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How a Marine Corps Spouse Built a Thriving Business
How One Woman Mapped Her Own Path to Success From Military Spouse to CEO
Many people find it difficult to work a paying job while sustaining a marriage and family, but one group faces taller hurdles than most. According to The Wall Street Journal, an estimated 600,000 spouses of active- duty military members must move when their partners relocate every 2–3 years. They often leave behind their jobs, community resources, and networks of friends and professional contacts — and that makes finding meaningful employment next to impossible. Prospective employers are usually reluctant to hire someone who is likely to move away in a couple of years, leading to above-average unemployment rates among these spouses. The pressures on families are significant enough for some active-duty military members to resign from service.
Now and then, a success story like Yolanda Clarke comes along to serve as an example and a mentor for countless other military spouses. When Clarke left active duty as an intelligence officer for the U.S. Army, she wanted meaningful work that would enable her to continue serving the military and allow her flexibility to move wherever her husband, who was on active duty in the Marine Corps, was transferred. Her chief enlisted officer suggested she earn a degree in information technology, and she expanded her credentials with an MBA from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Self-employment seemed to offer the most flexible path to meaningful work, so in 2016, Clarke founded Powder River Industries, a Laramie, Wyoming, provider of information technology
products and services, including systems development, operations, and maintenance for government customers. Today, Powder River Industries has about 30 employees in 12 states and is a subcontractor for organizations as large as the Army Corps of Engineers. It provides the technology to connect and facilitate collaboration among hundreds of thousands of users nationwide. “My business allows me to continue to serve and connect to a greater purpose, to make an impact helping a lot of different agencies meet their missions,”
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