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2006-2007
Board of Trustees
Elected
Trustees (click on name for biography)
Donna Knapper, District 1
District
1 (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI)
Joan Chwalisz , District 2
District
2 (Europe, NJ, NY)
Vice President Ronald
G. Stensland,
District 3
District
3 (DE, DC, PA)
President Roger Taylor,
District 4
District
4 (MD, OH, WV)
John
E. Hamilton,
District 5
District
5 (AL, FL, GA, Latin America/Carib., NC, SC, VA)
Dorothy
Verrill,
District 6
District
6 (KY, LA, MO, MS, TN)
James
Goldsmith ,
District 7
District
7 (IA, MI, WI)
Cynthia
E. Paris,
District 8
District
8 (IL, IN)
Lawrence
Scudder ,
District 9
District
9 (MN, NE, ND, SD)
Roy
Ator,
District 10
District
10 (AR, NM, OK, TX)
Raymond
Warren ,
District 11
District
11 (AK, AZ, CO, KS, MT, Pacific Areas, UT, WY)
Verna
Caywood ,
District 12
District
12 (CA, HI, ID, OR, NV, WA)
Ex-Officio
Trustees
VFW
Commander-In-Chief George Lisicki
Ladies Auxiliary National President Virginia Carman
VFW Adjutant General Allen "Gunner" Kent
VFW Quartermaster General Larry Maher
Ladies Auxiliary National Secretary/Treasurer Connie Atkinson
About
the Board of Trustees
Comprised
of 12 elected and 5 ex-officio members, the VFW National Home for
Children Board of Trustees serves as the governing body of the corporation.
Individuals who serve as trustees are Life Members of the National
Home and work together to oversee the management and operation of
the Home.
Elected trustees represent one of 12 National Home Districts, and
are selected by the National Home Life Members in that District's
VFW Departments for 6-year terms on the Board. Five ex-officio members
of the Board include the VFW Commander-in-Chief, Adjutant General,
Quartermaster General, Ladies Auxiliary National President and the
National Secretary Treasurer. All 17 trustees attend periodic board
meetings either at or near the National Home campus and are commissioned
to set policy for the National Home and recommend necessary Bylaw
changes.
Trustees are expected to be the liaison within the Departments they
represent by attending various Department functions, set example
for annual giving, encouraging contributions to the National Home,
actively promote the National Home and its mission to the members
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Ladies Auxiliary and to
encourage members of the VFW and its Ladies Auxiliary to become
Life Members of the National Home.
The Board of Trustees annually elects a President and Vice President
of the Board who lead the National Home and the Board through the
year October through September.
The National Home Board of Trustees Committees serve to contribute
to the efficient operation of the Board of Trustees and to assist
the Board with its overall responsibilities, governance and fund
raising. The Committees function to develop and recommend agency
policy, select and evaluate the Executive Director, provide financial
oversight, develop resources, conduct strategic planning and to
promote positive community-agency relationships. Through their appointment
to committees, Trustees maintain familiarity with the opportunities
and challenges presented to the National Home and act upon them
accordingly.
The standing committees are:
- Executive
- Finance and Investment
- Policy and Bylaws
- Program
- Facilities
- Public Relations and Communications
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