Did you know… Our Mission: Milspouse Board of Directors has 119 years of combined total military experience!
Julie Cooley
Board President
Military Spouse, 18 years
Prior Active Duty Air Force, FT Air Guard
Currently Air Reserve
Bossier City, LA
Julie loves being a military spouse, an entrepreneur, an advocate, and a community leader. As a leader with Every Warrior, Julie worked to develop strategic plans and innovative leadership practices with a team of 20 lead volunteers and directors.
Julie’s advocacy efforts have helped to secure funding for military spouses to obtain transferable employment skills, and nationally has consulted on such projects as the Department of Labor project focusing on Military Spouse Occupational License Legislation implementation and best practices.
Julie is an avid volunteer serving on numerous boards and committees in each community she is located. As a Reserve spouse, she advocates for understanding and support of our Guard and Reserve families through leadership opportunities with organizations like Louisiana’s ESGR and is proud to serve as the lead for our local Military Spouse Professional Network with Hiring Our Heroes. As an Air Force mother, Julie focuses on taking care of our youngest and newest members as they transition into the military.
Chrissy Gibbs
Board Treasurer
Military Spouse, 12 years
Active-Duty Army
Grafenwoehr, Germany
Chrissy married her husband in 2010 and jumped right into her milspouse role. She knew that life would be more adventurous and sometimes more difficult, but it would always be worth it.
She had previously received her teaching degrees from Niagara University in Special Education and spent a few years teaching, but once she began having children, she chose to put those talents to work in her own home. Chrissy is a mother to four energetic boys and one husky pup (also a male), so you could say she’s the queen of the castle! Chrissy and her family are currently living in Germany!
In her free time, you can find her working out, at a playdate with close friends, on the hunt for the next geocache, or hiding away binge-watching her favorite guilty pleasure TV shows.
Chrissy has served on the Mission: Milspouse Command Team since 2020, first as Content Curator and now as Director of Development.
Juliana Hauska
Executive Director
Military Spouse, 7 years
Colorado Army National Guard
Longmont, CO
Juliana Hauska is a Colorado native and has been married to her husband Tyler for 7 years. Tyler has been serving in the Colorado Army National Guard since 2014. She is a mom to two amazing kiddos, Mattis (6) and Miley (2). She is also a dog mom to her two fur babies: Sadie, a Chiweenie Pitbull mix, and Bluey, a Blue Heeler/Border Collie mix.
Juliana attended Colorado State University and earned a bachelor’s degree in human development and Family Studies. She has worked for a Colorado-based plumbing and HVAC supply company for 6 years and loves every minute of it! Plumbing is a shared family interest as Tyler’s civilian job is as a plumbing superintendent. (There is a lot of potty talk in the Hauska household!)
Juliana loves going to the mountains, and watching football, is an avid movie lover, a Taylor Swift fanatic (sorry, not sorry), and a huge music fan in general. Her favorite activity each month is putting together a monthly playlist of songs that reflect phases of her life or memories! Juliana loves to make friends and form connections with people from various aspects of life.
Paulette Fryar
Board Member, At Large
Military Spouse, 16 years
Active-Duty Coast Guard
Vancouver, WA
Paulette Fryar is a Coast Guard Spouse, mother of four grown boys, an Air Force Mom, small business owner, and an avid military spouse community volunteer. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, Paulette has lived in Juneau, AK, Portland, OR, Portsmouth, VA, Seattle, WA, Washington DC, St Louis, MO, Vancouver, WA and O’Fallon, IL.
Paulette was selected as the 2020-21Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year and Coast Guard Spouse of the Year. She was the first Coast Guard spouse in history to win the overall Military Spouse of the Year honors. She co-founded The Million Mile Project, reinforcing awareness to PTSD and promoting military and veteran suicide prevention. Paulette is also a strong advocate for young mothers, serves as a mentor in the Military Mothers of Preschoolers Organization (MOPS), and continues to give back to the next generation of military families. Her motto is #TogetherWeAreStronger
Major Joseph Mason
Board Member, At Large
Military Chaplain
Active-Duty Army, 20 years
Fort Carson, CO
Chaplain (MAJ) Joseph R. Mason, of Salem, OR serves as the Deputy Division Chaplain for 4th Infantry Division, and is stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado. He entered the Army in 2002 through Officer Candidate School, receiving a commission in the Ordnance Corps. He began service as a chaplain in 2012. His most recent assignment as chaplain was serving as Command Chaplain for Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, forward deployed in Erbil, Iraq (21-22), before transitioning to his current role in CO.
Chaplain Mason is an ordained minister of the General Baptist Convention of Texas. In addition to his Doctor of Ministry from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., Chaplain Mason holds a Master of Divinity degree from Faith Evangelical Seminary in Tacoma, WA, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR.
Chaplain Mason is married to his wife of 21 years, Candace. Together they have four children: Wyatt (18), Owen (16), Ruby (13), and Chloe Joy (8).
Anna Larson
Board Member, At Large
Military Spouse, 22 years
Retired, Army
Killeen, TX
Anna Larson is a copywriter and digital marketing strategist. She is passionate about three things: supporting entrepreneurship, building up military spouses, and finding adventures. As owner of NomadAbout, Anna helps entrepreneurs and other business owners showcase what they are passionate about and how they do it better than anyone else through social media, custom-designed websites, and marketing campaigns. She co-hosts the 15{ish} Minute Coffee Chat – a weekly live stream/podcast for small business owners and contributes regularly to a number of military publications with a focus on supporting transitioning and retiring military families. Previously, she served as an experience blogger for Army Wife Network.
After 22+ years supporting her active-duty military spouse and moving across Europe, Africa, and the United States, her family made the leap into military retirement. They are forging new paths together – two kids and two dogs in tow! She’s a long-time homeschool mom that loves dance parties, popcorn, camping, and snorkeling in the ocean. In her spare time, you’ll find her traveling the world and seeking out adventures with her family.
Heidi Kock
Board Member, At Large
Military Spouse, 4 years
Air National Guard
South Dakota
Heidi has been married to her husband Mark for 17 years and together they have five amazing children: Landan (15), Eva (14), Paytan (13), Ella (11), and Marcus (9). As a family, they have always lived on a farm raising cattle and pigs. Heidi was a stay-at-home mom until her youngest went to school, and since then has helped open a number of coffee shops in four different towns.
She currently is a customer service representative for a local bank. Four years ago, she became a milspouse when Mark joined the South Dakota Air National Guard and has since weathered her first deployment. Heidi enjoys hanging out with friends and family and loves to travel, bake, and scrapbook. Her faith in the Lord is what gets her through life and all the changes over past years.
Mission: Milspouse is a
501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
EIN Number: 88-1604492
Contact:
hello@missionmilspouse.org
P.O. Box 641341
El Paso, TX 79904
