Across healthcare, employment, family support, education, and community connection, MCON is bringing together organizations working every day to strengthen the lives of Service Members, Veterans, and military families.
The military-connected community is supported by an extraordinary network of people and organizations. Some are nationally recognized nonprofits. Others are community-based organizations, healthcare innovators, employers, researchers, advocates, and Veterans who have built their life’s work around serving others.
They approach that work from different directions, but share a common understanding: no single organization, program, or sector can meet every need of the military-connected community.
At MCON 2026, these organizations are coming together not simply to talk about the challenges facing Service Members, Veterans, and their families, but to explore what it takes to address them—and how working together can make that impact greater.
The strength of MCON is not found in any one speaker, sponsor, or session. It is found in the breadth of experience, expertise, and commitment represented by the organizations and individuals who contribute to the event.
The Organizations Behind the Mission
Across MCON 2026, nonprofit organizations will play an important role in shaping conversations about the health, well-being, and opportunities available to the military-connected community. Their work spans everything from mental health and suicide prevention to employment, family support, education, and community connection.
These issues are deeply interconnected. Access to healthcare matters, but so do meaningful employment, financial stability, supportive relationships, and a sense of purpose and belonging. Strengthening the military-connected community requires attention to the whole person—and the people and communities around them.
Organizations including PsychArmor, TAPS, Cohen Veterans Network, Headstrong, American Corporate Partners (ACP), Team Red, White & Blue (Team RWB), and Syracuse University’s D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) will bring perspectives shaped by their ongoing work across these areas.
Their participation will ground MCON’s conversations in the realities facing Service Members, Veterans, and their families.
“For Team RWB, supporting Veterans is a team sport, which is exactly why we wanted to be part of MCON. What sets it apart is how relevant it is to Veterans themselves. It’s built around what our community actually cares about, which makes the connections genuine and the impact real. We’re proud to stand alongside so many great organizations committed to enriching Veterans’ lives.” — JJ Pinter, Deputy Director, Team Red, White & Blue
That spirit of collaboration will be particularly evident at MCON Health, where nonprofit leaders will join healthcare providers, researchers, government representatives, and innovators to explore some of the most pressing challenges in military-connected health and well-being.
Discussions will examine behavioral and brain health, emerging treatments and technologies, women’s health, family support, and the challenges of navigating care across military, Veteran, and civilian healthcare systems. Throughout the Summit, an important focus will be how improving health, connection, and quality of life can also strengthen the protective factors associated with suicide prevention.
“A-G Associates partnered with MCON because we recognize value in bringing people together to celebrate the military-connected community. We believe MCON is complementary to other MilVet-focused events with an emphasis on collaboration and impact, especially in the various areas of health and wellness.” — Chris Gonzalez, President, A-G Associates, Inc.
The emphasis will be on moving beyond individual programs and isolated solutions toward care that is more accessible, coordinated, and responsive to the people it is intended to serve.
Creating Opportunity Beyond Military Service
The Military Impact Summit will extend these conversations into the workplaces, businesses, and economic opportunities that shape life beyond military service.
Nonprofit organizations, employers, and industry leaders will examine what it takes to create meaningful career pathways, support military spouses, strengthen Veteran entrepreneurship, and build workplaces where military-connected talent can thrive.
Organizations such as Warrior Rising and Bob Woodruff Foundation will bring valuable perspectives to conversations alongside employers and industry leaders, including representatives from JPMorgan Chase, Coforma, Disney, USO, and Bank of America.
Together, these voices will explore questions that go beyond expressions of appreciation for military service. What makes Veteran hiring and retention efforts successful? How can employers better recognize the skills and experience military-connected individuals bring? And how can organizations move from good intentions to commitments that create measurable opportunities?
These discussions will recognize that supporting military-connected careers is not simply about opening doors. It is about creating the conditions for people and families to build successful, fulfilling lives.
Fall In: Turning Commitment Into Action
MCON 2026 will also mark the launch of Fall In, a national pledge initiative inviting individuals and organizations to take meaningful action in support of the military-connected community.
Built around five interconnected pillars of well-being, Fall In will encourage participants to identify specific ways they can contribute to stronger outcomes—whether through existing programs and partnerships or new commitments they are ready to make.
Through the Fall In Pillar Showcase and other opportunities throughout MCON, participating organizations will help demonstrate what action can look like across healthcare, economic opportunity, education, community connection, and other essential areas of military-connected life.
The initiative recognizes that important work is already happening across the country. By making those efforts more visible and encouraging new commitments, Fall In aims to connect individual actions to a larger national movement.
Because progress does not always require creating something new. Sometimes it begins by recognizing what is working, connecting people and organizations with shared goals, and finding ways to extend that impact.
The Value of Coming Together
The challenges facing Service Members, Veterans, and military families rarely fit neatly within one organization’s mission. Healthcare providers, nonprofits, employers, and researchers each hold expertise that becomes more powerful when shared.
MCON creates a place for those perspectives to intersect.
“At the American Red Cross, we know that community is at the heart of how we best serve veterans and caregivers. We wanted to be part of MCON because meaningful impact doesn’t happen in isolation but rather when people, organizations, and industries come together with a shared commitment to those who have served. MCON creates an important space to build relationships, exchange ideas, and bridge the gaps between sectors. Through our Peer Support Networks, we see firsthand the power of connection and belonging, and we believe that when we strengthen the communities surrounding our veterans, we strengthen the support available to them. MCON represents what is possible when collaboration becomes community and community becomes lasting impact.” — Melissa Comeau, Director of Peer Support Networks, American Red Cross
A single event cannot solve every challenge facing the military-connected community, but it can create the conditions for progress through relationships, shared ideas, partnerships, and commitments that continue beyond the gathering itself.
The organizations participating in MCON 2026 have missions that extend far beyond a single weekend. Their work will continue in clinics, classrooms, workplaces, homes, and communities across the country—turning appreciation into sustained commitment and action that improves people’s lives.
That is the opportunity MCON 2026 will bring to Las Vegas—and the work that will continue long after the event ends.
