TYSONS, Va.— PenFed Credit Union and the PenFed Foundation served as proud sponsors of the 2021 San Antonio Business Journal Veterans in Business Awards. The awards honored 14 veterans in business during a special event at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio.
“PenFed has proudly supported the defense community since our founding in 1935, and we are honored to partner with San Antonio Business Journal to celebrate business leaders who support the military community in ‘Military City USA’ by creating jobs and hiring veterans,” said James Schenck, president and CEO of PenFed Credit Union and CEO of the PenFed Foundation.
Retired U.S. Army Green Beret Levi Rodgers served as the keynote speaker. Rodgers is a wounded warrior who currently serves as the Founder and Team Leader of The Levi Rodgers Real Estate Group.
The 2021 honorees were selected by a rigorous panel including San Antonio Business Journal editors. They will be profiled in an upcoming San Antonio Business Journal special publication.
The PenFed Foundation, which has raised more than $40 million for the military community since its founding in 2001, launched the PenFed Foundation Veteran Entrepreneur Investment Program(VEIP) in 2018. VEIP helps veteran entrepreneurs access capital through pop-up labs, a Master’s program, workshops, boot camps and investment. Since its founding, the program has accelerated over 550 veteran-owned startups and helped educate over 7,000 veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs.
Below, from left,: Jimmy Holmes, Market President and Publisher of San Antonio Business Journal; Seda Goff, PenFed Foundation Senior Director of Veteran Entrepreneurs; Don Gleason, President of Military Transition Roundtable; and Dave Silvey, PenFed’s Senior Vice President of the San Antonio Service Center.