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Jas Boothe - Major Jas Boothe is a Chicago native , disabled army veteran , cancer survivor , entrepreneur and speaker who gave more than 16 years of service to this great nation . Jas Boothe is the president and founder of Final Salute Inc ., the only DC area organization that provides shelter for homeless women Veterans and their children . Jas founded Final Salute Inc . due to displacement by Hurricane Katrina , subsequent homelessness and cancer diagnosis in 2005 . Due to her tireless efforts , Final Salute Inc . has raised more than 2 million dollars , supported over 3,600 women Veterans and children and provided over 12,000 days of housing since 2011 .
Kelly M . Cruz - Kelly M . Cruz is a Senior Human Resources Specialist with the Department of State , Bureau of Human Resources , Office of Civil Service Human Resource Management , Executive Resources and Performance Management Division . In 2002 , Kelly enlisted in the U . S . Army and served four years in Kandahar , Afghanistan to support Operation Enduring Freedom . While there , Kelly organized a successful school supply drive for a local elementary school . Currently , Kelly is an active member of the Junior League of Northern Virginia , an organization committed to developing the potential of women and community improvement .
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Mary Lowe Mayhugh
Mary Lowe Mayhugh retired as a Colonel from Active Duty in 2016 with nearly 37 years of service to our nation . Her career spans multiple countries and operations , culminating with strategic level assignments with Department of Defense ( DoD ) focusing on military and family readiness and building collaborative cross-agency relationships to tackle our nation ’ s complex issues . She ’ s worked in more than 11 countries , including Kosovo , Bosnia , Iraq , Kuwait and Afghanistan and
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Ginger Miller - Ginger Miller is a Navy veteran , the founder and CEO of Women Veterans Interactive and currently serves as a Special Government Employee of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans at U . S . Department of Veterans Affairs . After more than a decade of caring for her husband , a disabled veteran who suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder , and eventually experiencing homelessness with her family , Ginger founded Women Veterans Interactive which is dedicated to serving and supporting over 1,200 women veterans , while meeting them at their points of need through Advocacy , Empowerment , Interaction , Outreach , and Unification .
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contributed to every major operation since the Cold War including domestic operations for Y2K , 9 / 11 and Katrina . She holds an MBA from Touro University , California and a second Master ’ s degree in National Security and Resource Strategy from National Defense University , Industrial College of the Armed Forces .
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