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Jeff Schloesser -Retired Army Major General, Author of "Marathon War" Jeff Schloesser is a retired Army Major General. Born into an Army family he didn't know if enlisting in the Army would become a career, but it did after serving thirty-four years. His career has taken him across the globe with his wife and two children. He commanded the 101st Airborne Division for thirty-three months. It was this command, specifically the fourteen months in combat, that had an instrumental impact on his leadership and understanding of the Afghanistan War. He started journaling his daily tasks and takeaways and knew they needed to be shared. He wrote Marathon War: Leadership in Combat in Afghanistan, that was published earlier this year. Marathon War: Leadership in Combat in Afghanistan Jeff might not call himself an author, but his book will tell you otherwise. He offers rare insight and reflection on his time as the 101st Airborne Division commander. A candid account of command in combat sharing his thoughts of critical national decision-makers and the leadership lessons he learned. This book will help its reader understand leadership in the toughest of environments and a unique perspective on the complexities of the Afghan War. Learn More Website: www.jeffschloesser.com VeteranCrowd Network Our "forever promise" is to build the veteran and military spouse community a place to connect and engage. VeteranCrowd is simply a national network of veterans, veteran led businesses and the resources they need to prosper. Subscribe to stay in touch, or consider if Individual or Corporate Membership in the Network is a fit for you. www.veterancrowdnetwork.com About Your Host Bob Louthan is a VMI Graduate, Army veteran, and executive with over 25 years of experience in mergers, acquisitions and private capital formation. He founded the VeteranCrowd Network to bring veterans and veteran-led businesses together with each other and the resources they need to prosper.

Sherman Williams & Emily McMahan - Academy Investor Network, Helping Service Academy Graduates Invest in Venture-backed Startups Sherman Williams is a Naval Academy graduate. After serving as a Naval Intelligence Officer, he headed to Chicago's Booth School to study finance and landed himself in investment banking. While in banking he started investing and advising startups. This was a perfect segue to co-founding Academy Investor Network. Emily McMahan is a WestPoint Academy graduate. After her time in the Army as a Military Police Officer, she has always been focused around community and working with entrepreneurs. She has a passion to work with startup companies and founded Capitol Post, which taught military veterans how to start and grow businesses, a great foundation for beginning the Academy Investor Network. She is also the Deputy Director at the Common Mission Project, an international platform supporting mission-driven entrepreneurs. Academy Investor Network Academy Investor Network was founded in 2020. From Sherman's and Emily's own academy experience they personally saw the unique population that made up the graduates. They wanted to offer an investment syndicate for U.S. Service Academy graduates to invest in venture-backed startups. "We enable every Service Academy graduate to connect, learn and invest in the venture asset class." Learn More Sherman Williams Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherman-williams/ Emily McMahan Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilymcmahan/ Academy Investor Network LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/academy-investor-network/ Website: https://academyinvestor.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AIN_members VeteranCrowd Network Our "forever promise" is to build the veteran and military spouse community a place to connect and engage. VeteranCrowd is simply a national network of veterans, veteran led businesses and the resources they need to prosper. Subscribe to stay in touch, or consider if Individual or Corporate Membership in the Network is a fit for you. About Your Host Bob Louthan is a VMI Graduate, Army veteran, and executive with over 25 years of experience in mergers, acquisitions a

Jose Suarez - Navy Veteran, CEO of JS Consulting, Provides Insight on Electric Cars Jose Suarez graduated from Virginia Military Institute with a civil engineering degree. Upon graduation he commissioned as an officer in the United States Navy. He served seven years before starting his civilian career that varied from engineering and construction to the mining industry. JS Consulting It was his experience that led him to found JS Consulting in 2019. He consults on a wide range of topics to companies around the world but has a passion about green energy. His knowledge of mining, particularly lithium has made him an expert on electric cars and wind turbines. Learn More LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josejsuarez/ Articles: The Inconvenient Truth About Electric Cars: https://twitter.com/Jose38802347/status/1380202814668955657 Lessons in Leadership: What I learned from the US Military from Chief Petty Officers and the Troops: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A735a574b-c528-4266-b2f9-e20523268404#pageNum=1 VeteranCrowd Network Our "forever promise" is to build the veteran and military spouse community a place to connect and engage. VeteranCrowd is simply a national network of veterans, veteran led businesses and the resources they need to prosper. Subscribe to stay in touch, or consider if Individual or Corporate Membership in the Network is a fit for you. About Your Host Bob Louthan is a VMI Graduate, Army veteran, and executive with over 25 years of experience in mergers, acquisitions and private capital formation. He founded the VeteranCrowd Network to bring veterans and veteran-led businesses together with each other and the resources they need to prosper.

Travis Wilson - Retired Green Beret, Founder & CEO of Alpha Elite Performance Travis Wilson served in the Army for 21 years. He spent time as a Green Beret and in the Special Forces. He has always had an interest in health and fitness, but a parachuting accident pushed him to take that a step further. As he healed from his injury Travis created a muscle performance product that started his entrepreneurial journey in the supplement industry. He eventually founded Alpha Elite Performance, creating his own supplement line. Alpha Elite Perfomance Alpha Elite Performance is a "sports nutrition company focused on supporting the superior performance and recovery of every customer as they pursue their athletic goals". It was founded in 2015 and has continued to grow. They are continually adding new products and hold all products to strict standards, setting the gold standard for superior quality. Their newest product, Alpha Immune, is coming out soon. It was created with board certified physician, Dr. Lindley to combine eight immunity boosting ingredients to keep you healthy. Learn More Website: https://alphaeliteperformance.com/ Use code ELITE15 for 15% off your purchase Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alphaeliteperformance/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alphaeliteperformance/ Travis LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traviswilsongreenberet/ VeteranCrowd Network Our "forever promise" is to build the veteran and military spouse community a place to connect and engage. VeteranCrowd is simply a national network of veterans, veteran led businesses and the resources they need to prosper. Subscribe to stay in touch, or consider if Individual or Corporate Membership in the Network is a fit for you. About Your Host Bob Louthan is a VMI Graduate, Army veteran, and executive with over 25 years of experience in mergers, acquisitions and private capital formation. He founded the VeteranCrowd Network to bring veterans and veteran-led businesses together with each other and the resources they need to prosper.

Sharee Ashford - Army Reserve Veteran, Mosquito Squad Franchisee in East Atlanta Sharee Ashford was born with an entrepreneurial spirit. Even in her youth, she was always looking for ways to earn extra money, from selling on E-bay to being the candy girl at school. So it's not surprising that after serving in the Army Reserves she is now an owner of a Mosquito Squad franchise in East Atlanta. Her time in the Army helped build resilience and leadership skills that have been essential to her success in launching her Mosquito Squad business. Sharee enjoys building relationships with her customers in East Atlanta and looks forward to continuing to grow her client base. Mosquito Squad Started in 2005, Mosquito Squad is the leading franchise in the mosquito control industry. All are locally owned and operated. Their mission to "provide the locals of the immediate and surrounding areas with the mosquito and tick control services needed". From regular treatments to be able to enjoy your backyard or just for a big event they have you covered. Learn More Website: www.mosquitosquad.com/eastatlanta Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MoSquadofEastATL The VeteranCrowd Network Our "forever promise" is to build the veteran and military spouse community, a place to connect and engage. VeteranCrowd is simply a national network of veterans, veteran led businesses and the resources they need to prosper. Subscribe to stay in touch, or consider if Individual or Corporate Membership in the Network is a fit for you. About Your Host Bob Louthan is a VMI Graduate, Army veteran, and executive with over 25 years of experience in mergers, acquisitions and private capital formation. He founded the VeteranCrowd Network to bring veterans and veteran-led businesses together with each other and the resources they need to prosper.

Tim Doelger- Navy Veteran, Founder and CEO of TruFishing Tim Doelger is a Navy Veteran, serving for over 7 years as a submariner. He would tell you he's no stranger to entrepreneurship. At a young age he had paper route and was always looking for creative ideas to earn extra money. His love for technology and fishing coupled with his entrepreneurial spirit eventually led to the founding of TruFishing Inc. The journey has had its ups and downs, but Tim would tell you it's the humility of knowing that your first idea isn't always the right one that has kept him falling forward and ultimately finding success in TruFishing. TruFishing TruFishing was founded in 2017 after sitting down with some fishing industry leaders and asking how they could get more people to participate? Together with his wife, Sharon, they have a mission "to provide the world with a platform where people can share their fishing experiences through contests from organizations that they trust and support." This increases participation in the fishing arena and helps people create memories that will be with them for a lifetime. Learn More E-mail: tim@trufishing.com Website: https://www.trufishing.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trufishing/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6MNkIw1VUou5sMb_zzd29A Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoTruFishing LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trufishing/ Father's Day Contest: https://trufishing.lndg.page/ndKWJ3 VeteranCrowd Partner Severn River Leadership Group: We are a Veteran-owned small business committed to the development and success of military veterans, first responders, and our community. We invest in each with our time, talent, and treasure through small business investing, coaching, and consulting. About Your Host Bob Louthan is a VMI Graduate, Army veteran, and executive with over 25 years of experience in mergers, acquisitions and private capital formation. He founded the VeteranCrowd Network to bring veterans and veteran-led businesses together with each other and the resources they need to prosper.

Julie Cane & Rick Rikoski - Promoting Democracy Through Impact Investing Rick Rikoski and Julie Cane are partners of Democracy Investments. Julie began her career as a U.S. Naval Aviator flying the SH-3 Sea King helicopter. She has over 20 years of experience in financial services. As a Captain in the California State Guard, Julie continues to serve. She does this in addition to being the CEO of Democracy Investments. Rick is the chief economist at Democracy Investments and also the chief scientist at Hadal. Hadal is a marine robotics company, which he co-founded in 2009. Having spent over 20 years developing probabilistic algorithms, Rick was well prepared to implement the Economist's Democracy Index for financial products. Democracy Investments Democracy Investments is a "mission-driven asset manager". It was formed because of the "frustration with the global rise of authoritarianism and the financial vehicles that passively invest in authoritarian countries". A discussion between Rick and Julie about ways to help shift capital away from authoritarians sparked the idea for founding Democracy Investments. During the pandemic, Rick was already using the Economist's Democracy Index for modeling coronavirus and thought why don't they use that as an overlay for weighting democracy in the investment world. They launched Democracy Investments in 2020. Learn More Website: www.democracyinvestments.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/democracy-investments Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemocracyDmcy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/democracyinvestments/ VeteranCrowd Partner Severn River Leadership Group: We are a Veteran-owned small business committed to the development and success of military veterans, first responders, and our community. We invest in each with our time, talent, and treasure through small business investing, coaching, and consulting. About Your Host Bob Louthan is a VMI Graduate, Army veteran, and executive with over 25 years of experience in mergers, acquisitions and private capital formation. He founded the VeteranCrowd Network to bring veterans and veteran-led businesses together with each other and the resources they need to prosper.

Sean Matson is a former Navy SEAL. He spent almost 10 years serving before becoming an entrepreneur. His time in the military has helped him build his team, create a positive work culture and given him the foundation to keep pushing when challenges arise. He is currently the CEO of Matbock and the Co-Founder of Cardomax. As he continues on this entrepreneurial path, he wants to build an empire of brands, helping other military members transition out of the service and become entrepreneurs too. Matbock & Cardomax Matbock's mission is to design lighter and more practical equipment for every environment. We constantly strive to provide our warriors with the most effective and efficient gear possible. Cardomax is committed to producing the highest quality, liquid-based single serve supplements featuring clean ingredients Learn More LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-matson Matbock: https://www.matbock.com/ Cardomax: https://www.cardomax.com/ VeteranCrowd Partner Severn River Leadership Group: We are a Veteran-owned small business committed to the development and success of military veterans, first responders, and our community. We invest in each with our time, talent, and treasure through small business investing, coaching, and consulting. About Your Host Bob Louthan is a VMI Graduate, Army veteran, and executive with over 25 years of experience in mergers, acquisitions and private capital formation. He founded the VeteranCrowd Network to bring veterans and veteran-led businesses together with each other and the resources they need to prosper.

Wayne Phelps - Retired USMC LtCol & Author of "On Killing Remotely" Wayne Phelps is a retired Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel. He spent his time in the service with a variety of deployments and assignments, but it was his last one that laid the groundwork for becoming an author. His last assignment was as the Commanding Officer of Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron Three (VMU-3) in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. While serving in this position he wanted to dig deeper and understand "What truly was the impact "On Killing Remotely"? Author The actual interest in this topic comes originally from Dave Grossman's book "On Killing". He read this as a young lieutenant and it left an impact. Grossman's book was written well before the implementation of drones. Wayne wanted to provide a version that would speak to this new era. He explores the "ethics of remote military engagement, the misconceptions about PTSD among RPA operators, and the specter of military weaponry controlled by robots". Learn More Website: https://www.waynephelps.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WaynePhelps.Author LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/waynephelps/ Article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-psychic-toll-of-killing-with-drones-11622865660 VeteranCrowd Partner Severn River Leadership Group: We are a Veteran-owned small business committed to the development and success of military veterans, first responders, and our community. We invest in each with our time, talent, and treasure through small business investing, coaching, and consulting. About Your Host Bob Louthan is a VMI Graduate, Army veteran, and executive with over 25 years of experience in mergers, acquisitions and private capital formation. He founded the VeteranCrowd Network to bring veterans and veteran-led businesses together with each other and the resources they need to prosper.

John Schwartz - Retired FBI Agent, Army Veteran on a Mission to Combat Elder Financial Abuse John graduated from West Point in 1986 and served in the Army until 1995. He continued his service to his country of over three decades as a a Special Agent in the FBI. Upon retiring he had a desire to start combating elder financial abuse. It was a collaboration with his wife's uncle Jim's Gallagher in 2017 that began this journey. This passion has continued and he has now founded the Center for Combating Financial Abuse. Center for Combating Financial Abuse The Center for Combating Elder Financial Abuse was officially founded this year on, February 8, 2021. Its mission is to "lead the way in protecting the elderly and their families from predators who commit elder financial abuse." Their unique approach focuses on the predator, their tactics, their perspective and helps identify them as a threat before they act. Elder abuse costs over $40 billion dollars a year and it's the centers hope reduce that by over half as they begin their work. Learn More Website: endefa.org LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jrs111222 Articles "Financial Elder Abuse Costs $3 Billion a Year. Or Is It $36 Billion?" https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/consumer-protection/financial-elder-abuse-costs--3-billion-----or-is-it--30-billion- Why Elder Financial Abuse Is Such A Slippery Crime https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2015/02/13/why-elder-financial-abuse-is-such-a-slippery-crime/?sh=5a7a9e586f90 Netflix Movie: "I Care a Lot" VeteranCrowd Partner Severn River Leadership Group: We are a Veteran-owned small business committed to the development and success of military veterans, first responders, and our community. We invest in each with our time, talent, and treasure through small business investing, coaching, and consulting. About Your Host Bob Louthan is a VMI Graduate, Army veteran, and executive with over 25 years of experience in mergers, acquisitions and private capital formation. He founded the VeteranCrowd Network to bring veterans and veteran-led businesses together with each other and the resources they need to prosper.