Betty Moseley Brown

Betty Moseley Brown, Ed.D., served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1978 until 1992, when she began a federal government career that later brought her to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). In 2004, she began serving as the associate director of the Center for Women Veterans, where she facilitated multiple VA National Summits on Women Veterans. She has been instrumental in promoting awareness of the contributions made by military women. She earned her doctorate from the University of Sarasota, is a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute and served as the president of the Women Marines Association (2012-2018). As of May 2018, she is with the Veterans Experience Office. In 2021, she published her first book “Leadership Lessons: Personal Reflections from a Woman Marine.”

Angela Cody-Rouget 

Angela Cody-Rouget, aka Major Mom®, is the founder of Major Organizers®, a residential organizing company. Angela spent 14 years dedicated to serving her country in the U.S. Air Force as a satellite operator and missile combat crew commander. She attained the rank of Mmajor in the Air Force and her husband nicknamed her Major Mom after their first child was born. After her son was born in 2005, she decided military life and motherhood were not compatible for the kind of mom she dreamed of being. So, she resigned her commission to be a full-time, stay-at-home mom. Shortly afterwards, the Great Recession hit and they lost all of their real estate holdings and closed their real estate appraisal business. 

Out of necessity she started her organizing company in 2005 and soon discovered it was her calling. She brought on business partners in 2007 and began hiring employees, aka Liberators, in 2008. She has been building Major Mom for 18 years. After her appearance on Shark Tank in 2016, she began franchising her concept. She has teams of Liberators in Colorado, Arizona and Indiana. She had teams in Texas and Ohio, but those locations were shut down during the pandemic. 

In 1992 at Indiana University, she was awarded Distinguished Graduate of Air Force ROTC and earned a bachelor of arts in speech communication. On active duty, she went to night school and earned a master’s of business administration from University of Colorado. She is a long-time member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) and Faithful Organizers (FO). She has served as the president of NAPO-Colorado and executive director for Faithful Organizers. 

Angela is of German descent and she exchanged salutes with a Frenchman in 2002. Like most women, she sometimes feels torn between kids and career and the balancing act is difficult, but she’s thankful for a husband who is supportive. She moved with her family and the military more than 37 times so she knows how to keep her load light. Angela was born to create order out of chaos. She is on a mission to raise up an army of Liberators so she can restore order to the world, one household at a time!

Linda Hinkle

Linda Hinkle, DSW, is a social worker by trade and a former Army combat medic. Her current job focuses on forensic social work and helping people get the resources and support they need during or after incarceration. Her passion centers around talking to others about women veterans and raising awareness of this unique and amazing population, with whom it is an honor to be a member. She resides in Knoxville, Tennessee with her youngest son, her former Army combat medic husband, and her four Great Danes.

Jennifer McNelly

Jennifer McNelly, CAE, is the chief executive officer (CEO) of the American Society of Safety Professionals. McNelly has more than 30 years of association, government, regulatory and business experience. 

As CEO, McNelly advances the organization’s mission to help its members and their employers create safe work environments worldwide through the prevention of injuries, illnesses and fatalities. She works with the Board of Directors and ASSP’s professional staff to execute ASSP’s strategic plan for growth while building on the Society’s legacy and addressing the evolving needs of more than 36,000 safety and health professionals around the globe, strengthening the Society’s position as a leading voice while fostering a collaborative culture of member engagement, performance, accountability and innovation. 

Jennifer is a Gallup-certified CliftonStrengths coach. She leverages this knowledge to advance ASSP. Her volunteer activities are anchored in growing and advancing CliftonStrengths, supporting women and emerging professionals in their career development. 

Beth Nichols

Beth Nichols was born in Chicago, Illinois, the second child of an engineer and a librarian. Her parents instilled an appreciation for both numbers and words; they inspired a lifelong love for learning and a career in education. After 18 years of teaching college courses in business, entrepreneurship, goal achievement, DiSC, and self-actualization, Beth stepped away from instruction to build a soft skills program for adults transitioning into careers in information technology. Her team onboards more than 400 students every five weeks and provides ongoing support through their rigorous IT curriculum. She has a passion for helping those who want a better life and who are willing to put in the blood, sweat, and tears necessary to achieve it. Beth’s heart for people led her to mission work in Nicaragua, Uganda, and New York. From mixing concrete, sharing testimony, playing with children, praying with the elderly, or providing food, she is happiest when serving others. 

Beth and her husband Ed raised three daughters and a multitude of cats. She now divides her time between Lafayette, Indiana and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She wants to be remembered for living passionately, loving deeply, and giving freely, and for inspiring others to do the same. 

Stacy Parnell

Stacy Parnell, MBAHM, M.Ed. is a manager, program faculty with the School of Business at Western Governors University. Previously she served as the senior education and employment specialist with the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University with primary responsibility for the Focus Forward Fellowship program. She continues to serve as an advisor for the Fellowship. Stacy has an extensive background in leadership development and helping new and potential leaders navigate the management landscape through crucial conversations, social emotional learning skills, time management, feedback processes, and strategic thinking. Stacy has dedicated her career to serving nonprofits and their work to better the lives of those around them. Stacy is currently a candidate for the doctor of education in higher education administration with anticipated conferral of degree in fall 2024. In her downtime, Stacy enjoys spending time with her family, baking, crafting, traveling and volunteering with Indiana 4-H teaching cake decorating skills to youth and serving as a county and state fair judge. 

Marina Rabinek

Marina Rabinek is a graduate student pursuing her executive master of public service and administration (EMPSA) degree with a track in nonprofit management at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Her areas of expertise include: nonprofit organizations (marketing, outreach, and public relations), women veterans, and advocating for the military community. Marina’s passion for public service and the nonprofit space stems from her purpose of being of service to others. 

As founder and president of Military Women’s Collective, Marina feeds homeless/food-insecure  veterans and empowers and mentors military women throughout their careers. In 2022, she was  honored to be a Focus Forward Fellow; in 2023, she was chosen as a Coaching Mentor for the Fellowship. Over the past three years, she has twice been selected as a panelist for the San Diego Military Summit, hand-picked by a former commanding officer to moderate an all-women’s panel at the Association of Naval Service Officers (ANSO), and asked to present her expertise about LinkedIn at multiple events for military members transitioning from service.

From March 2022 to December 2023, Marina served as the West Coast regional director for the nonprofit FourBlock, whose Career Readiness Program partners with top companies nationwide to equip transitioning service members and veterans with the tools they need to build the relationships necessary to successfully transition to meaningful civilian careers. As the former West Coast regional director, she has represented FourBlock at multiple veteran events such as the ACT NOW Education webinars, Warrior-Scholar Project conferences, and at a Paramount Veterans Network event in 2021 moderated by John Elliott from CBS New York. 

Marina, her husband Joshua, and their daughter live in Southern California. You can find her collaborating with local and national nonprofits and advocating for women veterans when she isn’t taking road trips, playing board games or video games, or relaxing with her family and three cats. 

Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth

Shelley M. MacDermid Wadsworth, Ph.D., M.B.A., is a distinguished professor in Purdue University’s Department of Human Development and Family Studies, where she also directs the Military Family Research Institute (MFRI). She is a fellow of the National Council on Family Relations, and a recipient of the Work Life Legacy Award from the Families and Work Institute. She was recently appointed to serve on a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine committee that focuses on military families’ well-being. Previously, she served as the civilian co-chair of the Department of Defense Task Force on Mental Health and on the Returning Veterans Committee of the Institute of Medicine. She has been named one of the Top 50 extraordinary contributors to the field of work and family research.