{"id":269885,"date":"2025-06-03T05:04:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T05:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/gov-ivey-unveils-members-of-state-board-of-veterans-affairs\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T05:04:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T05:04:42","slug":"gov-ivey-unveils-members-of-state-board-of-veterans-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=269885","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Ivey unveils members of State Board of Veterans Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On Friday, Gov. Kay Ivey unveiled the newly restructured Alabama State Board of Veterans Affairs members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIn Alabama, we proudly support the men and women who wore the uniform to fight for our freedoms. We continue to prioritize veteran needs in our state and want to ensure we have every available resource for these men and women who served our country,\u201d Ivey said. \u201cI am proud to assemble a strong and wide-ranging Board of veterans to serve all of their fellow veterans. I look forward to continue working with this group to make Alabama the number one state for veterans.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The SBVA members include:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Colonel (Ret.) Larry Vannoy, American Legion*<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Colonel (Ret.) Walter Kozak, American Legion*<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">John Keen, Jr., American Legion*<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Jeffrey Fisher, American Veterans*<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sergeant Brandi Whitman, Disabled American Veterans*<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Deborah Walker, Disabled American Veterans<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Charles Waugh, Disabled American Veterans<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">John Burks, Marine Corps League*<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Michael Urquhart, Military Officers Association of America*<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lorenzo Nathan, Military Order of the Purple Heart*<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Colonel (Ret.) Anne Toms, Military Officers Association of America<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Colonel (Ret.) Scott Gedling, The Veterans of Foreign Wars<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Robert Schmidbauer, The Veterans of Foreign Wars*<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Michael Davis, Vietnam Veterans of America*<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Colonel (Ret.) Lori Rasmussen, At Large, U.S. Air Force*<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>*Denotes new appointment<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ivey, by virtue of her office, serves on the Board as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">During the 2025 Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature, Ivey championed Senate Bill 67, sponsored by Sen. Andrew Jones and Rep. Ed Oliver, to restructure both the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs and the SBVA, further elevating veteran needs in Alabama.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s3\">Ivey thanked these Board members for not only their service to the country, but also to Alabama and the state\u2019s veterans. The appointments are effective immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, Gov. Kay Ivey unveiled the newly restructured Alabama State Board of Veterans Affairs members. \u201cIn Alabama, we proudly support the men and women who wore the uniform to fight for our freedoms. 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