Changemakers

Despite studies showing that veterans offer one of the highest returns on investment for employers, nearly a third of veterans face underemployment and 44 percent leave their first post-military job within a year. We sit down with Ron Green, Chief Security Officer, and Kim Purcell, Vice President, Product Development and Innovation, about what Mastercard is doing to help ease the move for veterans to their next career.

According to recent reports, 80 percent of jobs in the next decade will require STEM skills. We talk to employees in our locations around the world about what they are doing to inspire students to get involved in this area. Through programs like Girls4Tech and CoderDojo, Mastercard employees are inspiring students who may have thought that science and math-related ways of thinking were simply not for them.

Last year, Mastercard introduced the CEO Force for Good Awards, a way to showcase our volunteers in offices around the globe. Following the awards, hosts Vicki Hyman and Anthony Venutolo sat down with Mastercard volunteers from Kenya, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and France, to hear about their experiences making a difference for people around the world.

Following the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, Mastercard employees traveled to Houston to help the American Red Cross in a variety of roles, including distributing supplies and providing assistance in shelters. Volunteers Katie Heilmann and Bryan Fuller share their experience helping those affected, and Red Cross staff share the powerful impact volunteers have on disaster survivors.

Welcome to Changemakers, a Mastercard storylab series about employees who have become a force for good in local communities. Join hosts Anthony Venutolo and Vicki Hyman in discovering WHO they are and how they are making a difference in the lives of people around the world.