NSI finalized candidate selection and began onboarding for its second iteration of supporting the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring our Heroes (HoH) Fellowship Program. HOH Fellowships place highly skilled and educated transitioning service members, veterans, military spouses, and military caregivers with potential employers to create economic opportunity and further the development of a diversified workforce. NSI began it’s engagement with HoH in 2022 and has steadily increased its involvement commensurate with hiring needs. The two candidates selected for this iteration, Chris Balon and Matt Ervin, were screened from over six hundred potential participants and were chosen based on their career objectives, diversity of professional experience, and quality of academic preparation.