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Wyndham Hotel

BALLROOM 1 BALLROOM 2 RIVERS

KING’S GARDEN 1—5

BRIDGES

STERLING

HEINZ/ALLEGHENY

BALLROOM LEVEL

LOBBY LEVEL

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Schedule-at-a-Glance

Time Location Event Friday, 6 June 2014 3:00 – 8:00pm Ballroom Lobby Registration 6:30 – 8:30pm King’s Garden Welcome Reception (casual attire)

Saturday, 7 June 2014 6:00 – 6:45am Heinz/Allegheny Yoga 7:00 – 8:00am Ballroom 2 Breakfast & Exhibits 8:00 – 8:30am Ballroom 1 Opening Ceremony 8:30 – 9:00am Ballroom 1 Sharing of “Our Stories” 9:00 – 10:00am Ballroom 1 Opening Keynote Address: Journey to Normal: Impressions of the Post 9/11 Warrior 10:00 – 10:15am Break 10:15 – 11:15am Workshop Session I: Rivers Question, Persuade, Refer: A Suicide Prevention Training King’s Garden 1 & 2 Life by Design: Create the Life YOU Want to Live Sterling An Intro to Mental Health First Aid: An Approach for Helping Others in Need Bridges VA Resources and Support for OIF/OEF/OND Veterans King’s Garden 3 Women Veterans and Employment: The Intensive Support Career Model 11:15 – 11:45am Break 11:45 – 1:15pm Ballroom 1 Lunch and Keynote Address: Resilience On and Off the Battlefield 1:15 – 2:15pm Workshop Session II:

Sterling Certified Peer Support Specialist Workshop: Supporting Veterans, Families and People in the Military Rivers Stress Management King’s Garden 3 Homeless Veterans: No Place to Call Home Bridges Healing through Poetry and Art King’s Garden 1 & 2 Health Issues for Women Veterans

2:15 – 2:45pm Break 2:45 – 4:15pm Workshop Session III:

King’s Garden 3 Boots to Business King’s Garden 1 & 2 Personal Resilience Bridges Can’t Die in a Cornfield: Work – Life Balance Rivers Military Sexual Trauma: Increasing Awareness and Connecting to Treatment for Recovery Sterling Helping Homeless Veterans in the Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System

4:15 – 6:00pm Personal Time 6:00 – 6:30pm Ballroom 1 No Host Pre-Dinner Mingle 6:30 – 8:00pm Ballroom 1 Dinner and Keynote Address: Updates and Insights From VA’s Center for Women Veterans Sunday, 8 June 2014 7:30 – 8:00am Rivers Non-Denominational Service 8:00 – 9:00am Ballroom 2 Breakfast & Exhibits 9:00 – 9:15am Ballroom 1 Announcements 9:15 – 9:30am Ballroom 1 Sharing of “Our Stories” 9:30 – 10:00am Ballroom 1 Morning Keynote Address: Veterans Behavioral Health Challenges & Resources 10:00 – 11:30am Ballroom 1 General Session: Women in Combat Panel

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Saturday, June 7, 2014 6:00 – 6:45am Yoga Fitness Session: Spend a little time stretching and moving Heinz Allegheny to get your blood flowing before a day of conference activities. 7:00—8:00am Breakfast & Exhibits: Join us for a continental breakfast and Ballroom 2 take time to visit with over 40 vendors and exhibitors. 8:00 – 8:30am Opening Ceremony: PWVS 2014 officially kicks off with opening Ballroom 1 remarks from Brigadier General Jerry Beck (Ret), greetings from Congressman Keith Rothfus, County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and other honored guests. 8:30 – 9:00am Sharing of “Our Stories”: Your extraordinary stories inspire us! Ballroom 1 Hear personal stories of service from some of your fellow symposium attendees. 9:00 – 10:00am Opening Keynote Address: Journey to Normal: Impressions of Ballroom 1 the Post 9/11 Warrior . Filmmaker JulieHera DeStefano, launched the Journey to Normal project to chronicle the multi-year journey of today's extraordinary female combat warriors returning to the families and communities they left behind, to explore the psychological and social dynamics of their service, and to examine a yet unexplored question - what happens after they come home? 10:00 – 10:15am Break 10:15 – 11:15am Workshop Session I (5 breakout options)

Question, Persuade, Refer: A Suicide Prevention Training Rivers Rebecca May Cole, Executive Director of the PA Behavioral Health and Aging Coalition provides a Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper training: three steps anyone can learn to help prevent suicide. Just as people trained in CPR help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Each year thousands of Americans, like you, are saying "Yes" to saving the life of a friend, colleague, sibling, or neighbor.

Life by Design: Create the Life YOU Want to Live King’s Garden 1 & 2 With Patricia Cierchio-Vieira, certified therapist and life transition coach. We all aspire to do, be and have great things. Yet most of us simply aren't creating the results we want. Greatness exists in all of us. It is simply up to us to pull it out of ourselves… regardless of personal circumstances. We are more powerful than we think. We all have the ability to create the life we want. We just need to learn how to do it. And, if you were successful in the military, you of all people can really do anything you set your mind and intention toward. Join the discussion to help gain clarity on deciding what you want, believing it's possible and envisioning the life of your dreams. Continued

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10:15 – 11:15am Workshop Session I (continued)

An Introduction to Mental Health First Aid: An Approach Sterling For Helping Others in Need. With Matt Koren & Tina Zimmerman, Allegheny HealthChoices Inc. This session will provide an overview of the Mental Health First Aid training curriculum, which is a national program that trains participant in recognizing common mental health disorders and supporting others when they are experiencing a behavioral health crisis. It will include the information in a new curriculum for Veterans that incorporates the unique experiences and needs of the military, veteran and family population.

VA Resources and Support for OIF/OEF/OND Veterans Bridges Amy Boyles of the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and Steven Salomonsen of the VA Butler Healthcare System will lead a discussion focused on identifying healthcare benefits, eligibility and access to the VA Healthcare System.

Women Veterans and Employment: The Intensive Support King’s Garden 3 Career Model. With Nancy Glowacki, VA Butler Healthcare System Veterans' Employment & Training Service of the U.S. Dept. of Labor and Wounded Veterans and Employment, and Maggie Casteel, Wounded Warrior Careers Program of the National Organization on Disability. Women veterans are the minority of working women and the minority of veterans in the labor force. While many women veterans experience an overlap of employment-related challenges, they do not have to face these obstacles alone. Free employment assistance is available nationwide! Additionally, Our most seriously wounded, injured and ill veterans from the Post 911 Era require intense, individual and prolonged guidance and support to successfully transition to a civilian career, particularly those diagnosed with PTSD and TBI. Join us to learn how the Intensive Support Career Model successfully addresses those issues to support career success! 11:15 – 11:45am Break 11:45 – 1:15pm Lunch and Keynote Address: Resilience On and Off the Ballroom 1 Battlefield. CPT Wendy Kosek Buckingham, US Air Force Reserve and Office of General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security will detail her combat injury sustained in Baghdad, Iraq on August 21, 2009, and the resilience principles she learned through her eight-month recovery period and beyond. 1:15 – 2:15pm Workshop Session II (5 breakout options)

Certified Peer Support Specialist Workshop: Supporting Sterling Veterans, Families and People in the Military. Led by Liz Woodley, Westmoreland County Peer Support Program & Gina Brown, Pittsburgh Mercy Health System. Liz and Gina will provide an overview of the enhanced curriculum to expand peer Continued

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1:15 – 2:15pm Workshop Session II (continued)

(continued) support services to Veterans, service members and their families. They will discuss the concept of peer support, the purpose and role of peer support with veterans and an overview of the 2-Day Veterans Peer Support Training curriculum. Gina will also share her experience, strength and hope as a veteran overcoming adversities and challenges.

Stress Management, Dr. Bruce Rabin, University of Pittsburgh Rivers

Medical Center Healthy Lifestyles Program. Understanding and managing stress for better mental and physical health: This presentation will offer education to help you understand the mental and physical effects of stress and will provide you with skills that will minimize the effect of stress on your health. Examples of diseases that may benefit from enhanced stress coping skills include hypertension, depression, asthma, arthritis, cancer, atherosclerotic heart disease, chronic pain, sleep disturbances, psoriasis, chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis, lupus, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, and inflammatory bowel disease.

Homeless Veterans: No Place to Call Home, Sandra Miller, King’s Garden 3 Veterans Multi-Service Center and Vietnam Veterans of America. This presentation will provide information on the plight of Women Veterans who are homeless, the barriers they face and the options they have. The Mary E. Walker House is a 30-bed facility for Women Veterans finding themselves homeless. It has been recognized by both the VISN and VA Central Office as a program to be replicated across the commonwealth and nation.

Healing through Poetry and Art, with Kathy Swazuk, author, Bridges

Vietnam Veteran and retired nurse practitioner. An Army Nurse returns from Vietnam and describes her journey to verbalize, remember, process, and find inner peace, and healing for her heart and soul through poetry and art. The journey and experience is shared using many artists interpretations of the poems that touched them. It unlocks the feelings that were stuffed down in a time that soldiers and nurses returning home from an unpopular war were not welcomed but shamed for their service to their country. It is a woman’s story told with the war-torn heart of a nurse. Sharing this experience may encourage others to look into their own War-torn Hearts and find a way to express their stuffed down fears and emotions using writing and art.

Health Issues for Women Veterans, Dr. Deborah King’s Garden 1 & 2 Dinardo, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System will review current guidelines for breast and cervical cancer screening, with a focus on recent changes in guidelines and the rationale for these changes. The session will include interactive discussions regarding concerns related to breast and cervical cancer screening.

2:15 – 2:45pm Break Continued

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2:45 – 4:15pm Workshop Session III (5 breakout options)

Boots to Business, Debra L. Mason, Seton Hill University, King’s Garden 3 E-Magnify Program. There are over 250,000 service members each year transitioning out of the military. Many have faced constricted employment opportunities during the economic downturn. Lacking sufficient opportunities in traditional careers, many transitioning service members will need to explore alternatives, including entrepreneurship. This session will provide entrepreneurship awareness and an overview of training that can be acquired by transitioning service members from Seton Hill University E-Magnify.

Personal Resilience, CPT Sarah Lambert, Service Member King’s Garden 1 & 2 and Family Support Office, PA National Guard. This workshop will focus on a 20-30 minute overview of resilience and how it is different for veterans and women in the military; 20 minute activity to define resilience and resilience strengths/challenges; 40 minute activity on goal setting.

Can’t Die in a Cornfield: Work – Life Balance, Dr. Michele Bridges Papakie, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Air National Guard.

Henry Ford said: “If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.” My great-grandmother said: “Can’t died in a cornfield!” If you dare to throw caution to the wind and attend this workshop, be prepared to dust off an old goal and leave with a written plan to make it happen! We will pinky-swear to remove negativity from our lives completely and incorporate some advice from Henry David Thoreau: “If one advances confidently in the direction of [HER] dreams, and endeavors to live the life which [SHE] has imagined, [SHE] will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”

Military Sexual Trauma: Increasing Awareness and Rivers Connecting to Treatment for Recovery, with Roksan Korchynsky, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. This presentation will focus on the unique issues associated with military sexual trauma and the evidence-based treatments available for recovery.

Helping Homeless Veterans in the Pittsburgh VA Sterling Healthcare System, Mary Frances Pilarski, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System will Provide an overview of what services are offered for Veterans in the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, and focus on what services are offered for Veterans who are homeless or for Veterans who are in jeopardy of becoming homeless. This will include various housing programs that includes the VA Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) transitional housing programs, the VA HCHV HUD VASH permanent housing program, and the Domiciliary Program. Information will also include the VA and community providers efforts to assist Veterans. Added information about the Veterans Justice Outreach Program. 4:15 – 6:00pm Personal Time Continued

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6:00 – 6:30pm No Host Pre-Dinner Mingle Ballroom 1 6:30 – 8:00pm Dinner and Keynote Address: Dr. Betty Moseley Brown, Ballroom 1 Assistant Director of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Center for Women Veterans. Dr. Moseley Brown will present Updates and Insights from VA’s Center for Women Veterans. Sunday, June 8, 2014 7:30 – 8:00am Non-Denominational Service, led by Chaplain CPT Alfeia Rivers DeVaughn-Goodwin. This service is an opportunity to worship together, each in their own way. 8:00 – 9:00am Breakfast & Exhibits: Join us for a continental breakfast and Ballroom 2 take time to visit with over 40 vendors and exhibitors. 9:00 – 9:15am Announcements Ballroom 1 9:15 – 9:30am Sharing of “Our Stories”: Your extraordinary stories inspire us! Ballroom 1 Hear personal stories of service from some of your fellow symposium attendees. 9:30 – 10:00am Morning Keynote Address: Lynn Patrone, OMHSAS, Veterans Behavioral Health Challenges and Resources. Ms. Patrone will provide an update on how the PA Dept. of Public Welfare is supporting our Veterans and their need for access to behavioral health resources. 10:00 – 11:30am General Session: Panel Discussion—Women in Combat Ballroom 1 Panelists include Lt Col Michele Papakie, Lt Col Julie Carpenter, Lt Col Denise Fuller and MAJ Kathleen Swazuk (Ret). Moderated by Rear Admiral Jan Hamby (Ret), this experienced panel will share how combat affected them and how they transitioned back to the home front.

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General Information Please review this list of notes and information designed to help make your participation in the

Symposium more enjoyable:

Please be respectful of speakers and other attendees by silencing your cell phones and PDAs while in

all general and breakout sessions.

Attendees must wear a PWVS name badge at all times during the Symposium. The badges are your

tickets to meals, break-out sessions and other Symposium events.

An ATM machine can be found in the hotel lobby.

Please note that members of the media as well as staff photographers will be at the symposium

taking photos. Images may be posted on social media and news outlets as well as websites.

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Meet Our Keynote Speakers Betty Moseley Brown, Ed.D. Associate Director, U.S. Veterans Affairs Center for Women Veterans Dr. Moseley Brown’s passion for Veterans began during her United States Marine Corps service from 1978 –

1992. Her Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) career began at the San Diego Regional Office, where she was

a Veterans Benefits Counselor and served as the Women Veterans Coordinator. She briefly left VA to work

for the Department of the Navy. Dr. Moseley Brown returned to VA in 2001, working in the Veterans

Benefits Administration (VBA), Compensation and Pension Service and later working for the Associate

Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management. She was VBA’s first outreach coordinator,

coordinating outreach activities of five major programs and efficiently providing Veterans and dependents with information on

benefits and services administered by VA. As Associate Director, Dr. Moseley Brown serves as the facilitator for VA’s National

Summit on Women Veterans’ Issues--a major training and outreach quadrennial event for women Veterans, women Veterans

advocates, and other federal agencies that provide services to women Veterans, promoting transparent, interagency

communication on issues impacting women in the military and women Veterans. She has also been instrumental in promoting

national awareness of the contributions made by women who served in the military through multiple department-wide efforts,

such as VA’s “Her Story” campaign and the “Faces Behind the War” DVD. Dr. Moseley Brown has a Doctor of Education degree

from the University of Sarasota. She is an avid Toastmaster, achieving the highest level in public speaking of Distinguished

Toastmaster in January 2011. Dr. Moseley Brown is a 2004 Leadership VA (LVA) alumnus and 2009 graduate of the Federal

Executive Institute.

Captain Wendy Kosek Buckingham

Counsel, U.S. Air Force Reserve and Office of General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security

Ms. Wendy Buckingham is currently an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at the Department of

Homeland Security in Washington, D.C. and a reserve USAF JAG officer. She practices labor and employment

law in both her civilian and reserve capacities. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Notre

Dame in 2004 with a double major in English and Computer Applications. She attended Notre Dame on a full

scholarship from the USAF ROTC program. While at Notre Dame, she participated in USAF ROTC and

accepted an educational delay onto active duty to attend law school. In 2007, Wendy graduated cum laude

from Notre Dame Law School and entered the Air Force as an active duty JAG officer. Wendy served on active duty in the United

States Air Force from 2008 to 2012, with a tour of duty in Baghdad, Iraq. On August 21, 2009, she was combat wounded in an IED

blast in Baghdad where her right tibia was shattered below the knee. She spent eight months recovering from her injuries and

returned to active duty in March 2010. She received the Purple Heart, Air Force Combat Action Medal, and the Joint Service

Commendation Medal for her service in Iraq. Wendy currently lives in Alexandria, Virginia with her husband, USAF Lt Col William

"Buck" Buckingham and their two energetic French Bulldog puppies, Chloe and Maximus.

Lynn Patrone

Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary, PA Dept. of Public Welfare,

Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

Lynn Patrone is the Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of the Office of Mental Health & Substance Abuse

Services at the Department of Public Welfare. The Deputy Secretary’s Office has responsibility for a $4.2

billion budget for behavioral health services across the Commonwealth serving 650,000 individuals. Lynn has

many years’ experience in the behavioral health field as a director for a peer program, certified trainer for

suicide prevention and certified educator in mental wellness recovery. Prior to joining DPW, Lynn developed

and directed a behavioral health program for recipients of Medicare & Medicaid in collaboration with the

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Lynn holds a Master Degree in Health Education.

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Meet Our Keynote Speakers JulieHera DeStefano

Producer/Director, Journey to Normal: Women of War Come Home,

Executive Director, Journey to Normal Inc.

A native of Pittsburgh and a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, DeStefano conceived the idea for the

Journey to Normal Project in the spring of 2009. The project includes a feature-length documentary, an

online video interview archive, and a network for connecting veterans and their families with one another,

with stories of their peers, and with veterans' services. Slated for theatrical release in 2014, the feature

length documentary Journey to Normal: Women of War Come Home recognizes the strength and resiliency

of our women in uniform and explores the unique challenges they face rejoining their families and communities after a

deployment to the combat zone. At the invitation of Task Force Medical-East, DeStefano spent just over 3 ½ months as a solo

embed with the US Military in Afghanistan, filming and interviewing more than 100 women about their experiences in the military,

their lives back home, and what they envisioned for their reintegration. Filming continued stateside for two years with eight of

these women and their families to document what their journey home has entailed and what they would most like the American

public to understand. DeStefano speaks extensively on the deployment and reintegration experience of the post 9/11 veteran,

especially the experiences of women veterans. She is profiled in the book Legendary Locals of Pittsburgh. For more information,

please visit www.journeytonormal.org.

Amy Boyles Licensed Clinical Social Worker, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Amy Boyles serves as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn Program Manager for the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. Gina Brown Certified Peer Specialist, Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Gina M. Noel-Brown is a veteran and Certified Peer Specialist with the Pittsburgh Mercy Health System. She served in the U.S. Air Force for over 10 years, including both state side and overseas assignments. Gina has spent years advocating for veterans and other persons living with a mental illness. Gina was able to overcome her own challenges with the help of VA professionals and peers. She volunteered with the Peer Support program at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System qualifying her for peer certification training.

Lt Col Julie Carpenter Medical Plans & Operations Officer Pennsylvania Homeland Response Force Lt Col Carpenter received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Elmira College, and her Master's Degree in Emergency and Disaster Management from American Military University. She has been a nurse in Harrisburg area hospitals for most of her career. She has been in the Air Force Reserves and Air National Guard for a total of 19½ years. Lt Col Carpenter began her military career as a Flight Nurse in West Virginia and Massachusetts before moving to Pennsylvania, where she joined the 193rd Wing Medical Group as a Clinical Nurse. In 2006, she took an active duty position with the Homeland Response Force as the Medical Operations Officer. Lt Col Carpenter has deployed to Iraq twice (Kirkuk in 2003 and Baghdad in 2005) and has completed several humanitarian missions. She has also served as the Pennsylvania Air National Guard Sexual Assault Response Coordinator. She is married with two sons and three grandchildren.

Maggie Casteel Vocational Services Representative, National Organization on Disability, Wounded Warrior Career Program Maggie Casteel is a late-deafened adult and a binaural cochlear implant user. Utilizing her unique blend of experience, awareness and depth of understanding concerning veterans' acquired disability issues, she has been serving Veterans Career Integration and Supported Education efforts for six years as a Vocational Services Representative at the VA Pittsburgh. Maggie joined NOD’s Wounded Warrior Careers Program in Pittsburgh in February 2013. Ms. Casteel earned her Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling and Rehabilitative Technology from the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Health and Rehabilitative Sciences. She has earned her LPC working exclusively with veterans and their families. She has trained and received accreditation as a Clinically Certified Trauma Professional. Maggie is passionate about implementing proactive and positive solutions to empower persons with acquired disability to sustain independent living, achieve

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vocational goals and experience inclusion through awareness, self-advocacy and assistive technology. Patricia Cerchio-Vieira CDR, U.S. Navy, (Ret), Certified therapist and life transition coach Patricia Cerchio is a true renaissance woman, with degrees ranging from Math and Physics to Holistic Counseling and certifications from financial management to the expressive arts. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Pat was commissioned into the Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS), holding a wide range of roles and responsibilities with specializations in Shore Station Management and Acquisition. After retiring from the Navy, Patricia has specialized in stress reduction and helping people create the life they envision. She teaches seminars such as: Excuse Me Your Life is Waiting; Reduce Debt, Build Wealth; Create Your Own Vision Board; and Life after the Military: What do you want to do when you grow up? Since moving to Delaware in 2012, Patricia has recently assumed the role of President of the Navy, Marine & Coast Guard Women of Delaware (formerly First State Waves), an organization her mother helped to found. Deborah Dinardo, M.D. VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System A Pittsburgh native, Debbie DiNardo attended the University of Pennsylvania for medical school and returned to Pittsburgh to complete her training in Internal Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. During her residency, she cared for female veterans in the VA Pittsburgh primary care clinic as a member of the Women’s Health training program. She subsequently spent a year as chief resident, and now works as a physician in Internal Medicine and Women’s Health at the Pittsburgh VA. Her interests include women’s health, cancer screening, cancer survivorship and medical education.

Lt Col Denise Fuller LCSW-R, Owner, Solutions Counseling Services, OIC (Officer in Charge) Main Support Services, 328th Medical Detachment, Combat and Operational Stress Control Denise Fuller is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and owner of Solutions Counseling Services of Buffalo. She is also an Army Reservist at the 328th Medical Detachment in Coraopolis, PA. She initially entered the Army on active duty as a Military Police Officer and spent an additional 13 years in the Army Reserves in logistics with the 98th Division. In 2007 she took a direct commission and began using her clinical experience and knowledge of the Army to support the Army's Combat and Operational Stress Control Program. In addition to more than 20 years of experience helping individuals and families find solutions for living well, Denise specializes in helping those who have been exposed to trauma, including emergency services personnel, military, and natural disaster and abuse survivors. Nancy Glowacki, Ph.D. VETS Women Veteran Program Manager, Veterans' Employment & Training Service of the U.S. Dept. of Labor Nancy A. Glowacki became the Women Veteran Program Manager with the U.S. Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment & Training Services (VETS) on August 19, 2013. Prior to coming to VETS, she served as a subject matter expert on veterans’ transition issues for the military and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, and as an independent consultant. Nancy has worked on a variety of veterans’ employment initiatives and programs, including Coming Home to Work, America’s Heroes at Work, and Employment Workshops. She is a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served among both the enlisted and officer ranks. Nancy has served as a committee member on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Advisory Committee for Women Veterans and Committee on Rehabilitation. Her education includes a Doctorate of Management in Organizational Leadership, a Masters of Business

Administration in Human Resource Management, and a Bachelor of Science. Chaplain CPT Alfeia DeVaughn Goodwin Battalion Chaplain; Police Officer, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, PA Army National Guard; City of Philadelphia Police Department Captain Alfeia DeVaughn Goodwin lives, works and volunteers in Philadelphia, PA. She is a full-time Police Officer and serves as a Chaplain in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. She is the first African-American Chaplain in Pennsylvania Army history and the first woman Chaplain to promote to the rank of Captain in the PAARNG. Jan Hamby Rear Admiral, United States Navy (Ret) Jan retired from the U.S. Navy in the fall of 2012. Her military career focused on the employment of telecommunications, space and computer systems to make information available for command and control of the Force and to enhance decision making at all levels of the chain of command. She held major command and directed the global operations of the Navy's networks as well as serving on the staffs of the Chief of Naval Operations, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense. During a one year assignment in Baghdad, Iraq she played a key role in untangling information disconnects and made substantive contributions to the Coalition Force’s second campaign plan. She was the senior officer and community leader for the Navy’s Information Professional officer corps. Her highest military award is the Defense Distinguished Service Medal. She holds master’s degrees in the Management of Information Systems, Business Administration and National Security and Strategic Studies. She now speaks and consults in the arena of cyber technologies and leadership, particularly leadership and women. Originally from Medina, OH, she is now developing Fair Winds Farm, LLC, in Lancaster County, PA as a producer of high value crops, animal fiber and value added products and as the east coast home of the knitwear design

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studio TwinSet Designs. She is married to Dale Hamby and proud mother of two grown children. Roksana Korchynsky, Ph.D. MST Coordinator, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Dr. Roksana Korchynsky is a clinical psychologist and Military Sexual Trauma Program Coordinator at VA Pittsburgh. She is also VA’s regional MST Point of Contact providing consultation to 10 VA medical centers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Delaware. Additionally, Dr. Korchynsky is the Evidence-Based Psychotherapies Coordinator for VA Pittsburgh with extensive clinical experience in the assessment and treatment of mood disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder due to sexual trauma with both male and female veterans. She is a VA-recognized provider for Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and is a VA Regional CPT Trainer & Consultant. Dr. Korchynsky earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from Bowling Green State University in 2000. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. Matt Koren Senior Project Manager, Allegheny HealthChoices Matt Koren holds a Master's Degree in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University. Matt is a Certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor who teaches the Adult, Youth and Veterans courses. He currently works as a Senior Project Manager at Allegheny HealthChoices where he is responsible for the management and coordination of projects involving program development and system transformation. Recent projects and areas of interest include collaborative strategic planning and program development in the mental health and criminal justice systems, the design and development of integrated web based applications supporting recovery-oriented system transformation, and ongoing quality initiatives supporting

the closure of Mayview State Hospital. CPT Sarah Lambert Resilience, Risk Reduction and Suicide Prevention Coordinator, PA ARNG Servicemember and Family Support Division CPT Sarah E. Lambert develops policy, training and education to be implemented by the leaders of the Pennsylvania National Guard. Her work is focused on building resilience in our Soldiers, Families and DA civilians, recognizing and mitigating risk taking behaviors, and preventing and intervening in suicide. She began her career as an enlisted Soldier in the Army Reserve in August 2004 where she specialized in medical logistics. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Science at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania and was commissioned as a Medical Service Corps Officer into the Pennsylvania Army National Guard in December 2008. She has served in various leadership positions and has developed a passion for enriching the lives of all Service members and their families. She is pursuing her Master’s Degree in Public Health with a concentration in Behavioral and Social Sciences at Capella University and has received numerous personal and unit awards. CPT Lambert is certified as a Master Resilience Trainer and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Trainer. Debra L. Mason Manager of Education and Training, Seton Hill University's E-Magnify Debra Mason supports the Center's entrepreneurship educational and training initiatives, including its online and in-person workshops, seminars, and symposiums. Ms. Mason spent 10 years with Xerox Corporation, where she worked in sales, staffing and development, and client operations. In 2004 she started her own firm, Victory Management, an organizational development firm specializing in diversity and leadership skills. With a scholarship from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Ms. Mason attended Tuck

Business School at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, in the Fall of 2008 and completed the course "Building a High-Performing Business." She is also an Adjunct Professor in Seton Hill University’s Business Department. Ms. Mason is currently serving on the Board of Directors at Pittsburgh Mercy Health Systems. Rebecca May-Cole Executive Director, Pennsylvania Behavioral Health and Aging Coalition Rebecca May-Cole has been the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Behavioral Health and Aging Coalition since January 2010. Ms. May-Cole oversees all programs, services and activities of the Coalition to ensure that it meets its mission of promoting wellness, enjoyment and engagement in life, including care, services and community support. She provides leadership to guide and maintain the Coalition’s national role as a leader in bringing the older adult's voice to behavioral health services and policy. Ms. May-Cole is also the chair of the Pennsylvania Adult/Older Adult Suicide Prevention Coalition and a certified QPR Gatekeeper Instructor. She has worked for the Pennsylvania Community Providers Association, Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives where her jobs have included Policy Specialist, Training Director, Executive Policy Specialist, and Budget Analyst, among others. Sandra Miller Director, Residential Services, The Veterans Multi-Service Center and Vietnam Veterans of America Sandra Miller served during the Vietnam Era for six years as a Navy Radioman, with duty in Iceland, Greece and Norfolk, Virginia. She is currently the Director of Coatesville Residential Services for the Veterans Multi-Service Center, located on the grounds of the Coatesville VA Medical Center through a shared lease agreement. As the Director, she oversees the operation of The Mary E. Walker House, a 30-bed transitional residence for Women Veterans who find themselves homeless. Additionally, Ms. Miller is the National

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Meet Our Session Presenters

Chair for the Vietnam Veterans of America Homeless Veterans Committee and has served on the VA Advisory Committee for Homeless Veterans since 2003. Lt Col Michele Papakie Dr., 171st Air Refueling Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard/Indiana University of Pennsylvania Militarily, Lt Col Michele Papakie has been a member in the 171st Air Refueling Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard for 28 years. She has served in maintenance, public affairs and equal opportunity, and she now serves as the wing’s Inspector General. She deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom for six months in 2010, where she served as the sexual assault prevention and response program manager. On the civilian side, Dr. Papakie is the chairwoman and an associate professor of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s journalism department, and she owns and operates a public relations firm called Prism Simple Solutions LLC. In her community, she is serving as a Brush Valley Township supervisor, she regularly volunteers at a local domestic violence shelter, and she is an active member of Toastmasters International. Mary Pilarski DNP, MSN, RN, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System A doctorate-prepared nurse who feels privileged and honored to serve Veterans for 30 years through the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Mary Frances currently serves as the Coordinator for the Health Care for Homeless Veterans Program, and also serves as a Nurse Manager. In addition, she is an Adjunct Professor for the School of Nursing of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. Dr. Bruce Rabin Professor of Pathology and Psychiatry, Medical Director of the Division of Clinical Immunopathology and the Healthy Lifestyle Program, University of Pittsburgh/University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Dr. Bruce Rabin is a professor of Pathology

and Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh and Medical Director of the Division of Clinical Immunopathology and the Healthy Lifestyle Program for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He joined the university in 1972. Dr. Rabin discovered early on that stress exerts a profound influence on human health. His work has since focused on the effects of stress and the pathways of communication between the brain and the body. He has been instrumental in moving science and research to real-world application by developing programs designed to help people identify, learn and adhere to behaviors that will maintain wellness and lower risk of developing serious and potentially life threatening conditions and diseases. His research has yielded over 300 publications, and his laboratory has trained more than 50 young scientists who are making their own contributions to medicine – which he once described as his single-most significant accomplishment. As a result of his work, people of all backgrounds and lifestyles are learning how to more effectively cope with stress; new approaches to disease have been understood; mind-body connections are more widely and universally recognized; and innovative approaches to health care management have emerged. Kathleen Trew Swazuk Retired Major, US Army Nurse and Vietnam Veteran, Author, Vietnam Veteran and retired nurse practitioner Born in Pittsburgh and raised in Glenshaw, Kathie is the oldest of five children and a graduate of Shaler Area High School. She went on to St Margaret Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, the Army Nurse Corps, and Basic Training at Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. From there Kathie went to Walter Reed Army Medical Center for 6 months and then to the 93rd Evac Hospital, Long Binh, Vietnam for 13 months. Upon her return, she went on to get her BSN at Carlow University and became an Adult Nurse Practitioner at the University of Pittsburgh. She also raised two wonderful sons on her own. She recently retired from the VA where she

worked in Primary Care. Kathie is the author of a soon to be published book of Poetry and Art called War-torn Heart, a compilation of poems written on her return home from Vietnam. First Sergeant Noelani Uhl 271st Combat Communications Squadron, PA Air National Guard, professional barre and Vinyasa flow yoga instructor Noelani is a First Sergeant in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard assigned to the 271st Combat Communications Squadron located at Fort Indiantown Gap. She is also the Yellow Ribbon Coordinator for Pennsylvania. A Veteran of Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Neolani currently teaches Barre classes and Vinyasa Flow Yoga classes in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Liz Woodley Certified Peer Specialist, Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Liz Woodley is a Certified Peer Specialist and Supervisor of Westmoreland County Peer Support Program. Liz served as the Forensic Peer Support Project Specialist at the Pennsylvania Mental Health Consumers’ Association, spearheading development and implementation of forensic peer support training in partnership with Drexel University. She also participated in the development of the curriculum and implementation of the first pilot site for Certified Peer Specialist supporting Veterans, Families & People in the Military. Tina Zimmerman Manager of Special Projects, Allegheny HealthChoices Tina Zimmerman holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from The University of Texas. She is a Certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor and coordinates the SW Regional Trainers Collaborative. She works for Allegheny HealthChoices as Manager of Special Projects. She works to implement Mental Health First Aid, Wellness Peer Coaching, Recovery initiatives and Healthcare Reform projects in Allegheny County. Tina has had

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Meet Our Session Presenters consistent interest across her career in wellness, coping with stress and disability and implementing evidence-based practices and/or developing practice-based evidence and participating in research related to these topics.

We come home, home, home We come home From that war Feeling all alone But we come home

We come home, home, home We come home The same man But different than before We come home

We come home To our momma’s arms Feeling safe and warm We come home We come home To our kids who’ve grown Who we barely know ‘Cause we’re always gone We come home To our sister’s prayers That take us everywhere We come home

Made a family there Now we’re everywhere Doesn’t quite seem fair But we come home Made a bond in time Just trying to stay alive Sometimes even thrived And we come home

I see bombs and I’m at home Just riding along and I see bombs Tryin’ to do me harm I see bombs, bombs, bombs I see bombs I see bombs Off in the distant sky And it’s the 4th of July But I see bombs

Tryin’ to do me harm And I’m at home, home, home I am at home

Lost my brother there Laid down his life there Doesn’t quite seem fair But he went home Lost my brother there I see him everywhere Mostly at night And we’re back in the fight The one that took his life When he went home Oh I miss him so

We don’t sleep We don’t rest We come home And do our best From long days And long nights From doing our job To doing what’s right We come home Still fighting for our lives And the demons inside We come home

But we’ll roll on We’ll be strong We will make it through this storm With my brothers in arms “cause we know we’re not alone And to honor those who have gone And sacrificed their lives We’ll roll on ‘Cause we come home

In memory of Ronnie, who did not come home with me

We wish to extend a

special

THANK YOU

to the

North Allegheny School District

Air Force Junior ROTC Color Guard

and

Vocalist Elizabeth Evankovich

for participating in

this year’s symposium

We Come Home

Written by Rhonda Stiles/Megan McGarry, September 2012

The success of PWVS 2014 is a credit to

our team of dedicated volunteers.

THANK YOU for all of your hard work!

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Jerry Beck

Retired Brigadier General, Deputy Adjutant General (Veterans Affairs)

Department of Military and Veterans Affairs [DMVA], Office of the Governor, Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania

As Deputy Adjutant General – Veterans Affairs, General Beck supervises the administration of

assistance programs for nearly one million veterans and their dependents as well as the operation of

the Commonwealth’s six veteran’s homes. General Beck retired as the Deputy Adjutant General –

Army for the Pennsylvania Army National Guard in August 2011 and most recently served as the

Deputy Garrison Commander (Civilian), Fort Indiantown Gap, PA Army National Guard.

General Beck began his military career in 1977 as a private in the 28th Infantry Division. He received his commission as a second

lieutenant from the Officer Candidate School of the Pennsylvania National Guard Military Academy in 1979 and was assigned as a

Rifle Platoon Leader and later Mortar Platoon leader in Company B, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry in Philadelphia. He was assigned

as Company Commander of Company A, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry, Philadelphia in 1982. He completed his tenure as company

commander and was assigned to the staff of the 1-111th before being transferred to Headquarters, 56th Brigade. While with the

56th Brigade, he served as the Assistant S-4, the S-3, the S-2 and the S-1 before being transferred to Headquarters, 28th Infantry

Division in 1994 where he served as the division’s G-3. He assumed command of the 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry (Mechanized) in

September 1995. He completed his battalion command and was assigned as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of the

Pennsylvania Army National Guard at Fort Indiantown Gap in November 1998. He was assigned as the Chief of Staff, Pennsylvania

Army National Guard in 2000. In 2002 he was deployed with the Headquarters 28th Infantry Division and was assigned as the

Deputy Commander, Multi-National Brigade North (MNB-N) SFOR 12 in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Upon completion of that tour on

March 1, 2003, he was promoted to Brigadier General and selected to perform a follow-on tour as the Commanding General of

Multi-National Brigade (East) in Kosovo. During that tour of duty he provided command and control to approximately 3,500

multinational soldiers in the U.S. sector of Kosovo, and was responsible for soldiers from the United States, Ukraine, Poland,

Lithuania, Armenia and Greece. He served as the Deputy Commanding General for Maneuver of the 28th Infantry Division from

2004 to 2006 and was subsequently appointed as the Commanding General of the 28th Infantry Division where he served from

2006 to 2009.

General Beck was born in Canonsburg, Pa. He graduated from Monongahela High School in Monongahela, Pa. in 1972 and

Millersville State College, Millersville, Pa. in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science in German. In January 1996 he received a Master’s

Degree in Instructional Systems Design from Pennsylvania State University. In 2011 he earned his PhD in Organization and

Management with a concentration in Leadership from Capella University. Before accepting a full time position with the National

Guard, he was a high school Spanish and German teacher.

General Beck’s Awards and Military decorations include: the Army Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit (3rd Award),

Meritorious Service Medal (7th Award), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement

Medal, Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal (5th Award), National Defense Service Medal (2nd Award), Armed Forces

Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal, Kosovo Campaign Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with bronze

hourglass, M device and 2nd award, Army Service Ribbon, Reserve Component Overseas Service Ribbon, NATO Medal (2nd Award),

Pennsylvania Distinguished Service Medal, Pennsylvania Commendation Medal, Pennsylvania Service Ribbon with one silver star,

Pennsylvania 20 Year Service Medal with two silver stars, Major General Thomas R. White Medal and Major General Thomas J.

Stewart Medal.

General Beck’s professional affiliations include: Veteran’s of Foreign Wars, National Guard Association of the United States, Military

Officers Association of America, Association of the United States Army, Reserve Officers Association, American Legion, Salvation

Army Board of Trustees, Board of Directors Principled Warrior Foundation, the Union League of Philadelphia, Millersville University

Alumni Association, Penn State Alumni Association, and Academy of Management.

Thank You to Our Leadership

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Thank You to Our Leadership Carol Eggert Brigadier General, Assistant Adjutant General Army, Joint Force Headquarters, Pennsylvania National Guard

Brigadier General Carol A. Eggert assumed duties as Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Joint Force

Headquarters, Pennsylvania National Guard on 4 August 2012. She is responsible for overseeing the

readiness of the Pennsylvania National Guard and for advising and assisting Pennsylvania’s Adjutant

General in the operation of Pennsylvania National Guard forces. These activities include the

manning, training and logistical support required to accomplish the federal and state missions of the

Pennsylvania National Guard.

General Eggert began her career as an enlisted soldier and was commissioned in 1985 as a

Distinguished Military Graduate through the Officer Candidate School. General Eggert has served in a wide variety of field

assignments. In 1990, she was selected as Commander, 3622nd Maintenance Company. In 1993, she served on staff of the 166th

Regiment as the Assistant Operations Officer and later served as the Commandant, Pennsylvania National Guard Officer Candidate

School. In 1999, General Eggert returned to the field as the Support Operations Officer, 328th Forward Support Battalion, later

commanding the Battalion.

General Eggert has participated in numerous overseas deployments, including to Germany, Italy and Nicaragua as well as to

Lithuania, Amber Hope 2001. She has served during numerous state emergencies as the military liaison to the Pennsylvania

Emergency Management Agency. From September 2010 to August 2012, General Eggert was on an Active Duty Operational

Support tour in support of The United States Army War College, where she served on the faculty and provided support to the

Geographic Combatant Commands. Prior to this assignment, she completed a 15 month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi

Freedom, serving as the Multi-National Corps Liaison to US Embassy Baghdad and in the J9, United States Forces Iraq where she

was responsible for integrating the women’s programs of the Department of State, Iraqi Ministry, and United States Forces Iraq.

Keith Rothfus

Congressman, PA 12th Congressional District, U.S. Congress

Keith Rothfus is serving his first term in the United States House of Representatives. He represents Pennsylvania’s Twelfth

Congressional District, which includes all of Beaver County and portions of Allegheny, Cambria, Lawrence, Somerset, and

Westmoreland Counties in Western Pennsylvania. He reports that he is working hard to advocate for policies that grow our

economy, foster job creation, reduce our national debt and deficits, support our veterans, and save and secure Medicare and

Social Security. He serves on the Financial Services Committee, House Energy Action Team, and the Republican Policy Committee’s

Subcommittee on Jobs and Economic Development.

A graduate of the State University of New York College at Buffalo, Congressman Rothfus holds a bachelor of science degree and

earned his law degree at the University of Notre Dame. He spent most of his professional life in the private sector. As an attorney,

he helped businesses of all sizes expand and create jobs in Western Pennsylvania. Keith served as the first director of the Center

for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). He launched and managed DHS’s

efforts to coordinate relief services with faith-based and community organizations after natural disasters. Keith has served on the

Board of Directors of the Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania, an organization that provides support services to

local veterans and their families. He and his wife Elsie are raising their six kids in Allegheny County.

Rich Fitzgerald

Allegheny County Executive

Rich grew up in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield-Garfield neighborhood. He earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a business

minor from Carnegie Mellon University. Rich started a small business, Aquenef, which provides water treatment equipment and

services for industry in the Western Pennsylvania region., Rich worked on the campaign to change the form of government in

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Meet Our Legislators Allegheny County. In 1999, he ran for one of the district council seats on the newly-formed County Council and was elected to

represent a district that included suburban municipalities and city neighborhoods. He held the seat for twelve years and was

elected as Council President four times before leaving to run for the office of County Executive.

As County Executive, he is focused on economic development of the region and job creation and works with companies on a

weekly basis to address the issues that are priorities to them in growing and being supported in the county. That focus includes

making our airport better, ensuring our public transit system is reliable and sustainable, and providing a climate where a skilled

workforce is a key component of our growth. Rich’s interest in making government more effective and efficient began with the

consolidation of row offices when he was on Council, has expanded to include a top to bottom review of county departments and

functions by the County Manager and direction to make changes to ensure that county government is responsive to taxpayers and

protects their interests. He and his wife, Cathy, a pharmacist, live in Squirrel Hill. They have eight children.

Dr. Rick Saccone

State Representative, PA 39th Legislative District

Dr. Rick Saccone serves on the Judiciary, State Government, Urban Affairs, and Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness House

committees. He served our county for more than a decade as a United States Air Force Counterintelligence and Special Agent

conducting felony, criminal, fraud and counterintelligence investigations and operations worldwide. After retiring from the USAF,

Dr. Saccone remained in South Korea to work as a TV news anchor and later moved on to work in international business for several

corporations operating in South Korea and Central America. He later became a representative for an international organization

implementing the Agreed Framework with North Korea. As the only American citizen living in North Korea during this time, Rick

gained invaluable diplomatic experience working and successfully negotiating with international officials to build nuclear power

plants. He returned to the U.S to complete his Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh and became a full-time professor at Saint

Vincent College teaching Political Science, Government, International Business and other international courses. When America

went to war with Iraq, Rick volunteered for an assignment to the U.S. Army as a civilian. He served in Baghdad and in the hotspot

of Mosul as a Senior Counterintelligence Agent responsible for identifying, capturing and interrogating insurgents. After returning

to the United States and Saint Vincent College, Dr. Saccone embarked on a Fulbright-Hayes summer scholarship to Egypt studying

Islam, history and politics, and, most recently, an education and research scholarship to Africa.

Rick has traveled to 70 countries; contributed numerous articles on international politics, business and culture to top national and

international newspapers such as USA Today, the Baltimore Sun and the Korea Times; and authored seven books on North and

South Korea and one on Iraq. His ninth book was released in 2013 and chronicles the faith convictions of our nation’s founders and

how they understood the relationship of God and government. Just as active in his local community, Dr. Saccone has served on the

Elizabeth EMS Ambulance Board, the Elizabeth Forward School Board and many years as a church youth leader. He is also a

graduate and member of the American Association of Christian Counselors, as well as a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars,

the American Legion, the Military Officers Association of America and a life member of the National Rifle Association.

Grateful Thanks to our Conference Committee Chairs & Members!

Nicholas “Chip” Gilliland, CSM (Ret) Tracey Ditzler Rear Admiral Jan Hamby (Ret) Col Colleen Dickinson Richard C. Hamp, CSM (Ret) Lynn Patrone

LTC Thomas J. Stokes Andrew J. Swensen Kimberly Hall Jennifer Boeringer JulieHera DeStefano Jean Wagner

Joan Nissley Janet Hooper CPT Sarah Lambert Tammy Weaver Mandy Kroh Shannan Zerance

LTC Laura McHugh

CW3 Gina Stewart

Major Karen Bogdan Airman Allyson Manners Cindy Seeholz

Melissa Frentz LT Jorgensen Bridget Widdowson

Gilbert Durand Joyce Gibson

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Sponsors & Donors We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the individuals and organizations listed below

who helped to underwrite the costs of PWVS 2014.

Silver Sponsor:

Bronze Sponsors:

Additional Sponsors & Donors:

Keystone Sponsors:

OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND

SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES

American Legion Post 223, Shippensburg, PA American Legion Post 273, Bloomsburg, PA AVVA Chapter 862, Inc., Beaver County, PA Pat Jernigan Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Museum The Frozen Yogurt Place The Andy Warhol Museum

Robert Morris University Veterans of Foreign War, Post 1463, Lititz, PA Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 862 Departments of Conservation & Natural Resources

and Environmental Protection Fair Winds Farm, LLC

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Please Visit Our Exhibitors Army Strong Community Center

Balanced Heart Healing Center

Better Business Bureau of Western PA

Bureau of Small Business Opportunities, Dept. of

General Services

Checkpoint

Compeer CORPS of Pennsylvania

Departments of Conservation & Natural Resources

and Environmental Protection

Dress for Success Pittsburgh

Family Assistance Center Specialist

Highmark Caring Place

J1-SMFS Transition Assistance Advisor,

SKYLINE - ULTD, Inc.

Joseph B. Fay Company

Operation Family Caregiver, Conemaugh

Health System

PA 211 Southwest

PAARNG – Service Member Family Support –

Employment Outreach

PAARNG – Substance Abuse Program

PA Bureau of State Veterans' Homes Southwestern

Veterans Center

PA CareerLink

PA Dept. of Banking and Securities

PA Dept. of Military and Veterans Affairs, Adjutant

General's Office

PA Department of Veterans Affairs

PA-Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve

PA State Police

PA Veterans of Foreign Wars

Penn State Smeal MBA & Penn State World Campus

Psychological Health Program / PA WEST

Robert Morris University

Roxbury Treatment Center

Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program

Transition Assistance Advisor (TAA)

USDA Rural Development

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Rural Development

U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Small Business Administration

Value Behavioral Health

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Vet Center, Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Leadership Program of Western PA

Veterans Place of Washington Blvd.

Wounded Warriors Careers Program, National

Organization on Disability

Wyotech

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PWVS 2014 is presented by: