Since our founding, the Paralyzed Veterans of America Leadership Team has worked tirelessly to improve the quality of life for Veterans and all people living with spinal cord injury and disease.

Each person on our Executive Committee is a member of Paralyzed Veterans of America and was elected by our membership community.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Name
Chapter
Anthony Murray
Arizona
Kevin Hoy
Bay Area & Western
Cheryl Lewis, RN
Bayou Gulf States
Douglas "Doug" Beckley
Buckeye
Louis Irvin
Cal-Diego
Jose Reynoso
California
Amy Patterson
Central Florida
Matthew Peeling
Colonial
No Representative
Florida
Stephen A. Bush
Florida Gulf Coast
Larry Porter
Gateway
David "Dave" Nelson, Jr.
Great Plains
Scott Miller
Iowa
No Representative
Kentucky-Indiana
William D. "Bill" Jakovac
Keystone
Melvin K. "Jack" Hasenyager
Lone Star
Robert M. "Bob" Vance
Michigan
Alphonso L. Lopez
Mid-America
Jeffrey A. Dolezal
Mid-Atlantic
Jack Franklin
Mid-South
Todd Kemery
Minnesota
Izzy Abbass
Mountain States
Jason Kelley
Nevada
Bradford "Brad" Carlson
New England
Greg Brandner
North Central
Matthew Mickunas
Northwest
Ruben Sierra
Puerto Rico
Rick Evans
Southeastern
Frank Ellis
Texas
Don Hedlind
Tri-State
Gerald Brown
Vaughan
Albert "Brooks" Martin
West Virginia
Scott Griffith
Wisconsin

PAST PRESIDENTS

Name
Term
Gilford S. Moss
1947-1948
Robert Moss
1948
Bernard E. Shufelt
1948-1950
Patterson Grisham
1950-1951
Stanley Reese
1951-1952
William P. Green
1952-1954
Robert Frost
1954-1956
Raymond Conley
1956-1957
Harry A. Schweikart Jr.
1958-1959
Dwight D. Guilfoil Jr.
1959-1960
Robert Classon
1960-1962
John J. Farkas
1962-1964
Harold L. Stone, Jr.
1964
Harold W. Wagner
1964-1966
Leslie P. Burghoff, Jr.
1966-1968
Wayne L. Capson
1968-1970
Carlos Rodriguez
1970-1972
Frank R. DeGeorge
1972-1974
Donald H. Broderick
1974-1976
Edward R. Jasper
1976-1978
Michael F. Delaney
1980–1982
Joseph M. Romagnano
1978-1980
Paul M. Cheremeta
1982–1984
Richard D. Hoover
1984–1987
John H. Michaels
1987–1989
F. David Parker
1989-1990
Victor S. McCoy, Sr.
1990-1992
Richard F. Johnson
1992-1994
Richard Grant
1994–1996
Kenneth C. Huber
1996-1998
Joseph L. Fox, Sr.
2000-2004
Randy L. Pleva, Sr.
2004-2009
Homer S. Townsend, Jr.
1998-2000
Gene A. Crayton
2009-2010
Bill Lawson
2010-2014
Albert Kovach, Jr.
2014-2017
David Zurfluh
2017-2020
Charles Brown
2020-2023

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