Meet Our Board
Meet Our Board
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