Joint Hearing
Senate AND House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committees
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 | 9:00 a.m.
North Office Building, Hearing Room #1
Call to Order & Pledge of Allegiance by Chairman Vulakovich
Welcome & Introductions
*Senator Randy Vulakovich, Chairman
Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee
*Representative Steve Barrar, Chairman
House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee
*Senator Jay Costa, Democrat Chairman
Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee
*Representative Chris Sainato, Democrat Chairman
House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee
*Member Introductions
9:10 a.m.
Hearing on Veterans’ Issues
Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
*Major General Anthony Carrelli – Additional Testimony
Adjutant General
*Major General (Ret.) Eric Weller
Deputy Adjutant General for Veterans Affairs
*Nicholas “Chip” Gilliland, Chief
Reintegration and Outreach Division
*Brian Natali, Chief
Veterans Programs and Services
*Rick Hamp, Special Assistant to the Deputy Adjutant General – Veterans Affairs
Service Member, Veteran and their Families (SMV&F) Wellness Initiatives
Veterans Home Commandants in Attendance
Delaware Valley Veterans Home, Philadelphia – Peter Ojeda
Gino Merli Veterans Center, Scranton – James Miller
Hollidaysburg Veterans Home, Hollidaysburg – Debbie Nesbella
Pennsylvania Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, Spring City – Barbara Raymond
Southeast Veterans Center, Spring City – Rohan Blackwood
Southwest Veterans Center, Pittsburgh – Richard Adams
10:00 a.m.
State Veterans Commission
*Edgar Burris, Chairman
10:20 a.m.
PA War VeteranCouncil
*Keith Beebe, VP and Chairman, Legislative Committee
10:40 a.m.
PA American Legion
*Kit Watson, Department Adjutant
TBD
PA Veterans of Foreign Wars
*Dwight Fuhrman, Department Commander
For The Record
Concerned Veterans for America – Pennsylvania
*Alan McCormack, Coalitions Director