iRelaunch's Summer Webinar Series for Military-Connected Relaunchers

Radha Adams has been a military spouse for 14 years. She attended Cornell University, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Studies. She was a Human Resources professional for 6 years prior to meeting her Marine spouse. Her areas of expertise include talent acquisition, benefits administration, and employee relations. She's worked in a variety of industries including a nonprofit organization, Accenture, MCCS, and federal GS positions. After having her daughters she took a 6 year career break to accompany her spouse across the U.S. and overseas. As her husband transitions out of the military she is looking to relaunch her career in HR and assist other spouses in achieving their career goals.

Lauren is a Transition Specialist with the Serving Spouses Team at Hire Heroes USA. As an Army Spouse, she understands the hardships that come with each PCS. Lauren has been through the fear of not being able to find employment after living overseas and raising her family for a few years. Because of that, she wants to be able to help other spouses overcome those same challenges. 

Lauren has a background working in non-profits and higher education. In her most recent experience, she worked in HR and learned recruitment processes. Now, she is able to advise and guide her clients utilizing her recruitment knowledge and HR skills. 

Lauren has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and is so happy to finally be giving back to others in a way that impacts her very own community.

Leslie Coffey is the Vice President – Military Engagement for American Corporate Partners and has been working to assist transitioning service members and military spouses in developing post-military careers for over a decade. 

As a military spouse of 26 years, Leslie understands the unique challenges of being a military spouse and is passionate about empowering others to find and grow great careers. 

Leslie holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Texas A&M University-Commerce and has been awarded for her volunteerism with the Meritorious Public Service Medal, Commander's Award for Public Service, The Trooper's Lady, Yellow Rose of Texas, Order of St. Joan D'Arc, Artillery Order of Molly Pitcher, and Civilian Volunteer of the Year. Her husband has been serving for 28 years in the US Army. Together they have four highly active children ranging from 13 to 24 years old and one granddaughter.

Evan is a nationally recognized leader with over two decades of experience in strategic talent acquisition, corporate development, employment marketing & branding. As a Chief Veteran Advocate, Evan is highly sought-after by major companies, news media, and veteran service organizations to share leading practices in military hiring, engagement & strategic business development.

Evan is the founder of Verizon’s Military Programs and Engagement program. In this role he established, developed and implemented an award winning and nationally recognized military engagement initiative that has been rated #1 multiple times by Best for Vets, GI Jobs & Military Spouse magazine. Evan is the recipient of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Hiring Our Heroes - Colonel Michael Endres Award and has been recognized by former President George W. Bush & former First Lady Michelle Obama, the White House-Joining Forces, Department of Defense, and many other reputable establishments.

Kathryn is the Southern California Program Manager for Onward to Opportunity, Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families Career Enhancement Program. To date she has assisted over 2200 transitioning service members, veterans and military spouses discover their “why” and find meaningful employment and careers post service. She interacts with other Veteran Service Organizations and employers across the country to build relationships and opportunities for our military connected community.

Kathryn holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management Human Resources from Park University and received her MBA from Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management, attending their Executive MBA program. She is a United States Marine Corps Veteran having served on active duty as a financial manager for over 26 years in assignments around the world. She deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and managed financial management operations for the Marine Corps in Iraq and Afghanistan. She is an active volunteer and mentor in San Diego with various organizations while specifically targeting the success of our women veterans in STEM. She is a frequent speaker on panels, podcasts and has blogged about her experience in her new role as a military Mom.

Brian Arrington, USAF (ret), M.S. is President/Founder of VETS2INDUSTRY LLC and Vets2Industry Foundation Inc. and is Director, Military Programs and Recruiting for Military Hiring Accelerator, LLC.

Brian retired July 2019, from the United States Air Force with Robins AFB, GA as his final duty station. His distinguished career led him to deploy to Iraq, Afghanistan, Thailand, and Qatar and provide humanitarian relief throughout SE Asia during the tsunami, Haiti during the earthquake, and in Turkey supporting refugee evacuations during the Israel-Lebanon Mideast Crisis. Brian’s career has taken him to 90 countries and 5 of the 7 continents.

In his last year of 20-years devoted service to the U.S. Air Force, Brian learned there were over 45,000 Veteran Service Organizations nationwide that provided free services and support to U.S. military families and realized a huge gap existed between available free Veteran, Military Spouse, and dependent children resources and benefits and the knowledge of their existence among our nations heroes and their families.

With this newly discovered knowledge, Brian vowed to eliminate the knowledge gap and ensure the success of every veteran and their families by creating an online library, a free single-site repository of every free Veteran Service Organization to include providing mentorship and information services to each knowledge-seeker.

Since the library’s creation, March 2019, Brian has led VETS2INDUSTRY’s growth by reaching 100,000+ veterans and military spouses with over 300,000 page-views on the website and he continues to supply employment opportunity success with the ever-growing grassroots volunteer force of veterans and military spouses he leads.

Brian is married with 6 children, resides in Atlanta, is an active alumnus of Centurion Military Alliance, Hiring our Heroes Corporate Fellowship Program, FourBlock, American Corporate Partners, volunteers with VETLANTA, the National Black MBA Association Atlanta Chapter, and is a student veteran leader and student ambassador at Syracuse University where he is currently pursuing his MBA and an M.S. in Entrepreneurship.

He holds 2 A.A.S. from the Community College of the Air Force, a B.A. in History, a Graduate Certificate in Homeland Security, and a M.S. in Management from Thomas Edison State University and is a certified Georgia State Hostage Negotiator

J.D. holds a Global Professional in Human Resources® (GPHR®). For over five years at the HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®), J.D. has been dedicated to the expansion of the international certification programs. During that time, J.D. has connected with multiple academic institutions, HR associations and government agencies all over the world pursuing to elevate the standards of the HR profession.

J.D. is originally from Spain, but educated in the United States where he earned a B.A. in International Studies and a M.A. in Public Administration. Prior to joining HRCI JD, was a Program Manager at not for profit organizations dedicated to international exchange programs.

J.D. lives in Washington, D.C. where he has resided for the last 10 years.