Peggy Willms

My guest is Christopher Meek, co-founder, chairman, and CEO of SoldierStrong, a nonprofit focused on helping America’s servicemen, women, and veterans take their next steps forward. Beyond philanthropy, Chris has served as a financial services executive for over 25 years. He holds a BA in economics and political science, an MBA in financial management, and an MPA from the Maxwell School and is currently working on his doctoral. Chris is also a podcast host and author.   Our soldiers fight for our freedom. Ignoring and even turning our backs on them, especially when they re-enter civilian life, is unacceptable.   Chris will help us understand how revolutionary medical technologies can be used to transform the lives of veterans and help us understand many of their struggles, including combat trauma, injury, military sexual trauma, or post-military stressors such as job loss, financial difficulties, dissolution of relationships, restructuring their support