Dale Smith, Chair – VFW State Commander

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

Michelle Oushakoff, Secretary – Senior Account Manager, AHEAD

Fernando Vellanoweth, Treasurer – Innoventure Group

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

Jorge Haynes – CSU Administrator, Retired

Deborah Johnson – California Veterans Assistance Foundation, Inc.

Kent Kauss – Manager, State Government Relations, Sempra

Arnold Sowell – Executive Director, NextGen Policy

Stephan 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.

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

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