Advocates for spouses of service members in all branches of service and components as well as veterans and their families. They discussed the challenges of being a spouse, a parent, and a full-time employee while their husbands are at home and on the other side of the world serving their country.
Amy Apostol, Navy Reserve JAG Officer Spouse.
ADVISOR. Broad attorney skill set, including work in areas of national security, cybersecurity, personnel security and insider threat, policy, compliance, data sharing, privacy, GDPR, and litigation. Provides client solutions in evolving operational landscapes that require agility and innovation. Partner with business leaders to empower sustainable, legally compliant actions and policy. Help effectuate change while minimizing risk. Experienced advisor on significant and high-profile issues.
BOARD MEMBER. Gamma Phi Beta Facilities Management Company Board of Managers: make decisions about non-profit spending and operational priorities. Mission Hire Me Advisory Board: support fundraising efforts and make key partnership connections. (https://www.missionhireme.com/)
COMMUNITY SUPPORTER. Fort Hunt Little League Board of Directors: support community engagement, public relations, and member experience
-Be The Good Project Volunteer: support efforts to address food shortages and hunger crisis in the DC metro area
EDUCATOR. Adjunct Professor @ Albany Law School. Guest Lecturer on cybersecurity and insider threat issues. Speaker on topics such as cybersecurity, data privacy, insider threat, military families, and women's issues.
MENTOR. Provide career guidance and support for law students, attorneys, teachers, IT professionals, military spouses, and transitioning veterans through programs such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hiring our Heroes AMPLIFY program, Veterati, and Military Spouse JD Network.
FOUNDER. Founder and creator of TechnoLawgicGals, a supportive community for women attorneys in privacy and tech. (www.technolawgicgals.com)
-Founder and creator of Wattage Careers, a career strategy platform aimed at imbuing energy, creativity, and success into the process of career growth and development.
LinkedIn (http://linkedin.com/in/amyapostol) | Email (amyapostol@gmail.com) |
Kate Hudson, (Active-duty Army officer Spouse). A passionate civil servant and lawyer committed to improving the experiences of the American public with their government. Over the past seventeen years, I have served in the public and nonprofit sectors at key interaction points for citizens: elections, the justice system, the federal civil service, and government oversight. I work to make the government agencies and systems that serve the American public more accountable, efficient, responsive, and more accessible. I love to learn how the 'sausage' gets made and strive for ways to improve it.
LinkedIn (http://linkedin.com/in/katehudsonesq) Email (attorneykatehudson@gmail.com) | Twitter (KateHudsonEsq)
