Veterans Initiative Summit

On October 7, Blackstone, The Carlyle Group, KKR, and TPG jointly hosted the inaugural Veterans Initiative Summit to support the hiring of American veterans across private equity portfolio companies. The two-day summit focused on how portfolio companies can attract, retain, and promote veterans, improve business operations and support communities.

In addition to human resources executives from across the partner firms’ collective 200+ U.S.-based portfolio companies, the summit featured dynamic and informative speakers including First Lady Michelle Obama, Senator John McCain, Joining Forces Executive Director Colonel Nicole Malachowski, Carry The Load Co-Founder Clint Bruce, Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Opportunity at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Curtis Coy, Army Vice Chief of Staff General Daniel B. Allyn, President of Hiring Our Heroes and Vice President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Eric Eversole, President and CEO of Taylor Morrison Home Corporation Sheryl Palmer, Director of the Military Service Initiative at The Bush Institute Colonel Miguel Howe, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense at the U.S. Department of Defense Stephanie Barna.

Sessions at the summit covered a wide range of topics, including an overview of government initiatives that complement this effort and the role of mentorship in ensuring a positive transition to civilian life.

Please click here to watch a video of First Lady Michelle Obama speaking at the summit.