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Michigan Business Beat | Kate Melcher, Fisher House Michigan – Opening Second Location – Detroit

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Jeffrey Mosher welcomes Kate Melcher, Executive Director, Fisher House Michigan

Hear Kate and Jeffrey discuss her journey from Apache pilot to Executive Director and how Fisher House Michigan supports veteran families and the opening of a second home in Detroit, in the SoundCloud podcast shared below: 


Jeffrey looked to find out several things from Kate in this conversation:

1. You went from Supreme Court researcher to working in the Senate to becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Tell us more about your career and service journey that brought you to Fisher House Michigan
 
2. For listeners unfamiliar with Fisher House Michigan, explain what it is and why this mission matters to military families.
 
3. You just opened Michigan’s second Fisher House in Detroit – the 99th nationwide. What does this facility look like and what does it mean for veteran families?
 
4. Walk us through a typical story – when a family arrives at Fisher House Detroit, what are they going through and how do you support them?
 
5. Your goal is that families “won’t need to reach into their pockets for anything.” How are you able to deliver on that?
 
6. Fisher Houses save military families millions annually. What’s the impact on Michigan’s veteran community specifically?
 
7. How does Fisher House fit into the broader veteran healthcare infrastructure?
 
8. What do you think the business community doesn’t understand about our veteran population?
 
9. What’s the vision for Fisher House Michigan going forward?
 
10. How has Michigan’s business community responded to your fundraising efforts?
 
11. For business leaders who want to support veteran causes, what’s the most impactful way they can get involved beyond writing a check?
 

12. If someone has a loved one who might need Fisher House services, how do they learn more or access these resources?

Kate’s the Executive Director who just recently helped open Michigan’s second Fisher House in Detroit (first was Ann Arbor). These are free lodging facilities for military families while their loved ones get medical care at VA hospitals.

She has an incredible story. She went from Supreme Court researcher to Senate staffer, then enlisted post-9/11 and became an Apache helicopter pilot. Now she’s running a $20M fundraising operation that’s earned 4-star ratings from Charity Navigator.

Fisher Houses saves military families $40M annually in lodging costs while supporting our VA medical infrastructure. She could talk about:

Veteran medical care financial burden Michigan veteran economic impact Nonprofit credibility and transparency
Women’s leadership in military sectors

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