Board Members
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MSBA Operations Director |
Rikki Winters has been a member of the MSBA since October of 2007. Rikki also worked in support of the Military Spouses Residency Relief Act (MSRRA). She created the MSRRA Facebook Page and organized over 5,000 fans in calling Congress to voice their support for the bill. The combined efforts of the sponsors of the bill and the MSRRA Coalition turned the bill into law. Rikki worked with MSBA members and MSRRA fans to start the Military Spouses Coalition (MSC) Facebook Page. She is also MSBA's current Webmaster.
Rikki owns and operates her own business, All In One Desktops which incorporated in 2007 ().
Rikki has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and is a Navy Spouse. |
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MSBA External Affairs Director |
Joanna Williamson has been the Director of Business Development and Founder of the Military Spouse Business Association (MSBA) since its inception in June 2007.
Prior to founding MSBA, Mrs. Williamson founded and continues to operate and manage Heroes on the Home Front, Inc. (www.AttaGirlGifts.com), a retail online site dedicated to honoring the achievements of military families.She has served on numerous Spouse Club and Family Readiness Group boards.
Mrs. Williamson was instrumental in the passage of the Military Spouses Residency Relief Act where she was involved in all facets of the bill from inception to final passage on November 11, 2009.
Mrs. Williamson received her B.A. in Economics and Political Science from the University of Florida. |
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MSBA Governmental Liaison Director |
Lynn Carroll is a legal assistant/paralegal who has earned the Certified Professional Legal Secretary designation and successfully completed the Certified Legal Assistant exam. Her career experience includes working with solo attorneys and small firms as well as governmental entities. In 2002, Lynn started a virtual legal assistant firm, Carrollegal, providing legal support services to attorneys, lenders and title companies across the country. She has served in a volunteer capacity as a Family Readiness Group (FRG) Leader, a Battalion FRG Advisor, and on various committees charged with improving quality of life for military families, including Army Family Action Plan local and mid-level conferences. She lives in Virginia with her husband, LTC Steve Carroll, and two children. |
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MSBA Marketing Director |
Veronica Jorden joined the Military Spouse Business Association in November 2011. Her well-rounded approach to business and marketing stems from the “typical” and varied military spouse career path. She has experience in a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail management, website development, social media and government service.
She is no stranger to entrepreneurship. As the founder and former owner of an online endeavor called “The Sensible Gourmet". Since closing her business in 2008, she has endeavored to share the valuable “hard-knock” sales and marketing lessons learned with other small business owners.
A proud Army wife and mother of three who is heavily involved in her military community. She has been an Army Community Service Master Trainer since August of 2010 and has also served as FRG Leader, Battalion FRG Advisor, and Army Ball Planning Committee Member. |
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MSBA Board of Directors Advisor |
Carolyn LeVering is an Idaho native, who joined the Military Spouse Business Association/Military Spouses Coalition in 2008 to work in support of the Military Spouses Residency Relief Act. In Carolyn's "past life," as she calls it, she was centered on serving the airline/travel industry, which was greatly affected by the attacks on 9-11. After that event, she focused her passion on patriotism and volunteering with service organizations that support our armed forces and their families. Carolyn served as President of the FSG for the USS Annapolis (SSN760) during their 2002 deployment, rallying a team to insure that every single-sailor aboard received care packages/holiday gifts.
Today, she operates a commuter vanpool business in the DC area http://www.PatrioticAdVANtures.com, which allows government and military personnel to travel to work in a more efficient and economical fashion than a personal vehicle or other mass transit options. In the Navy tradition, the commuter vans are "named" in honor of distinguished Americans. Through the small business, her philanthropic work continues with over $13K being donated in honor of the volunteer drivers to their designated charities and hundreds of phone cards provided for the wounded service members recovering at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.
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