| 词条 | Marjorie K. Eastman |
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Early lifeEastman was born and raised in Southern California. She earned her bachelors degree in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego. As an undergraduate, she was competitively selected as a White House Internship in 2000[2] and also studied abroad at the University College London, School for Slavonic and East European Studies. She attended the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, where she earned her master’s degree in International Security, with concentrations in Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Human Rights. During her graduate studies, she was one of 56 students selected nationally for the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Honors Internship Program. She also has an MBA from Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management. CareerEastman has worked in public, private, and non-profit sectors. Marjorie is a sought-after keynote speaker, panelist, and contributing writer. She has been recognized by the Nashville Business Journal with the 2015 Award for Veteran Leading in Business and has been described as a veteran thought leader in PBS's Veterans Coming Home initiative. She is involved with charities and boards that support girls, women, veterans and entrepreneurs. More recently, she has filled the role as: Eastman served as president and chief operating officer for YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee.[3]; Regional Representative for Girls on the Run Middle Tennessee; she was a driving force who helped launch the Nashville Service Platoon for The Mission Continues; and a founding member for the Nashville Serving Veterans Community Board and the Bunker Labs Tennessee Board. She currently serves on the Next Generation Council of Advisors for the national cross-partisan movement With Honor, and as a state leader with the Veterans for Smart Power Network for the U.S Global Leadership Coalition. WritingsMarjorie is an award-winning author of the 2017 National Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) for, The Frontline Generation: How We Served Post 9/11. The book began as a personal memoir for her son and became the first to define post 9/11 service and leadership. It was a featured title for Hudson Booksellers in airports across the U.S. (2016-2017) and is on the recommended reading list for the U.S. Army Military Intelligence Center of Excellence library and museum. Eastman's unique experience as a female veteran was profiled on the Nashville Public Television feature Veterans Coming Home[4] in 2016. Her opinion pieces on veterans and the post 9/11 generation of leaders and service have been published in local, regional and national media outlets, including The Washington Post, USA Today[5], CNN.[6] , The Houston Chronicle coauthored with General Peter Chiarelli, Task & Purpose, Military.com. Forbes, The Foreign Policy Magazine, NPR have also featured her work. Her current writing project is a weekly column for OpsLens that highlights impactful, scalable, and unique post 9/11 businesses and charities that have been launched by veterans and/or military family members. The theme of this weekly column a deck of cards, a spinoff tribute that is a nod to the 2003 Iraqi Deck of Most Wanted. References1. ^{{cite web|title=2017 Independent Publisher Book Awards National Medalists|url=http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=2172|website=Independent Publisher|accessdate=29 May 2017}} 2. ^{{cite news|url=http://ucsdguardian.org/2001/04/30/capitalizing-on-your-potential/|title=Capitalizing on Your Potential|last1=Edward|date=April 30, 2001|accessdate=29 May 2017|publisher=University of California San Diego|agency=The Guardian}} External links
6 : 1979 births|Living people|American women writers|University of California, San Diego alumni|University of Denver alumni|Vanderbilt University alumni |
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