“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
— Helen Keller
For the first time in American history, women in the military are retiring in unprecedented numbers, due to both the 35th anniversary of the first female graduates from military academies and the end of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Simultaneously and also at numbers never before experienced in history, women own businesses as entrepreneurs, sit in the C-suite of Fortune 500 companies, serve on Boards and have an active presence in today’s American workforce. For both sectors, during times of career transition, a range of challenges come into play often creating obstacles to ones “NEXT”career move. Sometimes the career options feel too wide open and often they feel too limited, based on ones narrow view of what’s possible. MISSION: GETTING TO NEXT harnesses the collective leadership of both civilian and military women and uses the interaction as a catalyst for self-exploration and change. Drawing on her experience over the past 40 years of working with executive level women across the globe, Carole Hyatt has created this breakthrough workshop with these two groups of vibrant, unstoppable women who have so much to share and learn from each other. The goal of MGTN is to help women seamlessly transition into new leadership opportunities and professionally contribute to a stronger and more sustainable American economy. To date, the response to MGTN has surpassed expectations.

— Amy S. Courter, National Commander of All-Volunteer
Civil Air Patrol (Retired)

— Christianne R. Ricchi , Owner/Chef of Ristorante i Ricchi, Washington, DC

— Barbara Faulkenberry, Major General, U.S. Air Force (Retired)

— L.J. Rittenhouse, CEO Rittenhouse Rankings, Inc.
Author: Investing Between the Lines, Buffett’s Bites, and more
Author: Investing Between the Lines, Buffett’s Bites, and more

— Art DeGroat, Lieutenant Colonel (Retired)
U.S. Army Director/Founder of Military Affairs, Kansas State University
U.S. Army Director/Founder of Military Affairs, Kansas State University