BTM63-Mission Edge and Supporting Veteran Career Transitions
Show Summary
On this episode of Behind the Mission, we feature a conversation with Ken Davenport about Mission Edge, a social enterprise providing consulting and strategy services to nonprofits and social impact organizations. We talk about his work in supporting veterans transitioning to post-military careers as well as his experience as a published author.
About Today’s Guest
Ken Davenport is the co-founder and CEO of Mission Edge, a social enterprise providing consulting and strategy services to nonprofits and social impact organizations. Prior to starting Mission Edge, Ken was a serial entrepreneur who started and ran a number of successful companies in the healthcare and data analytics field. Ken is passionate about veteran entrepreneurship and teaches the Boots to Business course for the Institute of Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University and has been an instructor for the veteran transition program with Four Block. Ken is a past board member at the Travis Manion Foundation, a past board member at San Diego Social Venture Partners, and remains an active seed investor and mentor to numerous start-ups. Ken is the author of two speculative fiction novels and has a BA in Political Science from UC San Diego, a Master’s in International Management from the School of Global Policy and Strategy (UCSD) and a Master's in International Relations from the London School of Economics.
PsychArmor Resource of the Week
The PsychArmor Resource of the Week is the PsychArmor course, Volunteer Opportunities with Veterans. If you find yourself interested in supporting those who served and those who care for them, this course will guide you through the process of identifying and securing opportunities to volunteer with veterans, so you too, can find ways to give back to those who have served in the armed forces. You can find this course through this link: https://learn.psycharmor.org/courses/Volunteer-Opportunities-with-Veterans
Links Mentioned In This Episode
Theme Music
Our theme music Don’t Kill the Messenger was written and performed by Navy Veteran Jerry Maniscalco, in cooperation with Operation Encore, a non profit committed to supporting singer/songwriter and musicians across the military and Veteran communities.
This 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.
Producer and Host Duane France is a retired Army Noncommissioned Officer, combat veteran, and clinical mental health counselor for service members, veterans, and their families. You can find more about the work that he is doing at www.veteranmentalhealth.com
