Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services (the Center) recently visited Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus in Alexandria, Virginia, where our team met with Debbie Bradbard, executive director of the Boeing Center for Veterans Transitions and Military Families. The visit provided an opportunity to deepen our understanding of the Boeing Center’s vision and explore how our organizations can work together to strengthen outcomes for veterans and their families.

During our time together, we engaged in a strategic discussion focused on identifying opportunities to collaborate on innovative, scalable solutions that support veterans, the organizations that serve them, and the communities where they live. The conversation emphasized the importance of aligning higher education, workforce development, and community-based services into a more cohesive and effective ecosystem.

The Center shared how our experience in convening stakeholders, strengthening systems, and advancing workforce and credential innovation could complement the Boeing Center’s efforts, particularly in supporting student veterans and military families.

This engagement marked the beginning of what we believe will be a strong and strategic partnership. By combining Virginia Tech’s academic platform with the Center’s national capacity-building approach, we are uniquely positioned to help drive solutions that not only support individual veterans but also strengthen the broader systems that serve them.