
DEPLOY Fellows' Capstone Projects
The DEPLOY (Diversify and Expand the Pipeline Of Leaders Of Your Military Community) Fellowship Program a key component of the Campaign for Inclusion. These racially-diverse leaders serve for one year in paid Blue Star Chapter-based or national roles at Blue Star Families while they receive training in military and Veteran service organization leadership curated by several key partners. Their fellowship work focuses on improving experiences and increasing representation of military families of color in community settings across the country.
These capstone projects and presentations are available to the public for review. Written permission was given by the respective authors.
2021-2022
QUIANA ABNER
USAA National Chapter DEPLOY Fellow
LinkedIn | Blue Star Social | Capstone Project | Capstone Video
BRITTNEY ALADETOHUN
JPMorgan Chase Financial Wellness DEPLOY Fellow
CHARO BATES
USAA Policy & Social Impact DEPLOY Fellow
ADRIENE ENGSTROM
Craig Newmark New York Tri-State DEPLOY Fellow
KELLEY KLOR
Amazon Food Insecurity DEPLOY Fellow
LinkedIn | Nourish the Service | Capstone Project
TONYA MURPHY
Lockheed Martin National Capital Region DEPLOY Fellow
ANICIA MYERS
Robert R. McCormick Foundation Chicagoland DEPLOY Fellow
NICOLE RAWLINSON
Blue Star Outdoors DEPLOY Fellow
LinkedIn | Blue Star Outdoors | Capstone Project
LESLIE WIGHTMAN
Salesforce Technology DEPLOY Fellow