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Panel 1 

Honorable Leo S. Mackay, Jr., PhD
Deputy Secretary
Department of Veterans Affairs 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Accompanied by: 

Mr. Claude B. Hutchinson, Jr.
Director
Office of Asset Enterprise Management

Mr. William McLemore
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Office of Intergovernmental Affairs 

Mr. Peter H. Dougherty
Director
Office of Homeless Veterans Programs 

Ms. M. Gay Koerber
Associate Chief Consultant
Health Care for Homeless Veterans 

Panel 2 

Mr. John F. Downing
Executive Director
United Veterans of America
Western Massachusetts Shelter for Homeless Veterans  
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Ned Cooney, PhD
Director
Mental Health Programs
VA Connecticut Health Care System
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Panel 3 

Ms. Linda Boone
Executive Director
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Ms. Kathryn E. Spearman
President & CEO
Volunteers of America
Florida 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Ralph Cooper
Executive Director
Veterans Benefits Clearing House, Inc.
Roxbury, MA 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Michael Blecker
Executive Director
Swords to Plowshares
San Francisco, CA
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Submitting for the Record 

Paul Errera, MD
Woodbridge, CT 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Blake Ortner
Associate Legislative Director
Paralyzed Veterans of America 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Peter S. Gaytan
Principal Deputy Director
Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Division
The American Legion 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Ms. Sandra A. Miller
Chair
Vietnam Veterans of America
Homeless Task Force 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Brian E. Lawrence
Assistant National Legislative Director
Disabled American Veterans
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Richard C. Schneider
Director of Veterans and State Affairs
Non Commissioned Officers Association
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Ms. Tara O’ Connor
Director, Fund Development
Massachusetts Veterans Inc.
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

James N. Magill
Director of National Employment Policy
Veterans of Foreign Wars
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)