A.V.A.C.

(Alaska Veterans Advisory Council)

Alaska Veterans Advisory Council Members

Back Row: Sergeant David Officer; Hal Blair, Anchorage VA; Dan McCrummen, Juneau; Vice Chairman Joseph Fields,
Fairbanks; Richard Dworsky, Anchorage; State Veterans Affairs Administrator Jerry Beale.

Front Row: Major General Craig E. Campbell; Robert Murray, Anderson; Ronald Huffman, Nome;
Governor Sarah Palin; Chairman Robert Hall, Wasilla; Virginia Smiley, Juneau; Ronald Eller, Kodiak.

AVAC members not pictured: Richard Frank, Fairbanks; Nona Johnson, Anchorage; Barbara Mee, Anchorage.

Photo: Courtesy of the Office of the Governor

Mission Statement

The Alaska Veterans’ Advisory Council’s mission is to address the needs and concerns of all of Alaska’s veterans, their dependants, and survivors and improve recognition of Alaska’s veterans. As per Administrative Order 164, the Council serves as an advisory body to the Office of Veterans’ Affairs, the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs, and the Governor.

The Council carries out its mission by making prioritized recommendations on suggested, existing or pending state legislation, regulations, administration policy, and the budget to ensure the delivery of needed state and federal veterans’ entitlements, benefits and services.

The Council is dedicated to the concerns of the Alaska veterans’ community as a whole, and does not act on behalf of individual veterans’ concerns.

If you have any issues you wish to present to the A.V.A.C please contact the Veterans Affairs Coordinator, Office of Veterans Affairs, at 428-6016.

DMVA Office of Veterans Affairs
P.O. Box 5800
Fort Richardson, AK 99505-5800
Phone: (907)428-6016Fax: (907)428-6019