Inside Owners in Honor™ Through Genine’s Eyes: Why Our Work Matters And Why Your Gift Fuels It

The first time Genine shared what Owners in Honor™ means to her, her voice did something the camera could not quite hide. It stayed strong, but you could hear the weight behind it.

Genine is not only telling a story about herself. She is speaking as a board member and as the principal brand ambassador for Owners in Honor™. She carries the voices of veterans, spouses, owners, and families she meets in rooms all over the country.

In her words, you can hear the themes she hears again and again.

Veterans who served with everything they had and now feel unsure what comes next. Owners who built businesses over decades and quietly worry about what will happen to their people when they step away. Families who sit in the middle, trying to hold it all together while the world keeps moving.

Genine is the one who stands beside them in those rooms, listens carefully, and helps them feel seen.

When A Room Finally Matches The Reality People Live Every Day

Genine talks about what it feels like when someone walks into an Owners in Honor™ event and realizes they are not the only one carrying this mix of questions and responsibility.

In these rooms, people do not just trade business cards. They exhale.

Veterans say out loud what they usually keep inside. They talk about missing the mission, the structure, the sense that their work truly mattered.

Owners admit they are tired and that they care deeply about the people on their payroll, not only the sale price of their business.

Spouses and family members nod in recognition because they live with that tension every day.

In that setting, Genine sees something shift.

Instead of hearing “Just take whatever job you can get” or “Just sell and be done with it”

They hear questions that sound like their own hearts.

What does a truly honorable exit look?

How can a veteran step into ownership in a way that works for their family?

.do we protect the people and the community that depend on this business

Those are the moments Genine carries with her. Those are the moments that show her Owners in Honor™ is not only talking about deals, but it is also tending to people.

What Owners in Honor™ Is Really Doing

From a distance, it can look simple. Events. Panels. Conversations about Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition.

Genine’s view from the inside shows something deeper.

Owners in Honor™

• Creates rooms where veterans see business ownership as a real and honorable next mission

• Helps veteran and patriotic owners understand that they can exit in a way that cares for their people, not just their profit

• Welcomes spouses and families into the conversation as essential voices, not as an afterthought

• Brings advisers, investors, and lenders to the table so values-driven intentions become real opportunities

It is not about glorifying transactions. It is about dignity. It is about making sure service, sacrifice, and community are at the center when it is time to talk about money, succession, and legacy.

Genine has watched veterans walk in with arms crossed and walk out with a notebook full of next steps. She has watched owners arrive guarded and leave saying, “Now I can see a path that feels right.”She has seen families relax a little because they finally know they are not navigating all of this alone.

Why Genine’s Perspective Matters Right Now

Genine’s voice in the video is not just her own. She speaks for the many people she has stood beside in Owners in Honor™ rooms.

There are veterans across the country who wonder if their best years ended when they took off the uniform. There are owners who love their people and are unsure how much longer they can carry the load. There are spouses and families trying to keep everything moving without enough support or clarity.

Owners in Honor™ steps into that gap. But this work does not happen by accident or without resources.

The rooms where Genine sees lives change have to be created and funded. The seats for veterans, spouses, and owners have to be covered. The staff doing the quiet follow-up, introductions, and long-term support have to be sustained.

Your Gift Helps Create The Next Room

When you give to Owners in Honor™ you are not giving to a vague idea. You are making very specific moments possible.

Your support can mean

• A chair in the room for the next veteran who thinks there is no path forward

• A conversation where an owner discovers an exit that truly honors their people

• A night where a spouse or family member finally feels understood and supported

Genine has seen what happens when those moments come together. A veteran finds a mission that fits who they have become. An owner passes on a business with peace. A community keeps a main street anchor instead of losing it quietly.

If something in Genine’s words stays with you, let it become more than a feeling.

Help fund the next room. Help create the next story.

Help Owners in Honor™ keep serving the veterans, owners, and families whose lives are changed by what happens there.

Make your year end gift to Owners in Honor™ and stand with the people who have carried so much for all of us.