FIND YOUR PATH
Who are you? We'll meet you there.
I am a Veteran
Access benefits navigation, healthcare resources, mental health support, and community programs built for you.
Family & Caregiver
Supporting someone who served? We have tools, guides, and a community to help you help them.
2025 Impact
A decade of work. A year of milestones.
VetConnect360™
The one-stop shop.
Benefits navigation, mental health support, peer connection, and career tools — all in one place, always available, built by people who've served for people who've served.
Find & claim your benefits with real human help
Get immediate mental & behavioral health support
Connect with peers and community resources
Plan your next career move with curated tools
Benefits & Claims
Personalized navigation from first filing to approved claim — free, with a real human navigator.
Mental Health
Trauma-informed support pathways for PTSD, MST, depression, anxiety, and substance use recovery.
Peer & Community
Support circles, mentorship, community resources — because the community is the medicine.
Career & Employment
Military-to-civilian translation, resume tools, coaching, and Veteran-friendly employer connections.
Confirmed speakers
CONVERSATION I
Jean C. Accius, PhD, NACD.DC
President & Chief Executive Officer
CHC: Creating Healthier Communities
A cross-sector executive and strategist working at the intersection of health, business and social impact, leading partnerships with more than 650 businesses and 5,000 nonprofit organizations.
CONVERSATION I
Carolyn Clancy, MD, MACP
Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Discovery, Education and Affiliate Networks
Veterans Health Administration
Dr. Clancy, a general internist and health services researcher, is a nationally recognized leader in health care quality, safety and policy. Over a distinguished career in federal service (VA and HHS) and academic medicine.
CONVERSATION II
Dr. Leslie Dillard
Retired U.S. Army Veteran
Author • Speaker • Trainer • Financial Professional
Retired from the U.S. Army in 2018 after 35 years of service. A number-one bestselling author, motivational speaker and spoken-word artist based in San Antonio, she teaches financial literacy and helps families build generational wealth.
CONVERSATION II
Tara Galovski, PhD
Director, Women’s Health Sciences Division
National Center for PTSD
VA Boston Healthcare System
An Associate Professor of Psychiatry whose research advances trauma recovery and Cognitive Processing Therapy for survivors of interpersonal assault, combat and community violence.
CONVERSATION III
Susan L Combs PPACA|ChHC| REBC
Insurance Broker, Litigation Strategist, Author, Speaker
Author of Wonder Women:The Untold Stories of Female Veterans(2026)
Susan L Combs has spent a quarter of a century building a career around seeing what others miss-whether assessing risk, solving an insurance challenge, developing litigation strategy or finding a new way to turn service into action.
FACILITATOR
To Be Announced
More details will be announced later
A nationally recognized interviewer will guide all three conversations and weave audience questions throughout the program.
Saying “Thank you for your service” matters. Knowing how to support those who served is how communities deliver on that gratitude.
Jessica Fast, the widow of SFC Matthew Fast, stands with Maryland Governor Wes Moore at the signing of the SFC Matthew Fast Act on May 20, 2025, the first law in the nation requiring every healthcare facility to ask for and document military service status. The Veterans Health and Wellness Foundation championed this legislation in honor of SFC Fast’s legacy and in service of the Veterans who deserve to be seen.
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Dr. Evelyn L. Lewis, MD, with Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger at the April 8, 2026, signing of HB 1504, extending military service screening requirements to every healthcare facility in the Commonwealth of Virginia and protecting
hundreds of thousands of Virginia Veterans.
SERENADE FOR STRENGTH · A VHWF + CHC INITIATIVE
Honoring her service.
Healing her journey.
Women Veterans are the fastest-growing — and most underserved - Veteran population in America. Nearly two million strong. Through a strategic alliance with CHC: Creating Healthier Communities, VHWF is building the community infrastructure that makes whole-person healing possible.
The community is the medicine. Brick-and-mortar clinics are essential, but they are not sufficient. Healing happens through relationships, through belonging.
— Dr. Evelyn L. Lewis, President & Chair, VHWF
~2M
Women Veterans are the fastest growing segment of the Veteran population
200+
Gathered at Strathmore, March 31, 2026
70 yrs
CHC community health infrastructure — now aligned with VHWF
5,000+
Nonprofits in CHC's network - reaching Veterans nationwide
VHWF × CHC
Strategic alliance operationalizing whole-person healing through whole-community activation.
FROM OUR COMMUNITY
You Are Not Alone. Support Is Available Right Now.
Veterans Crisis Line: Call or text 988, press 1 · Women Veterans Call Center: 1-855-829-6636
· Text 838255 · Chat online · 24/7
