Woman aids military families suffering from TBI
Deb Kloeppel was the loyal military wife for years, even if it meant giving up good jobs for another military transfer thousands of miles away. Dan Kloeppel's duty in the Naval Reserve culminated with a two-star rear admiral rank and a NATO commander post in Iceland. But Deb's civilian career path as a business executive and owner dead-ended with each transfer. From a small office in her home Deb Kloeppel's star is rising through two fledgling nonprofits she has formed. Her Military Spouse Corporate Career Network helps military spouses struggling to find jobs. Her MSCCN Pinnacle Foundation employs veterans severely wounded in Iraq and their spouses. For the past year, Kloeppel, 50, has jointly employed veterans with traumatic brain injury and their spouses in telecommuting jobs. Her goal is to raise enough money to employ about 50 brain-injured veterans and their spouses from around the country. She hopes the shared jobs will one day help the veterans and their spouses get work in the corporate sector. Veterans and their spouses are "so proud and dignified, and they want to work," Kloeppel said. "They don't want grants. They don't want charity. They want to work. They want to matter."
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