CalVet, Walmart & VetFund to Host Women Vet Leadership Conf

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CalVet, Walmart and VetFund to Host Women Veterans Leadership Conference

In partnership with Walmart and the VetFund Foundation, CalVet will host the Women Veterans Leadership Conference on September 25-27, 2013 at the Mission Valley Marriot Hotel in San Diego, California. Online conference registration is now available at http://www.calvet.ca.gov/Women/Conference.aspx.

The Women Veterans Leadership Conference will provide information and resources that encourage and empower women veterans to become self-sufficient, active members of their communities. Conference participants will learn how to start a business or nonprofit organization and how to become a community leader, activist or volunteer. Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn about their veteran’s benefits, enroll in healthcare, file disability claims and speak with employers, college representatives, and veteran service organizations at more than 40 information tables.

The Conference will also include an evening reception to honor exemplary women veterans. Award nominations will be available to submit from May 21 until July 19 for the Woman Veteran Leader of the Year Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Outstanding Volunteer Award. Nomination forms may be downloaded at www.calvet.ca.gov/women/Conference.aspx.

The honorary co-chairs of the Conference are California Assembly Majority Leader, Assemblymember Toni Atkins and Assemblymember Rocky Chávez. Assemblymember Chávez serves as Vice Chair of the Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee and Assemblymember Atkins serves as a member of the Committee.

The conference is made possible by private donations made through the VetFund Foundation, a 501(c)(3) corporation that promotes the interests and raises money in support of California veterans and active duty service members as well as assisting selected programs and services of the California Department of Veterans Affairs.

For more information, please email womenveterans@calvet.ca.gov or call (916) 653-1402.

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CalVet Women Veterans Leadership Conference

Awardees Selected

The California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) will honor three women who have been selected to receive the annual CalVet Woman Veteran Leader of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and Outstanding Volunteer awards. Each winner has demonstrated exemplary commitment and passion in serving California veterans. CalVet is honored to announce the following 2013 Awardees:

Kate Weber – Woman Veteran of the Year Award

Victoria Hudson – Woman Veteran Lifetime Achievement Award

Mary Ellen Salzano – California Outstanding Volunteer Award

The awards are part of the CalVet 2013 Women Veterans Leadership Conference being held at the Mission Valley Marriott Hotel in San Diego September 25-27, 2013 and will be presented at the conference evening reception on September 25. To view the accomplishments of these inspirational women, go to www.calvet.ca.gov/women/Conference.aspx.

The 2013 Women Veterans Leadership Conference will provide information and resources that will encourage and empower women veterans to become self-sufficient, active members of their communities through a series of “How To” workshops. Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn about their veteran benefits, file disability claims and speak with veteran service organizations and service providers at more than 40 information tables. Attendees will also have direct access to over one dozen employers and employment and education resources on the second and third days of the conference.

The conference is made possible by private donations made through VetFund Foundation, a 501(c)(3) corporation that promotes the interests and raises money in support of California veterans and active duty service members throughout California. This year’s conference sponsors include Walmart, Wells Fargo, PG&E, Kaiser Permanente, The California State University, AMVETS, Ashford University, and VetFund Foundation.

For more information about the conference, contact womenveterans@calvet.ca.gov or call

(916) 653-1402. To register, go to www.calvet.ca.gov/women/Conference.aspx.

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CalVet Women Veterans Leadership Conference Keynote Speaker Announced

The California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) is honored to announce that former U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot and Intelligence Operations Officer Lea Sutton will be the keynote speaker at the California Women Veterans Leadership Conference being held at the Mission Valley Marriott Hotel in San Diego September 25-27, 2013. Sutton, who flew F/A-18s in Iraq and Afghanistan and was embedded with a Navy SEAL unit conducting international intelligence operations in Afghanistan, is now the military reporter for the NBC 7 San Diego News Team. Ms. Sutton will speak at the opening of the conference on September 25.

The Women Veterans Leadership Conference will provide information and resources that will encourage and empower women veterans to become self-sufficient, active members of their communities through a series of “How To” workshops. Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn about their veteran benefits, file disability claims and speak with veteran service organizations and service providers at more than 40 information tables. Attendees will also have direct access to over one dozen employers and employment and education resources on the second and third days of the conference.

The conference is made possible by private donations made through VetFund Foundation, a 501(c)(3) corporation that promotes the interests and raises money in support of California veterans and active duty service members throughout California. This year’s conference sponsors include Walmart, Wells Fargo, PG&E, Kaiser Permanente, The California State University, AMVETS, Ashford University, Cal Lottery and VetFund Foundation.