PeggyLee Wright is a former US Army UH-60 Blackhawk pilot, having served at the 82d Airborne Division, Honduras Central America, and Fort Lee, Virginia. Following her military career, PeggyLee used her experience in DoD, logistics, leadership management, behavior analysis, and education to create a new approach to business development and solutions providing.
Just prior to turning 50 years old, PeggyLee started THE COMPANY YOU KEEP, a Woman Owned, Veteran Owned Small Business located in Huntsville, Alabama. THE COMPANY YOU KEEP brings expertise in Organizational Leadership, Business Development, and Program Management to enhance Operations & Logistics, Training, and Engineering capability for customers across the Government, Military, Academic, Non-Profit and Industrial Enterprise.
THE COMPANY’S DoD Contracting & Industry clients include RippleWorx Inc., LINC Research, Innovative International Technology, Systems Planning Analysis, DCS Corp, Transcend: The Fearless Company & LSINC. Within the Academic arena, THE COMPANY is leading development for the Alabama School of Cyber Technology & Engineering (ASCTE), a state magnet school that is being hailed as a national model for the rest of the country.
PeggyLee is active in several non-profits within the Huntsville community. She is on the Board for Huntsville SOF Network, an affiliation of Huntsville's unique abilities, technologies, facilities, labs, programs, academia and government, all motivated to connect cutting edge solutions with Special Operations Forces across DoD/USSOCOM, National Intelligence Programs and Interagency. Bullets, Bourbon, and Barbeque is the non-profit’s annual fundraiser, having raised over $50K this past summer, and donating it to Still Serving Veterans.
PeggyLee is Dancing for H.E.A.L.S. this year in order to help provide medical, dental and optometry services to children in our local school systems.
She is also a mentor for WEDC Foundation, providing academic and professional guidance to young women in our area.
PeggyLee is the President of the Executive Board for Fantasy Playhouse Children’s Theatre & Academy.
Mother of 4 incredible kiddos, PeggyLee has been with her husband, TJ Wright, for 25 years.