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Panel 1 

Jeannette Chirico-Post, M.D.
Network Director
VA New England Healthcare System 

Mr. Roger Johnson
Director
VA Connecticut Veterans Healthcare System

Mr. Ricardo Randle
Director
VA Regional Office
Hartford, CT 

Fred Wright, M.D.
Associate Chief of Staff for Research
VA Connecticut Veterans Healthcare System

Karin T. Thompson, APRN, BC
President AFGE Professional Nurses Union, Local 2138 

Panel 2 

Colonel William Sobota
Director of Manpower and Personnel (JI)Connecticut Army National Guard 

Captain J. A. Bashford
Deputy
Naval Health Care New England,
Naval Ambulatory Care Center 

Mr. Rick Sapp

Legal Instruments Examiner
Department of Veterans Affairs
Fort Drum, New York 

Mrs. Michelle Will
Enrollment Coordinator
VA Connecticut Healthcare System 

Panel 3 

Mr. Edmund J. Burke
Secretary/Treasurer
Connecticut Veterans Coalition Forum 

Mr. Paul J. Pobuda
Department Service Officer
The American Legion Department of Connecticut 

Mr. Donald Johnson
National Service Officer
AMVETS Department of Connecticut 

Mr. Allen Gumpenberger
National Service Officer
Disabled American Veterans Department of Connecticut 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Glen Tewksbury
Department Service Officer
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Connecticut