Appointed April 2008
4201 38th Street SW
Suite 104
Fargo, ND 58104-7535
Biography:
Member of Veterans Organizations
- American Legion
- AMVETS
- DAV
- VFW
- VVA Associate member
- IAVA
- TREA
- Team Red, White, and Blue
Education:
- Bachelors Degree in Business
- Masters in Management
- Masters in Business Administration Masters concentration in Human Resources
Organizations, Committees served on:
- VA Secretary Veterans Rural Health Advisory Committee VRHAC (2017-present)
- National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs (NASDVA)
- Member 2008-present
- President 2014-2015
- Executive Committee 2009-present
- Treasurer 2020-present
- Administrative Committee on Veterans Affairs ACOVA (2008-present)
- ND Veterans Legislative Council NDVLC (2008-present)
- ND Military Academic Advisory Council MCMC or Multi-State Collaborative on Military Credit Committee (2011-present)
- Workforce Development Council-ND Governor Appointed (2012-2015)
- VALOR Advisory Board
- Congressman Cramer' Veterans Advisory Committee (2014-2019)
- ND Statewide Aging Collaborative (Since 2018)
- Task Force for Veterans Affairs (2018-2020)
- Complete Count Task Force Governor Appointed (2019-2020)
- ISFAC (Inter Service Family Assistance Committee) 2008-2019
- ND Cares Executive Committee (2013-present)
- Task Force MIND (Military Issues in North Dakota) (2018-present)
- Veterans Court Exploratory Committee (2010-2021) Chair
- Veterans Court. Northeast Central Judicial District (2020-present)
- ND America 250 Commission. Legislative appointment (2021-present)
- Service Dogs For America Review Board (2015-present)
- Committee to end Veteran Homelessness in ND (2019-present) Chair
- Fisher House ND Committee (2019-present) Chair
- Horace Lions President 2020
Recognitions:
- 2015 Recipient of the NASDVA "Iron Mike" award
- Commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel by Steve Beshear- Governor of Kentucky in 2015
- 2012 recipient of the American Legion's "Department Commander's Award"
- Lions International Fellowship (2020)
- VA Secretary Pillars of Excellence Award (2016 and 2017)
37-18-04. Duties of commissioner: It is the duty of the commissioner to coordinate agencies or instrumentalities of the state set up to render service and benefits to returning veterans; to have charge of and implement programs and benefits authorized by statute; to assist or represent veterans or their widows, administrators, executors, guardians, or heirs, in processing claims; to advise and assist veterans in taking advantage of the provisions of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 [Pub. L. 78-346; 58 Stat. 291], or any similar or related measures afforded by the federal government; to provide counties with recommended qualifications and standards for county veterans' service officers; to assist counties with training of county veterans' service officers; to provide county veterans' service officers with educational materials; to assist county veterans' service officers in the performance of their duties; to disseminate information; and to do any and all things necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying out the intent and purposes of this chapter.