FOB: Financial Operating Base

From Air Force officer to military spouse to entrepreneur: Trish Alegre Smith, owner and principal photographer at Photography by Trish Alegre-Smith, has seen the ups and down of running a business as a military veteran entrepreneur.  Luckily, she’s taken photos along the way and can share her story about starting and growing her photography business with us today on the Financial Operating Base. 

Trish can be reached at website www.soyourlife.com. 

Travis West, founder and managing partner of West & Dunn, joins us to discuss his journey from a career in politics to the army to practicing law and the many transitions he has successfully navigated.

Travis can be reached [email protected] or [email protected]. 

Garrett Cathcart, US Army Veteran and Executive Director at Mission Role Call,  joins us to discuss transition, purpose, and the power of community. 

Garrett can be reached at [email protected]

In this special Giving Tuesday Military episode, we speak with Mike and Samantha Gomolka about their efforts with Project33, Giving Tuesday Military, and their experience fighting COVID-19.

Mike can be reached at [email protected] or https://www.project33foundation.org/. 

Samantha can be reached on Facebook at "Samantha Gomolka, 2019 AFI National Guard Spouse of the Year" https://www.facebook.com/AFISamanthagomolka/

Today we speak with Laura Renner, Air Force veteran and founder of Freedom Makers, a virtual assistant company that empowers military spouses and provides valuable outsourced service for businesses. 

Laura can be reached at [email protected].