Shellie Willis retired from the Army after 25 years and set out on a path to build a new purpose. Redefining You Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports and empowers transitioning service women, women veterans, and military spouses redefine their lifestyles and perspectives following military service.
Join us for a conversation about perseverance, grit and living a life of accountability. What can you cultivate today?
Shellie is a TEDx speaker, entrepreneur, and veteran.
This Town Hall is a part of the Town Hall Series brought to you by MetLife, created to inspire and equip the entrepreneurs in our military connected community to continue moving their businesses forward.
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After 24 years of military service, Shellie Willis founded Redefining You Foundation in 2016. The mission of her foundation is to assist service women, women veterans and military spouses to address their personal development needs through a 2-day Transformational Symposium.
My WHY……………….
After retirement from the U.S. Army and 24 years of service starting over seemed daunting and extremely stressful. Everyone doesn’t land their “dream career” or start their business or even decide to continue their education immediately. Over the last 6 and half years of working in workforce development with a focus on veteran’s initiatives I have found that most really don’t have a clue without being given a strong sense of direction and purpose as to what that next move should be. I also discovered that service women, like myself, didn’t realize they were a highly underrepresented demographic within a demographic.
As women, we have identified with where we served whether it be Soldier, Sailor, Airmen, Marine or Coast Guardsmen, our voice and identities were aborted by those roles. I realized immediately after retirement that women spend much of their time serving and suppressing at the same time.
I wanted to create a movement and community that will continue to educate and empower our service women TO and THROUGH transition for however long it takes by building a community of connectors ranging from life coaching, lifestyle, branding, health and wellness, financial readiness and more. Service women need to be reminded they are WOMEN and they are AMAZING long after their military service they can DEFINE themselves and be EMPOWERED to SHIFT into their next phase in LIFE.
Redefining You Foundation is a community for transitioning service women, women veterans and military spouses providing them access to local, regional and national resources. Being redefined means SHIFTING your thinking and lifestyle to the next phase in life by creating a BLUEPRINT that requires ACTIVATION and ACCOUNTABILITY!
Bunker Labs
Virtual Community Director
Jada Marie Nicome's roots in the nonprofit and entrepreneurship world began as a student in the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), where she started her first business at the age of 16. After learning the power of entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and sharing a mission, she spent her summers working at her uncle's nonprofit HOPE Farm Inc., then worked for Guide Star USA, Navy Federal Credit Union, Limited Brands, George Mason University, Madewell, and WeWork.
While at WeWork, Jada volunteered and worked alongside Bunker Labs for two years and managed four cohorts of the D.C. WeWork Veterans in Residence Program Powered by Bunker Labs. Though Jada is not a military veteran or spouse, this DMV native is passionate about transferring her superpowers of being a "Serial Connector" and a "Cultural Engineer" into any environment; in-person or digital.
This experience led to her current role as the Virtual Community Director with Bunker Labs. She oversees digital communities within BunkerOnline.com and the Bunker Labs Launch Lab Online private Facebook Group and provides daily resources and opportunities for the military-connected community. Amid our current global pandemic, Jada's mission is to support entrepreneurs and keep them connected virtually, no matter where they live worldwide.
Bunker Labs
Program Director
Bunker Labs
Events Director
Bunker Labs
Entrepreneur Experience Director
Dad. Hubbie. Sgt of Marines. Recovering FinTech Entrepreneur. Small time angel investor (aspiring big time angel investor). Guy who has been helped by many and wants to pay it forward. Nick Bradfield has spent his career honing the leadership traits taught in the military; technical skills learned via formal education; and business acumen acquired on-the-job in the financial services and technology sectors. He has held roles in sales, operations, and leadership at Fortune 500 companies as well as multiple startups. Nick has been featured on numerous podcasts highlighting veterans and entrepreneurship, and has contributed to several personal finance publications such as US News & World Report, Yahoo Finance, Nasdaq, CentSai, and Investopedia. He holds a Masters Degree in Predictive Analytics from Northwestern University.
Liz Marion attended UNC Wilmington and graduated with degrees in both Film Studies and French Language.
Liz started her career in the entertainment industry where she worked as an independent contractor and consultant on both independent and studio projects. Liz eventually started to pursue live event production in the entertainment industry and has produced several multi-day events for filmmakers and creators from around the globe.
As a military spouse, live event production has allowed Liz to work across the country for many different organizations including Milspo Project and Bunker Labs. After serving as a volunteer city leader for Bunker Labs’ Wilmington, NC chapter, Liz took a full-time position with the organization as the digital community manager, bringing her organization, logistics and connectivity skills online to serve the military connected community full-time through meaningful and intentional virtual experiences.
Liz strives to encourage veterans and military spouses to pursue their dreams by working for themselves to create a job that feeds their passion and moves with their lifestyle.
When she isn’t generating new ideas or facilitating a virtual event, Liz spends her time paddleboarding, enjoying the ocean waves and reading professional development books.
She currently resides outside the gates of Camp Pendleton with her Marine husband and dog Archer.
