-Veteran reintegration with the community

-Veteran isolation

-How Mil-Tree addresses these challenges through shared projects, dialogue, and the Arts.

-What we’ve found out about our Communities along the way (an epidemic of loneliness and isolation)

Patrick Wallis started his career as an Engineer Officer and Captain with the US Army from 1998 to the end of 2001, nearly 4 years of active duty service. His first unit was a topographic engineering company in Hanau, Germany. It’s where he fell in love with mapmaking. He later spent seven years with the US Coast Guard as a facilities planner while also leading their Civil Engineering Division’s mapping program. He now leads Esri's Innovation Lab and has been with Esri, the world’s leading mapping software company since 2011. He has been involved with the 501c3 nonprofit Mil-Tree Veteran Project since 2017, and served as their Board President for the last 2.5 years. Through his work at Mil-Tree, he has been able to tackle the issue of veteran isolation by bringing community and veterans together.

wwww.mil-tree.org

War In The Soul, by Edward Tick

Tribe, by Sebastian Junger