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The nine-member Advisory Committee to the Director of the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs provides advice to the Director. Formed by statute in 1945, the ODVA Advisory Committee has played an important role in the effective administration of the Department and has been invaluable as an advisor to the Director.
Members of the Advisory Committee are appointed by the Governor to serve four-year terms. Current Advisory Committee Officers and Members are:
- Eugene J. LaBonte, Chair - US Navy
- Joseph R. (Ryan) Howell , Vice Chair - US Army
- Gerard (Jerry) F. Lorang, Secretary - US Army
- David Fairclo - US Air Force
- Vietnam War
- Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield
- Irv Fletcher - US Army
- Tino E. Ornelas - US Navy
- Kevin J. Owens - US Coast Guard
- Panama
- Grenada
- Persian Gulf War-era veteran
- Charles E. Schmidt - US Air Force
- Vietnam War
- Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm
- Nanci L. Visser - US Marine Corps Reserve
- Persian Gulf War-era veteran, Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm
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