Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee
March 25, 2019 at 10 am
East Wing, Hearing Room 8E-A
10:00 a.m. Call to Order
Opening Statement – Senator Camera Bartolotta
Panel #1 Military/National Perspective
- Major General Anthony Carrelli, Adjutant General
PA Department of Military & Veterans Affairs - Harold Cooney, Northeast Region Liaison
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense - Allen McCormack, Coalitions Director
Concerned Veterans for America – PA - Matt Shafer, Senior Policy Analyst
The Council of State Governments/Center of Innovation
Panel #2 Administration
- Kalonji Johnson, Acting Commissioner
PA Department of State Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs - Eileen Cipriani, Deputy Secretary for Workforce Development
PA Department of Labor & Industry - Major Troy Lokhaiser, Executive Director
Municipal Police Officer Education & Training Commission
PA State Police - Noe Ortega, Deputy Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary and Higher Education
PA Department of Education - Dave Sweitzer, Director of the Bureau of Licensure and Enforcement
PA Department of Insurance - Paul Wentzel, Executive Assistant & Senior Legislative Director
PA Department of Banking & Securities
Panel #3 Higher Education
- Daniel Duffy, Executive Director for Veterans and Military Services
Community College of Allegheny County - Cory Shay, Director
Military and Veterans Resource Center
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Testimony Submitted for the Record