Center for Women Veterans, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

The Center for Women Veterans has selected twenty-eight women Veterans for the 2025 Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Center for Women Veterans Trailblazers “Women Veterans Forging a Path” initiative and will honor Dr. Ivy Brooks and Ms. Lynda Van DeVanter with Posthumous Trailblazer awards.
The twenty-eight selected women Veterans Trailblazers are:
o Leonor Branch
o Jayme L. DeGooyer
o Diane Carlson Evans
o Caroline P. Fermin
o Joan A. Furey
o Dr. Iesiah M. Harris
o Octavia Harris
o Patricia A. Harris
o Laura R. Hatcher
o Elizabeth Herrera
o Sharon S. Hinde-Grimm
o Hattie M. Johnson
o Marilyn Kelly-Cavotta
o Angela A. McCullough
o Dr. Debbee A. Maraglio-Lynn
o Jackeline Perez-Martinez
o Danique N. Masingill
o Carrie D. Moore
o Dr. Sheena L. Moore
o Jo Ann Orr
o Staci L. Reidinger
o Dr. Patricia M. Ross
o Lori L. Trego
o Mona Pearl Treyball
o Dr. Linda Schwartz
o Latia Suttle
o Jessica L. Wherry
o Dianne M. Young

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The Philadelphia Trailblazer Initiative is Phase II or research forcusing on the intersectionality of post-transition barriers and challenges.

The objective is to establish a pilot model for assessing measurables for mitigating barriers and challenges.