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Meet Our Board

Meet Our Board

Julian Canete, Chair – President & CEO, California Chamber of Commerce

Dr. Marshall W. Thomas, Vice Chair – Director, Veterans Affairs, California State University Office of the Chancellor

Michelle Oushakoff, Secretary – Client Director, Computacenter

Fernando Vellanoweth, Treasurer – Innoventure Group

Dale Smith, Chair Emeritus – Past State Commander, VFW

Robert T. O'Neill, Chair Emeritus – O’Neill & Associates

Patrick Henning – Chief Deputy Treasurer, CA State Treasurer's Office

Ned McKinley – Director of State Relations, United States Marine Corps, Installations West Office

Deborah Johnson – California Veterans Assistance Foundation, Inc.

Kent Kauss – Manager, State Government Relations, Sempra

Arnold Sowell – Executive Director, NextGen Policy

Stephen Milano – Retired Adjutant/Quartermaster, VFW Department of California

Meghan Loper – Vice President, Capitol Strategies Group

Tim Reimers – Partner, SheppardMullin

Jon Welch – Director, Head of West Region Public Finance, Academy Securities, Inc. 

Stacey Smith – Special Projects Director, NextGen Policy

Chad Hodges – President, HSB Solutions, Inc.

Lindsey Sin, Ex Officio – Secretary, California Department of Veterans Affairs

Julian Canete

Julian Canete

Chair

President & CEO, California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Dr. Marshall W. Thomas

Dr. Marshall W. Thomas

Vice Chair

Director, Veterans Affairs at the California State University Office of the Chancellor

Michelle Oushakoff

Michelle Oushakoff

Secretary

Client Director, Computacenter

Fernando Vellanoweth

Fernando Vellanoweth

Treasurer

Innoventure Group

Dale Smith

Dale Smith

Chair Emeritus

Past State Commander, VFW

Robert T. O'Neill

Robert T. O'Neill

Chair Emeritus

O'Neill & Associates

Patrick Henning

Patrick Henning

Board Member

Chief Deputy Treasurer, CA State Treasurer's Office

Ned McKinley

Ned McKinley

Board Member

Director of State Relations, United States Marine Corps, Installations West Office

Deborah Johnson

Deborah Johnson

Board Member

California Veterans Assistance Foundation, Inc.

Kent Kauss

Kent Kauss

Board Member

Sempra, Manager, State Government Relations

Arnold Sowell

Arnold Sowell

Board Member

Executive Director, NextGen Policy

Stephen Milano

Stephen Milano

Board Member

Retired Adjutant/Quartermaster
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Department of California

Meghan Loper

Meghan Loper

Board Member

Vice President, Capitol Strategies Group

Tim Reimers

Tim Reimers

Board Member

Partner, SheppardMullin

Jon Welch

Jon Welch

Board Member

Head of West Region Public Finance, Academy Securities, Inc. 

Stacey Smith

Stacey Smith

Board Member

Special Projects Director,  NextGen Policy

Chad Hodges

Chad Hodges

Board Member

President, HSB Solutions, Inc.

Lindsey Sin

Lindsey Sin

Ex Officio

Secretary, CA Department of Veterans Affairs

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