We’re heading to Nashville

Next Tuesday the Warrior Gateway will be attending the Operation Yellow Ribbon event hosted by Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. It looks to be an exciting and informative event, in which participants will "discuss solutions for the transition from battlefield to home front for returning military."

Devin from here at the Warrior Gateway will be one of two moderators for the event. The program for the day is as follows.

Sponsored by Lipscomb University and Challenge America, panelists include:

• David Hughes, Lipscomb University
• Elaine Katz, Kessler Foundation
• Major Ed Pulido, Folds of Honor Foundation
• Keith Wilson, U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Education Service
• Wesley Baugess, 82nd Airborne Wounded Warrior Committee
• Tiffany Calhoun, Wounded Warrior Project – Caregiver Retr.
• Mike Zeiders, Quality of Life Foundation
• Carla Joy Bell, Fort Campbell Warrior Transition Battalion
• Sarah Wade, Wounded Warrior Project - Project Odyssey
• Dan Shannon, injured veteran
• Joey Bozik, injured veteran
• Mary Ross, Operation Stand Down
• Joe Dillard, The Shield Foundation
• Bill Patrowicz, Warrior Works
• Capt. Cheri Ruiz, Fort Carson Warrior Transition Battalion
• Sarah Williams Volf, Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities
• Julia Ray, DSUSA - Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Program
• Dr. Donald Leslie, Shepherd Center
• Torrey Shannon, wife of injured veteran
• Lisa Stern, America’s Heroes at Work
• Col. Mary Carstensen, AW2 & National Organization on Dis.
• Ed Edmundson, father of injured veteran
• Adrienne Rumph, Defense & Veterans Brain Injury Center
• Dr. Steven Scott, James E. Haley VA Medical Center (TBC)
• Mike Goodrich, NGB Transition Assistance
• Dominic Shannon, son of injured veteran
• Dave Topp, Military Family Research Institute
• VA Loan Guaranty Home Loan Program representative
• Mike Britton, Fort Campbell Soldier & Family Assistance Center for Warriors in Transition

Major General Bob Dees (Ret.) and Jeff Arnold, founder of WebMD, will be keynote speakers at the symposium.

Operation Yellow Ribbon is highlighted by a special evening event featuring keynote speaker General Tommy Franks (retired) and special acoustic performances by Charlie Daniels, Amy Grant, Kix Brooks, Gretchen Wilson, Larry Gatlin and more.

If you're in the area, be sure to come out to the event. For more details from the organizers of the event, click here.