Joint Leadership Council of Veterans Service Organizations

The mission of the Joint Leadership Council of Veterans Service Organizations (the JLC) is to provide advice and assistance to the Governor, General Assembly and the Department of Veterans Services (DVS) on matters of concern to the veterans community and provides a conduit of information to and from the veterans service organizations on policy and legislation, pending and enacted, as well as information on existing services.

The JLC is composed of one representative from qualifying veterans service organizations (VSOs), to be appointed by the Governor. The Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services and the Chairs of the Board of Veterans Services and the Veterans Services Foundation or their designees, serve as nonvoting ex officio members.

VSO representatives are nominated by their organization and appointed by the Governor.

Qualifying veterans service organizations shall be (i) composed principally of and controlled by veterans of the United States Armed Forces, (ii) a registered nonprofit organization in good standing, incorporated for the purpose of promoting programs designed to assist veterans of the armed forces of the United States and their eligible spouses, orphans, and dependents, and (iii) active and in good standing with its parent national organization, if such a parent organization exists.

The appointed veterans service organization representative may designate an alternate to attend meetings of the Council in the absence of such representative.

Veterans service organizations are encouraged be a part of the JLC in support Virginia’s veterans and their families.

2023 Meeting Schedule:

All meetings are open to the public. Meeting location (in-person) or Zoom instructions (virtual) will be announced approximately two weeks prior.

May 11, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. @ American Legion Building, 1708 Commonwealth Avenue, Richmond, Virginia
July 13, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. @ Virginia ABC Building Hearing Room, 7450 Freight Way, Mechanicsville, Virginia
September 14, 2023 at 10:00 @ American Legion Building, 1708 Commonwealth Avenue, Richmond, Virginia
December 14, 2023 at 10:00 @ American Legion Building, 1708 Commonwealth Avenue, Richmond, Virginia

For more information, please contact:

Denice Williams, JLC Chair 757-538-3535 or denicedwish@aol.com
Claudia Flores, DVS Director of Policy & Planning 804-212-8928 or claudia.flores@dvs.virginia.gov
Steven Combs, DVS Chief Deputy Commissioner 804-221-3602 or steven.combs@dvs.virginia.gov

Members

Veterans Service Organization/Board/Department	JLC Representative/Member as of 09/15/2022	JLC Alternate Representative as of 09/15/2022
Air Force Association	Richard Shook	Marc Boswell
Air Force Sergeants Association	Richard Mansfield	John R. Cooper
American Legion	William Aramony	Bill Feasenmyer
AMVETS	Richard Van Norton, Jr.	Jay L. Marts
Association of the U.S. Army	Glenn Yarborough	Faye Earley
Disabled American Veterans	Denice Williams	Lisa Gregory
Fifth Baptist Church Veterans Ministry	Thad A. Jones
Fleet Reserve Association	Sha'ron (Marty) Martin	Christopher J. Murray
Legion of Valor of the U.S., Inc.	Jack Hilgers	Rich Rinaldo
Marine Corps League	John Clickener	David L. Jennings
Military Officers Association of America	Monti Zimmerman	John Down
Military Order of the Purple Heart	Mark Atchison	James Cuthbertson
Military Order of the World Wars	Vernon Peters
Navy Mutual Aid Association	Michelle Domingue	Meredith Burns
Paralyzed Veterans of America	Preston Curry
Reserve Organization of America	Terrence Moore	David Sitler
Roanoke Valley Veterans Council	Dan Karnes	Perry Taylor
Veterans of Foreign Wars	Rick Raskin	Joanne Smith
Vietnam Veterans of America	George Corbett	Charles Montgomery
Virginia Army/Air National Guard Enlisted Associated	Carl Holcomb
Virginia National Guard Association	Kevin Hoffman
Women Marines Association	Ann Crittenden
Wounded Warrior Project	Jose Ramos	Jeremy Villanueva
Chairman of the Board of Veterans Services (ex officio)	Michael Dick
Chairman of the Veterans Services Foundation (ex officio)	Paul F. Haughton, Jr.
Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Veterans Services (ex officio)	Daniel Gade

JLC 2023 Approved Initiatives

MEETING MINUTES

Minutes September 15, 2022
Minutes July 14, 2022
Minutes May 12, 2022
Minutes December 15, 2021
Minutes September 9, 2021
Minutes July 14, 2021
Minutes May 14, 2021
Minutes December 16, 2020
Minutes November 20, 2020
Minutes October 21, 2020
Minutes July 22, 2020
Meeting minutes prior to 2020 are available on request.

ANNUAL REPORTS - five most recent reports posted. Prior reports available on request

Recordings of electronic meetings

Recordings of virtual (electronic) meetings are available on request

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