She wanted to empower moms to rejoin the workforce. Meet MomForce.
Twelve years ago, Linda Matzigkeit created a program to help parents find their way back to fulfilling careers.
Linda Matzigkeit, the chief administrative officer at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, wants moms to feel empowered about rejoining the workforce after taking time off to raise their families. That’s why she created MomForce. (Courtesy of Linda Matzigkeit)
By Keri Janton – For The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
16 hours ago
Linda Matzigkeit wants moms to feel empowered about rejoining the workforce after taking time off to raise their families. That’s why she created MomForce. Twelve years after launching, the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta program is thriving.
Matzigkeit, the chief administrative officer at Children’s, was building houses on a mission trip in Nicaragua in 2013 when another volunteer lamented that her kids were getting older, and she wanted to get back to work after being home for 20 years.
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After staying home to raise her sons for 13 years, Robin Ortale joined MomForce, a program at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, designed to empower and educate women as they re-enter the workforce. (Photo Courtesy of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta)
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After staying home to raise her sons for 13 years, Robin Ortale (fourth from the left) applied for MomForce’s fall 2022 cohort. (Photo Courtesy of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta)
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