Business View Magazine | November 2020

43 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2020 NAT IONAL VETERAN OWNED BUS INESS ASSOC I AT ION Pavelek reports that NaVOBA’s staff numbers six full-time people: “Our Certification Director is focused, primarily, on making sure that our veteran businesses are able to get successfully certified and are using that certification to their advantage. Our marketing team is making sure that we reach out to the business community and that veterans are aware about getting certified. We have program managers that run the ‘Marching Toward Mondays’ program, making sure that veterans are aware of the program, signing them up to participate, and coaching them to make sure they know how to most effectively deliver their value proposition before they get the opportunity to be in front of these NaVOBA partnered with the University of Texas at Austin to co-host the Business Beyond the Battlefield Conference (BBTBC) in November of 2019. NaVOBA Vice President Mimi Lohm and President Matthew Pavelek kick off the 2017 HeroZona veterans business conference.