For individuals and families transitioning from homeless shelters into permanent housing it can be an exciting and hope-filled time for them but it can also be a vulnerable time. There are basic needs they still lack. On this episode, Brigadier General Matthew Broderick shared how his ministry is making sure these individuals and families in transition have the resources they need.
Brigadier General Matthew Broderick, US Marine Corps (Ret) has a broad range of
experience in both the Public and the Private Sector with 33 years of government
leadership experience and over 14 years of business experience in the Private Sector.
In 1968, Mr. Broderick was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States
Marine Corps during graduation from Worcester State College, Worcester, MA. He
started, what was soon to become a 30 year military career, as an infantry officer in the
Republic of Vietnam. He retired in 1998 as a Brigadier General after serving in
numerous levels of command at the Infantry Platoon, Company, Battalion and Marine
Expeditionary Unit level.
Following his military career, Mr. Broderick gained experience in sales, marketing and
business development. In 2002, Mr. Broderick join a Washington DC think tank, the
Institute for Defense Analysis, working on developing Joint deployable command
Centers. In early 2003, Secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, asked Mr.
Broderick to help stand up the Homeland Security National Operations Center.
Under Secretary Michael Chertoff, he was selected to be the first Director
of Operations for the Department of Homeland Security.
In 2015, he started helping needy people in the Loudoun and Fairfax county area and
eventually it grew into a part time job as the Loudoun County Homeless Shelter,
Loudoun County Social Workers, Local NGO’s and local Spanish Community increased
the number of families in need. In the past 5 years, the ministry has made close to 600
pickups and deliveries of furniture and close to 300 families served.