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The American Veteran's On-Line News Magazine Click here to make VA Watchdog dot Org your homepage VA NEWS FLASH from Larry Scott at VA Watchdog dot Org -- 09-18-2008 |
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The 11-member panel will be chaired by Ret. Lt. Gen. Terry Scott who headed the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission.
Just what we need! Another committee! Their work will probably end up the same place as Gen. Scott's work with the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission ... in a very dark corner on a very dusty shelf. For more about Terry Scott, use the VA Watchdog
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------------------------- VA Names Members of Benefits Advisory Committee September 17, 2008
* Charles Battaglia of Alexandria, Va. Member of the board of directors for the Wounded Warrior Project. A retired naval officer, he previously served as executive director of the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission and also as a senior staff member of the U.S. Senate, serving in several positions. * Robert J. Epley of Waxhaw, N.C. Independent consultant working in the areas of strategic planning, training, performance management and the operations of federal entitlement programs. Mr. Epley served with VA for 31 years, most recently as director of the Compensation and Pension Program. * Lt. Gen. Thomas Carney (ret.) of Alexandria, Va. Member of board of directors of CALIBRE Corp. He has been an independent consultant to numerous companies, include CALIBRE, since his retirement in June 1994. Previously, Carney was chief executive officer for the Library of Congress. He spent 31 years on active duty in the Army. * Maj. Daniel Gade of Athens, Ga. Former associate director for domestic policy for the White House's Domestic Policy Council, where he was responsible for disability and health care issues, as well as matters relating to active military personnel and veterans. As an Army officer, he was the first person in this position to be on active duty since the post was created in 2001. * Robert Burke, PhD, of Bethesda, Md. Associate professor and chair of the Department of Health Services Management and Leadership, and director of the Wertlieb Educational Institute for Long-Term Care Management at George Washington University. * Bonnie Carroll of Anchorage, Alaska. National director for Tragedy Assistance Programs for Survivors (TAPS), the national veterans service organization that provides peer support, grief and trauma resources and information, casualty casework assistance and crisis intervention for veterans and their families. An Air Force reservist, she previously served as the deputy senior advisor for programs in the Ministry of Communications, Coalition Provisional Authority, in Baghdad, Iraq, and as the deputy White House liaison for VA. * Dr. Ronald Blanck of Fenwick Island, Del. Vice chairman of Martin, Blanck and Associates. Prior to joining the firm in June 2006, Dr. Blanck served as president of the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Texas, from August 2000 until June 2006. He is an Army veteran, finishing his career as the Surgeon General of the Army and commander of the U.S. Army Medical Command. * Deneise Turner Lott of Jackson, Miss. Administrative judge with the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission since November 1988. She is currently senior judge and is the first woman to hold that position. She was engaged in private law practice with an emphasis on disability claims before joining the commission as a staff attorney. * Edward R. Reese Jr. of Washington, D.C. National service director for the 1.3 million-member Disabled American Veterans. A disabled Army veteran of the Gulf War, Reese works at DAV’s National Service and Legislative Headquarters in Washington. * Dr. Richard T. Katz of St. Louis. Professor of clinical neurology at Washington University School of Medicine with an appointment to the Barnes Jewish Hospital. He is a primary reviewer of several different medical journals and has interests in evaluation of disability and assessment of pain. ------------------------- -------------------------
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