In 2020, FourBlock joined forces with Prepare 2 Launch U (PTLU) to create a comprehensive, instructional career transition program for military spouses looking to return to work or pivot into new careers. In this clip from the March 28, 2022 episode of the FourBlock Podcast, PTLU cofounders Susan Rietano Davey and Kelley Biskupiak discuss the sweet spot between FourBlock and PTLU and how it marries the selfdiscovery and curriculum of PTLU’s programming with FourBlock’s professional network and relationshipbuilding opportunities to make a truly unique program tailored specifically to military spouses.

In this episode, Susan and Kelley are joined by FourBlock’s Director of Program Impact and Assessment Lisa Stern, Ed.D. Over the course of the episode, Susan and Kelley discuss their professional backgrounds and how PTLU started, and the group discusses how the joint FourBlockPTLU Military Spouse Career Readiness Program came to be, what they have learned together from working with military spouses, what the future of the program holds, and what it means to be ‘ready’ to apply to the program.

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About PTLU, Susan Rietano Davey, and Kelley Biskupiak:

As career women and moms, too, PTLU cofounders Kelley and Susan have been helping women navigate worklife transitions for a combined 30 years.

Susan and Kelley met while speaking at a women’s conference in 2016. At the time, they were both independently consulting with companies and coaching a range of women (from seasoned professionals to young women navigating new motherhood) through life and career transition. Immediately, they felt a connection and knew that they could better help more women if they teamed up. So, the two joined forces first to share clients, then to run workshops, and, ultimately, to create the learning company Prepare to Launch U that provides instruction, inspiration, and community to women navigating worklife transitions along the continuum of life. Their original, signature online career reentry course boasts students in 26 states and counting.

In just a few years, Prepare to Launch U has introduced multiple online and live instructional offerings including a firstofitskind online maternity leave planning course, a proprietary family leave planning course on the LinkedIn Learning platform, and widely popular live corporate workshops on Negotiating and WorkLife Synergy, to list just a few. Susan and Kelley regularly collaborate with universities and Fortune 500 companies, and they are soughtafter speakers and moderators for conferences across the country.