About this Event
Bridging the gap between military service and civilian success. Hosted by the Seattle University Albers MBA Students in partnership with Shawn Dodge, Director of Veteran & Military Affiliated Students, this summit is a premier community initiative designed to centralize essential veteran benefits, education services, and professional peer networks into a single high-impact evening. Whether you are looking to unlock your federal entitlements, connect with transition cohorts, or network directly with veteran employee groups at top-tier local employers, this event provides the direct pathways you need
Location: Pigott Building at Seattle University
🎖️ Veteran Resource Agencies & VSOs
- Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
- Blue Star Families
- Wounded Warrior Project (WWP)
- Seattle Warriors Hockey Organization
- VetsinTech
- Hire Heroes USA
- Cell Phones for Soldiers
- FourBlock
- The Honor Foundation
- Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA)
- Washington State Department of Commerce
- Permission to Dream Foundation
- More Pending!
💼 Corporate Mentors & Employers
- Amazon
- Hilton
- PACCAR
- KPMG
- Trident Seafoods
- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
- Hexcel
- Janicki
- Axon
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- More Pending!
🎙️ Meet Our Featured Presenters & SpeakersGet your questions answered by the national and regional leaders who specialize in military transition, post-traumatic growth, and career architecture. Our Phase 1 briefing session (4:00 PM – 5:00 PM in Caseroom 103) features back-to-back, high-impact programmatic deep dives from:
- Megan Fitzpatrick – The Honor Foundation
- The Program Track: Walk through their elite 3-month transition academy designed to help high-performing military veterans translate unique combat leadership into corporate executive roles. Learn how to map your identity, build your civilian career portfolio, and unlock a nationwide network of executive coaches.
- David Martinez – Hire Heroes USA
- The Program Track: Discover the exact blueprint to navigate automated corporate hiring pipelines. Learn how to get assigned a dedicated 1-on-1 career advisor who will rewrite your resume from scratch, run tailored corporate mock interviews, and connect you with a database of over 38,000 active, veteran-vetted job openings.
- Michael Zwingle – FourBlock
- The Program Track: Learn about their structured 10-week, semester-long career readiness cohort. See how the local Seattle and JBLM classes meet face-to-face with local corporate executives to master relationship-based career strategies, situational elevator pitches, and direct corporate networking.
- Millard "Scooter" Lewis – Permission to Start Dreaming Foundation
- The Program Track: Pull back the curtain on the Warrior PATHH training system. Learn how this 90-day transformative post-traumatic growth program (starting with an intensive, fully funded 5-to-7-day in-person retreat) equips combat veterans and first responders with the mental fitness and community tools to transition into civilian life with strong self-efficacy.
Event venue & nearby stays
Seattle University, 901 12th Avenue, Seattle, United States
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