DFW Region
MSCC Local chapters connect you where you live, in you are in the DFW region of Texas, check out our chapter and meet others within the community.
MSCC Local in Dallas Fort Worth
MSCC Local in the DFW region of Texas is located in a region of the state with a dense veteran population and serveral local military installations. Join this chapter to meet other military spouse business owners and to plug into the thriving local community. Follow our local Facebook group here.
Tyann Echols
DFW Regional Chapter Lead: Tyann Echols is a veteran spouse. Her husband retired from the Air Force on November 1st 2021 after serving 23 1/2 years. They now reside in DFW Texas where they continue raising their 3 kids. Tyann was born and raised in the Bay Area, California. She obtained her Bachelor’s in Theology in 2016 and in 2018 she started her entrepreneurial journey and received her license working independently as an agent.
She owns SpeakLyfe Services specialising in custom life insurance, tax advantage retirement solutions, and survivor benefit plan alternatives. Her primary client base are military spouses, their dependents and transitioning veterans. She’s an advocate for fellow military spouses and is passionate about us supporting each other as a military community. She loves Jesus, coffee and heels!
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Drive Economic Prosperity
When you donate to the Military Spouse Chamber of Commerce, you are directly bolstering our economy through positively impacting military spouse business owners. Typically, a Chamber of Commerce is funded by membership fees ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars per member.
Support the Homefront
Military spouses hold down the fort while the service member secures our freedom. When troops worry about paying the bills, it impacts battle readiness, retention of military talent, and our national security. Military spouses who maintain careers through entrepreneurship financially contribute to the household and directly impact the well being of our service members.
Remove the Barrier
Our military spouses already sacrifice enough in support of the military lifestyle, including lost income from high levels of unemployment and underemployment. We want to remove all financial barriers for milspouses. Your gift helps military spouses access tools and resources for free to confidently start and grow their businessess.
Enable Advocacy
We are proudly the voice of military spouse owned businesses all over the globe. Our team and members are subject matter experts on unique issues faced by military spouses to advise on policy and legislation for military spouse owned enterprises.
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The Military Spouse Chamber of Commerce Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and your gift means we can better serve military spouse owned businesses.
Why Support Military Spouses?
Lost Income Compounds Over Time
Military spouses faced a staggering 24% unemployment rate prior to the global pandemic. When military spouses are employed, they earn on average $12,000 less per year than their civilian counterparts despite having higher levels of college education. Your gift will remove a financial barrier to military spouses who want to pursue entrepreneurship as a sustainable career path.
Many Milspouses Thrive in Entrepreneurship
When military spouses enter the world of entrepreneurship, it provides income, flexibility, and a career that moves with them all over the world. In a 2020 survey with over 2,000 respondents conducted by The Rosie Network, over 50% of military spouse business owners report earning six-figure+ incomes.