, 2022 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBAbout Today’s Guest Rebecca Nowatchik is a facilitator, community organizer and proud Air Force spouse who believes that military families have a critical role to play to preserve and deepen our democracy at this moment in our country’s history. Rebecca cut her advocacy teeth 20 years ago organizing for labor rights and LGBTQ families and has extensive background managing successful campaigns focusing on worker safety and community health. Her work has been featured by publication...
BTM83 - Brian Jenkins - Armed Services Arts Partnership
August 30, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBAbout Today’s Guest As the Executive Director of the Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP), Brian Jenkins draws on global experiences in community-building and social entrepreneurship. Under Brian’s leadership since 2019, ASAP has increased the annual number of veterans served by 75%, grown the organization's revenue by 54%, expanded ASAP Chapters from two cities to four, and launched a virtual program to provide access to ASAP classes to veterans and service members anywhere in t...
BTM82 - Aimee Johnson - Suicide Prevention for the Military Affiliated Population
August 23, 2022 08:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBAbout Today’s Guest Aimee Johnson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has more than 20 years of experience, from direct clinical practice with youth, families and adults in crisis and working with military service members, Veterans and their families. Aimee has worked both in the private sector and for the federal government, most recently at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs where she led a portfolio of work to include short-term strategies to reach high risk population...
BTM81 - Jeremy Butler - Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
August 16, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBAbout Today’s Guest Jeremy Butler is the CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the premier veterans advocacy and support organization that connects, unites, and empowers post-9/11 veterans through education, advocacy, and community. An experienced national security, military affairs, and non-profit management advisor, Jeremy joined IAVA with 15+ years of experience providing substantive and strategic counsel to leaders in high-profile government and private sector...
BTM80 - Dr. Umar Latif, MD - Help for Heroes Program
August 09, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBAbout Today’s Guest Umar Latif, MD is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology with board certification in General Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine. He was selected as a George W. Bush Institute Scholar as part of the 2021 Stand-To Veteran Leadership program in service of improving veteran outcomes. Dr. Latif currently serves as the National Medical Director of Help for Heroes, a multis...
BTM79 - Dr. Elisa V. Borah, PhD - Institute for Military and Veteran Family Wellness
August 02, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBAbout Today’s Guest Elisa V. Borah, MSW, PhD is a research associate professor at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, and Director of the Institute for Military and Veteran Family Wellness, a joint initiative of the Dell Medical School Department of Health Social Work and the Steve Hicks School of Social Work. Dr. Borah conducts research to identify, implement, and evaluate treatments, programming and community supports for military members, veterans, spouses and their families...
BTM78 - Shannon Razsadin - Military Family Advisory Network
July 26, 2022 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBAbout Today’s Guest Shannon Razsadin is an active duty Navy spouse, mom, and the executive director of the Military Family Advisory Network (MFAN). Shannon’s leadership, authenticity, fresh approach, and focus on collaboration have set MFAN apart as an organization focused on making an impact and as a trusted conduit to military families globally. Under Shannon’s leadership, MFAN has become a premier, respected nonprofit leader in a crowded and sometimes confusing network of mili...