Jennifer Griffin Pilcher
Jennifer Griffin Pilcher
Co-Founder and CEO, Military1Click
5 year career break
For years, I worked as a Speech-Language Pathologist in various school districts around the nation due to moving with the military. In 2003, after our first child was born, I returned to work, part-time, as a College Instructor teaching Communication courses at The College of Southern Maryland. Upon moving to Texas in 2005, we had our second child and I decided to stay home full-time due to the amount my husband traveled for the military. I spent time volunteering in my daughter’s preschool and also as Coordinator of the Mothers of Preschool program (MOPS International) through our church. When we arrived in Maryland in 2008 I learned that the United States Naval Academy Chapel was chartering a new Military Mother’s of Preschoolers (division of MOPS international) non-profit program to provide much needed support to military moms in the DC region. I volunteered to serve as the first coordinator, which is where I met my Military1Click business partner and co-founder, Kristi Hamrick, who is also a military spouse. In 2010, I was hired as the Manager of Military Moms at Cafemom.com, which is the #1 site for social media for moms. While telecommuting to New York, I learned a great deal regarding social media, marketing, and most of all; connecting with military moms.
Through hands on work with the USNA Military MOPS non-profit program and the experience of connecting with military moms through social media worldwide, I wanted to build a business helping military families. After our commitment to the USNA MMOPS program was complete, Kristi and I decided to move from helping military families on the local level to the global level. Therefore, we combined our professional backgrounds and volunteer experience to launch Military1Click, LLC in the spring of 2011. Military1Click.com is a free website source that is accessible to everyone. We are a web aggregator available in over 40 countries providing tangible information with over 200 links and resources. We have established a partnership with the Congressional Military Family Caucus and privatized military housing communities, as well as being a promoter for the White House Joining Forces initiatives, the Department of Defense Military Spouse Employment Program, and Total Force Fitness initiative. We are in 24/7 constant contact with our military families and families supporting military members through our Facebook, twitter and email.
I am proud to own a business that is dedicated to connecting military organizations, non-profits, and the corporate world to provide the best possible resources to those who deserve the best: our military community. Military1Click’s mission is not complete until every military family knows that help, support, and compassion are only a click away. I truly believe that each step in my personal life and professional career before children, unknowingly prepared me for this life-changing career that I now have. Being an entrepreneur allows me to continue my passions of helping military families and raising our two wonderful children. I am so grateful.
Background: Academia/Teaching, Education and Training Industry
Pre-Break: Speech-Language Pathologist; School age. College Instructor; Communication Courses, , College of Southern MD
Relaunch Connection: Heard iRelaunch speakers at a non-iRelaunch event
Key Job Search Factor: Networking