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April 10, 2025
Pictured from left to right: Ajay Parikh, Heath Roberts, MVAA director Brian L. Love, Nina Ramsey, Erik Schreur, MVAA employment analyst, Brenda Szalka, Catherine Susko, and Cheria Thomas.
DEARBORN, Mich. – This week, the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency (MVAA) Director Brian L. Love awarded Henry Ford Health with their Gold-level Veteran-Friendly Employer status. This honor recognizes the employer's commitment to veteran recruitment, training, and retention in their hiring practices.
"Henry Ford Health is the 33rd employer to earn Gold-level with the MVAA's Veteran-Friendly Employer program and we thank them for their commitment to hiring, training, and retaining Michigan veterans," says MVAA Director Love. "Military veterans bring unique skills to the job and can strengthen any team or organization no matter the industry. It is vital to the success of Michigan veterans and their families that more employers make the effort to attract and retain veteran talent."
Henry Ford Health first joined the program in 2016 at Bronze level, rising to Silver level in 2024, and achieving Gold level February 2025. To earn this recognition, Henry Ford Health has established a very active Employee Resource Group, called Vets & Friends, where board members and those who previously served, spouses or children of vets all collaborate together. They host events with resource tables, informational sessions, partner with various Veteran organizations throughout Michigan to ensure their Veterans are aware of programming and opportunities to support them. Most recently, Henry Ford Health handed out challenge coins in partnership with the Detroit Lions for Veterans Day.
In addition, Henry Ford Health has a Veteran specific hiring and training program through their Mobile Integrated Health team, who hires Veterans with military medic experience, also allowing those who may be interested the opportunity to shadow health professionals in the field to gain further experience.
Veteran-Friendly Employer program:
The Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency (MVAA) recognizes employers that commit to military veteran recruitment, training and retention practices by awarding those employers Gold, Silver and Bronze level status as Veteran-Friendly Employers. MVAA's Veteran-Friendly Employer program helps qualified organizations recruit and retain top veteran talent while providing others a road map to improve their recruitment efforts.
MVAA will assist employers as they develop and improve their efforts to recruit and retain high-quality veteran candidates. Employers who meet the criteria will be publicly recognized and allowed to use the Gold, Silver or Bronze Michigan Veteran-Friendly Employer logo to market themselves to potential veteran applicants.
If your organization would like to be recognized as a Veteran-Friendly Employer, please review the criteria and fill out the Veteran-Friendly Employer Application and submit it. Veteran-Friendly Employers are encouraged to submit their logo, which will be used solely for display on the MVAA webpage showcasing the Veteran-Friendly Employers.
For more information, email MVAAstrategy@michigan.gov.