On this episode we welcome the Vicky Hausman, entrepreneur, executive, social impact strategist, and Founder and CEO of the American Service Project.

Vicky comes from a proud military family with an extensive career spanning global health, political entrepreneurship, corporate consulting, and civic engagement. Today, she has channeled her unique experience and deep expertise into her new company, American Service Project with hear sigths set on scaling and reimagining national service for young Americans in the 21st century. Vicky believes that national service is one of the key missing pieces of economic and civic infrastructure that is needed for the next generation and has launched American Service Project to turn this into a reality.

In this episode, Vicky and Annie dive deep into:

• Service as a Solution: How national service can serve as a critical pathway to build social capital, skills, and economic opportunity amid AI-driven job market transitions.
• Building a Movement, Not Just a Program: Why the American Service Project is focusing heavily on the policy and advocacy missing from the current national service landscape.
• Mending the Fabric: How civic engagement can directly combat declining institutional trust and political polarization.

Vicky has turned her insights, experiences, and background into a road map on building scaled solutions for major societal disruptions. You won't want to miss this timely discussion on how we can intentionally launch the next generation into a changing workforce.

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About Vicky Hausman

Vicky Hausman is an entrepreneur, executive, and social impact strategist who serves as the Founder and CEO of the American Service Project. Her career spans across global health, political entrepreneurship, corporate consulting, and civic engagement, focusing heavily on building scaled solutions for major societal disruptions.

Currently she leads American Service Project as the Founder & CEO: She leads this cross-partisan nonprofit organization to scale and reimagine national service for young Americans. The project advocates for national service as a critical pathway to build social capital, skills, and economic opportunity amid AI-driven job market transitions and declining institutional trust.

Prior to American Service Project she was the Co-Founder & Former Co-CEO of Forward Majority, a $120 million democracy-focused venture. She spent a significant portion of her career at Dalberg Advisors, the world's largest social impact strategy firm. Earlier in her corporate career, she worked as a management consultant at Boston Consulting Group directing strategic and operational projects across the private and public healthcare sectors. She started her early career on the ground as a volunteer at the Peace Corps at a health clinic in the West Indies during the global AIDS crisis.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Harvard University and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University and has served on the Board of Directors for Global Health Corps and Amref Health Africa and was a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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