05/14/08 Roundtable

To read Senator Kerry's statement from this roundtable, please click here.

Event participants:

      Mr. Bruce St. John
           Intergovernmental Affairs Officer, Center for Veterans Enterprise
           U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
      Mr. John McWilliam
           Deputy Assistant Secretary, Veterans' Employment and Training Service
           U.S. Department of Labor
      Dr. John D. Winkler
           Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs
           U.S. Department of Defense
      Mr. William D. Elmore
           Associate Administrator, Office of Veteran Business Development,
           U.S. Small Business Administration
      Mr. Jacob A. Klerman
           Economist and Co-author of Veterans Unemployment Trend Survey, Abt Associates
      Mr. Joseph Sharpe
           Deputy Director, National Economics Commission
      Mr. Rick Weidman
           Executive Director for Policy and Government Affairs, Vietnam Veterans of America
      Ms. Coreena Conley
           Site Director, Veterans Business Outreach Center
      Mr. Patrick Heavey
           Executive Director, St. Louis Veterans Business Resource Center
      Colonel Chip Dever
           Massachusetts Army National Guard and Owner, Systems Kinetics Integration
      Mr. William Levine
           (Former member of the United States Navy)
           President, WL Concepts and Production, Inc.
      Mr. Justin Brown
           Legislative Associate, National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars
      Capt. G. Mark Hardy
           United States Navy and President, National Security Corporation
      Mr. Roderick Rooney
           Self - Employed, Constable