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Hearings

Transition Assistance Program

Monday, July 28, 2008 | 10:00 AM Rapid City Central High School, 433 North Mount Rushmore Road

Opening Statement


Panel: 1

Yvette S. Lassegard, Rapid City, SD (Veteran's Spouse)
Sergeant Ole D. Lassegard, USANG, Member, 235th Military Police Company, South Dakota Army National Guard
Master Sergeant Roxanne Krebs, USAF, Ellsworth Air Force Base, SD
Mark Koopman, (Recent Transition Assistance Program Attendee), Servicemember, Ellsworth Air Force Base, SD
Kimberly S. Geffre, (Recent Transition Assistance Program Attendee), Servicemember, Ellsworth Air Force Base, SD

Panel: 2

Major General Steven R. Doohen, and Secretary, South Dakota Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Adjutant General, South Dakota National Guard
Accompanied By:
Captain Martin Yost, South Dakota National Guard, Program Manager, Family Readiness
Cynthia Porter, South Dakota National Guard, Transition Assistance Advisor, and Contractor, Arrowpoint Corporation
Susan Machetta, Transition Assistance Program Coordinator, Community Readiness Consultant, Ellsworth Air Force Base, SD, Transition Assistance Program

Panel: 3

Shane A. Olivier, South Dakota State Approving Agency, Veterans Education Program Specialist
Accompanied By:
George Summerside, South Dakota Division of Veterans Affairs, Acting Director
Todd Kolden, South Dakota Department of Labor, Administrator

Panel: 4

Luverne L. Boes, American Legion, Department of South Dakota, District 13 Commander
Diane Hickenbotham, Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary, Department of South Dakota, President
Doris Ann Werlinger, American Legion Auxiliary, Past Department President of South Dakota

Panel: 5

John M. McWilliam, Veterans' Employment and Training Service, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor
Accompanied By:
Earl R. Schultz, Veterans' Employment and Training, South Dakota, Director, U.S. Department of Labor
Don Keplin, South Dakota Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, State Chairman, U.S. Department of Defense
William D. Fillman, Jr., Veterans Benefits Administration, Director, Central Area, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Accompanied By:
John Smith, Veterans Benefits Administration, Director, Sioux Falls, SD, Regional Office, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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