Tia is a proud US Navy Veteran currently serving as Chief of Staff for the Farmer Veteran Coalition in Davis, California. Prior to her current post, she served as the first Women Veteran...
Champions of Change: Women Veterans
The White House honors fourteen women veterans as Champions of Change. After honorably serving their country, these individuals went on to provide exemplary leadership in many areas at the local, state, regional, or national level.
Stacy L. Pearsall is a combat disabled Air Force veteran who earned the Bronze Star Medal and Commendation with Valor for heroic actions under fire. Pearsall now plays a pivotal role in changing...
Wilma Vaught was the driving force that built the $22.5 million Women’s Memorial at the gateway to Arlington National Cemetery. She is now the President of the Women In Military Service For...
Kayla Williams is the author of Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army, a memoir about her experiences negotiating the changing demands on women in today's military during...
Natasha Young is a Fellowship Recruitment Associate at The Mission Continues, serving the northeast and southeast United States. A 12-year veteran of the United States Marine Corps, Natasha served...
As Founder and CEO of Women Veterans Interactive, Ginger Miller is dedicated to meeting women veterans at their points of need, while supporting them through Advocacy, Empowerment, Interaction,...
Michelle Racicot is a Family Nurse Practitioner at an Urgent Care Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A former Army Nurse Corp officer who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, she is the Vice...
Glenna Tinney has worked tirelessly for more than three decades to facilitate change in both the civilian and military systems to eliminate violence against women. She currently serves as the...
Dawn Halfaker graduated from the United States Military Academy in 2001 and was seriously injured during a combat patrol near Baghdad in 2004. Undeterred, Dawn stayed a part of the fight and...
Chaplain Priscilla Mondt serves as Chief of Chaplain Service at Veterans Affairs Medical Center where she is responsible for a comprehensive spiritual care program. As a full career Army Veteran...
Marsha Four, residing in the Philadelphia area, is an in-country Vietnam Veteran, sits on the National Board of Directors of Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), and is the Chair of its National...
Sharie Derrickson is a disabled service-connected US Navy veteran. She served at both Stars and Stripes newspaper and was a combat photojournalist with Navy Combat Camera and traveled extensively...
In 2010, Marylyn Harris, a former Army Nurse and Disabled War Veteran, founded the nation’s first and only Women Veterans Business Center (WVBC) in Houston, Texas. The Center’s mission is to...
Becky Kanis graduated from West Point in 1991 and served for nine years as an Officer in the US Army. Unwilling to continue deceiving her colleagues about her sexual orientation, she resigned her...