Community Veterans Engagement Board (CVEB)

Minutes

February 23, 2023

9:00 AM

American Red Cross

561 Fortress Drive

Winchester, VA 22601

• Welcome (Dr. Frederick White and Niccole Gatliff) updates.

• Dr. White called to order at 0908 a.m.
• Al Stitt made motion to approve the meeting minutes. Lisa Talbott seconds the motion. Floor opened for discussion. Al Stitt requested an addition to his description to include his real estate business.

• Al Stitt, 9-year veteran of the Navy Submarine Service, Founder Triple Influence, LLC, Business and Life Coaching with focus on veterans. Our mantra is to Make People Matter.  
• Business Coaching – helps owners take their business from where it is to where they want it to be.  
• Life / Success Coaching - helps clients build better relationships and deal with challenges in their personal and/or professional life by giving them not only a safe environment to be heard, but also tools to create more Income, Impact, and Influence.    
• Leadership Development - provides a unique blend of high-tech tools and real-life exercises to cultivate effective leaders for any business or organization.
• Real Estate agent, licensed in Virginia, providing services for Residential and Commercial properties.

• The minutes approved as corrected. Dr. White stated, “the minutes stand approved as read/distributed/corrected.”
•  Niccole as Vice Chair took over the meeting. Opened to Introductions

•  Briefly provide Name and Organization

• Lisa Talbott, Core Team Coach, Retired Marine Captain: Sierra Learnership - provides exceptional leadership development through speaking, training, and coaching services designed for youth and adult learners who strive to experience lifelong personal and professional growth. Collaborative life & business
• Niccole Gatliff, Associate Registrar. Veterans & Technology Specialist VA School Certifying Official
• Shari Fletcher, AMVETS Post 18 life member, Air Force Veteran, CVEB secretary.
• Mike Diaz, VEC DVOP Virginia Employment Commission. Reverse Career Fair, Feb 9 1 pm – 3 pm. Veterans looking for jobs set up booth for employers.
• Rich Petro, Post Commander Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW):

• Banner website is live. https://militarytributebanners.org/virginia/winchester-va-main.html
• Apple Blossom Veterans Dinner Show with Veterans Tribute dinner is Wednesday, May 3. Meal and entertainment at Tolley Dental Zone at James R. Wilkins Shenandoah University. Thebloom.com/events

• Danielle Cullers, Department of Virginia Veteran Services, Veteran Resource Specialist
• Abigail (Abby) Zimmerman, Manager, Valley Assistance Network United Way Northern Shenandoah Valley. The Valley Assistance Network (VAN) is a program of United Way NSV created to help families navigate community resources and create a path to financial stability.
• Sarah Snyder, Assistant Manager, Navy Federal Credit Union. (Online)
• Bru Randall, Team Rubicon is a humanitarian response nonprofit with mitigation & recovery work service projects. Provide warm bodies for grant work as the organization has no contracts or funds.
• Anne Imrie, NAACP Veterans Affairs Committee Chairperson, a local small but mighty organization. 2 million activists nationwide. Collecting data with ways that work for the needs of black veterans.
• Al Stitt, 9-year veteran, Founder Triple Influence, LLC Business & Life Coaching with a focus on veterans. Business coaching, life coaching, IOS coaching system, related products, and services. Looking for vendor events to promote his services and skills. Real estate agent commercial and residential
• Deborah Moody, Volunteers of America Chesapeake, Case Manager, Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) VA Help veterans with general housing, street outreach, she has 5 vets in West VA, realtors help, veterans follow vets emotionally. Intake office. Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas inspires self-sufficiency, dignity, and hope by providing critical health and human services to thousands of vulnerable individuals and families across Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia and the Carolinas.
• Wayne White, Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing: guide Veterans in-need to recovery through fly fishing, mentoring, and friendship. Dedicated to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled active military service personnel and disabled veterans through fly fishing and associated activities including education and outings. 1 of 10 programs in Virginia
• Edie McGoff, Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.), American Red Cross “walking talking resource.”
• Karen Poff, Northern Shenandoah Valley Financial Education Program
• Niccole invited Missy Dokes from the Marshall E. Dokes Memorial to introduce the upcoming charity race. Missy and the foundation wish to donate this year’s funds to a Veteran in prevention of suicide. 3rd annual Marshall E. Dokes memorial ATV drags. Saturday, June 24, 2023. Clarke county fairgrounds
• Steve Hummer, Veteran to Veteran Group Facilitator , Veterans Counseling @ veteran owned restaurant 15 – 20 veterans a week. Martinsburg
• Matt Dillingham COO, A1 Solutions Group. Offers Financial help.
• Leslie Caliva Red Cross Partnership with Sons of American Revolution 50th anniversary Vietnam event 29 March.

• Free Wellness Seminars

• HIVE update

• Construction underway
• Inside design almost complete

• Shari Fletcher has volunteered and nominates herself to fill the position of Outreach & Media Coordinator

• The floor is open to other nominations. No other nominations and nominations were closed.
• Dr. White asked for a motion for Shari as the Outreach & Media Coordinator. Leslie Caliva made the motion and Edie McGoff seconded it. The floor all say Aye and Shari is now the CVEB Outreach & Media Coordinator

• Oscar Cerrito Mendoza has moved to Savannah, GA. The position of Historian is open. Al Stitt volunteered and nominated himself.

• Mike Diaz moved to appoint Al Stitt. Leslie Caliva 2nd the motion. All members agreed. Al was appointed as Historian.

• Each meeting the goal is to have a presentation from a member. Bru Randall will present Team Rubicon today.

• Bru Randall, Metro Admin
• Christina Nelson, Membership Coordinator
• Field administrator coming soon.

• Internationally now as there is a medical team.
• Veteran led but take anyone, suicide intervention training, serve most vulnerable population.
• Applied Suicide Intervention Training for their members. Larger than Team Rubicon
• One mission humanitarian

• Dual Impact opportunity for veterans to continue their missions.
• Grey shirts
• FEMA region 3 Now Territories
• Paid staff under 200.

• VA organization

• State into metros breakdown in field. Debris mgt, Home Repair, Hazard mitigation, sedentary jobs, site survey, disaster mapping, work order mgy
• Trout unlimited to work with streams. Helps nonprofit Project Healing Waters.

• No local chapters. National organization. Northern Shenandoah Valley metros Clarke, Frederick, Warren, Page, Shenandoah, Winchester

• Thank you Bru

• Focus Areas: Committee Discussion  

1. Outreach & Social Services

• Department of Veterans Services Danielle Cullers
• United Way Jennifer Hall and Abigail Zimmerman
• Veteran Services Organizations (VSOs)- VFW, AMVETs, DAV, KWVA, Marine Corps League Shari Fletcher
• Frederick County and City of Winchester Department of Social Services (DSS)
• TOV Honor Flight Bill North     Team Rubicon, Bru Randall
• Volunteers of America, Deborah Moody
• NAACP, Anne Imrie
• ARE
• Triple Influence, Al Stitt
• American Red Cross, Leslie Caliva

2. Community Education and Training

• Shenandoah University Niccole Gatliff
• Laurel Ridge Community College Sharon Painter
• Navy Federal Credit Union (Financial Literacy)
• Laurel Center / Phoenix Project
• Veterans Education Transition & Employment
• Shenandoah Veteran Services
• Sierra Learnership Collaboration Lisa Talbott
• Triple Influence, LLC Al Stitt
• A1 Solutions Group Matt Dillingham

3. Holistic Health (e.g., Physical, Mental, Spiritual)

• Valley Health Jason Craig
• VA- Martinsburg VAMC & Stephens City CBOC
• NorthWestern Community Services Board
• Heroes on the River Adam Packham
• American Red Cross Edie McGoff
• Project Healing Waters Wayne White
• Blue Ridge Hospice
• Access Independence
• VFW
• Honor Flight

4. Employment

• Virginia Employment Commission / Virginia Career Works Ashley Moslak
• Virginia Values Veterans (V3/VETE) Michael Glasscock
• Top of Virginia Regional Chamber of Commerce Cynthia Schneider
• Winchester Area Society for Human Resource Management Dr. David Miles
• Laurel Center Sharon Harris
• VA Vocational Rehabilitation (CWT/TSES): Steve Leaphart
• Shenandoah University Career Services Heather Bambara
• Laurel Ridge Community College Workforce Solutions
• Goodwill (resume writing)
• DARS

• CVEB Committee Breakout for 30 minutes

Next meeting date- Community Veterans Engagement Board, March 23 @ 9:00 am, American Red Cross

Motion to adjourn with Leslie Caliva providing 2nd at 1112 a.m.