Joe Quinn on helping veterans heal hidden wounds

Joe Quinn discusses healing the hidden wounds of war through cost-free, stigma-free, bureaucracy-free, evidence-based treatments.
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After his brother was attacked and killed in 9/11, Joe Quinn felt it was vital to become part of an organization that takes care of soldiers as they come home. He’s the Executive Director of The Headstrong Project which focuses on healing the hidden wounds of war through cost-free, stigma-free, bureaucracy-free, evidence-based treatments.

Previously, Joe was the Director of Leadership Development for Team Red, White & Blue (Team RWB). Before Team RWB, he was an Instructor in the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy at West Point and an Associate at the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC).

Joe also worked in Afghanistan as a Counterinsurgency Advisor for General David Petraeus’ Counterinsurgency Advisory and Assistance Team (CAAT). He spent six years in the United States Army, where he served two deployments to Iraq. Joe received a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Joe graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2002, where he played on the basketball team.

Organized by America’s Warrior Partnership, the Warrior Community Integration Symposium is an opportunity to share best practices, find innovative solutions, and form new collaborative partnerships to better help the veterans in their communities address the work challenges they sometimes encounter when making the transition to civilian life. 

WorkingNation set up its cameras at the Symposium and interviewed the speakers and attendees about the important issue of helping veterans deal with workforce challenges. You can follow the conversation on our social media under the hashtag #WorkingNationOverheard.

Read more about the event here.