Lisa Cuevas-Jorgensen, Vice-President, NVVMFLisa Cuevas-Jorgensen is a life-long South Omaha resident and has a passion for serving others. Her father, uncles, and several cousins have served in various military branches from World War II to ...
Dottie Barickman, Vice-President, NVVMF
Dottie Barickman, Board Member, NVVMFDottie Barickman was born in Nashville, Tennessee and later moved to Columbus, Mississippi. She attended Northwest Mississippi Junior College and continued finance and accounting studies at Memphis State ...
John Hartwell, Treasurer, NVVMF
John Hartwell, Treasurer, NVVMFJohn grew up on a southwest Iowa farm, attended Iowa State University, and obtained a BS in civil engineering (‘71), and a MS in geotechnical engineering (‘74) degrees. He earned a Ph.D. in civil/geotechnical ...
Jerome Richardson, Secretary, NVVMF
Jerome M. Richardson, Board Member, NVVMFJerome (“JR”) joined the US Air Force in 1982 in Des Moines, Iowa. He spent seven years as an airframe structural mechanic assigned to the 437 MAW at Charleston AFB where he maintained C141B cargo tra ...
Ron Elwell, Executive Director, NVVMF
Ron Elwell Executive Director, NVVMFRon Elwell, Jr. was born an Air Force dependent at Barksdale, AFB, Louisiana. In 1984, Ron’s father, who did five tours in Vietnam as a Forward Air Controller, was stationed at Offutt, AFB and Ron attende ...
John Vela, Director of Operations, NVVMF
John Vela Director of Operations, NVVMFJohn was born and raised in Omaha, NE. He joined the Marine Corps “Delayed Entry” program in February 1980 while still a junior at Archbishop Ryan High School. Upon early graduation on April 30, 1981 ...
Tom Brown, Board Member (Past President), NVVMF
Tom Brown, President, NVVMFBorn and raised in New York City, NY, Tom enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1965. He spent the next two years in Vietnam. While in Vietnam, he was involved in numerous combat operations and ended up being promoted ...
Brian Thomas, Board Member, NVVMF
Brian Thomas, Secretary, NVVMFBrian C. Thomas grew up outside Knoxville TN and joined the Air Force in 1997. Shortly after arriving at his first assignment, Brian met his wife of 21 years, Shannon, who is currently serving on Active Duty i ...
Tom Kimmet, Board Member, NVVMF
Tom Kimmet, Board Member, NVVMFTom Kimmet was born and raised in Sunburst Montana on a family farm. At age 18, he joined the United States Air Force and served for 21 years until retirement. He then joined the Civil Service and remained for ...
Joe Dizona, Board Member, NVVMF
Joe Dizona, Board Member, NVVMFJoe was born and raised in South Omaha, after graduating from Tech High School in 1964 he joined the Navy. He spent five years active duty as a radio man and crypto repairman. After boot camp and radio A schoo ...