Our Leadership

Executive Officers

Paul Palazzolo

President

John "Jack" Mullins

Treasurer

Jerry Sebrowski

1st Vice President

David Gurtowsky

Secretary

Phil Gannia

2nd Vice President

Board of Directors

George Adams

Tom Gavle

Bobby Bryant

John Lauve

Gary Hansen

Committee Chairs

Mark Spooner

Public Information Officer

Jack Devine

Director of Legislative Committee, State Council

Irene Spooner

Event Planner

Gudrun Hite

AVVA Representative

CHAPTER NEWS

3 Detroiters win scholarships backed by Vietnam Veterans Chapter

Three Detroit students have won unique $2,500 scholarships thanks to a partnership between Detroit Chapter #9 of the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA9) and the Detroit Public Schools Foundation. The longstanding VVA9 donated $10,000 to the foundation to provide the...

Vietnam Veterans Group to Help Equip New Workers in Skilled Trades

A local veterans group has teamed with a major corporation and large trade group to shore up the potential hiring pool for the skilled trades. Detroit Chapter #9 of the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA9) will provide $220 each to 62 students at the A. Phillip Randolph...

A Scholarship Fuels Young Woman’s Race for Space

It is not every day you hear someone say that they really enjoy researching and analyzing particles, or that their life goal is to be a nuclear or rocket scientist. Yet you could hear just that from 19-year-old Catherine Ballard. With encouragement from her parents to...