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Veterans Across America is a non-profit organization dedicated to working on behalf of America's veterans, and to creating an employment demand for them among a broad network of leaders of American business and other organizations and institutions. Wesley Poriotis - Founder and Chairman of The Center for Military and Private Sector Initiatives, Inc. and co-founder of Veterans Across America™ (VAA) (Poriotis has spent 13 years as a champion of veterans' employment, and has testified four times before Congress; he has also spent more than 30 years as an employment advocate for women and people of color); Poriotis is also the Founder and Chairman of Wesley, Brown & Bartle, America's first national generalist search firm with a mission of being multi-culturally inclusive. Stephen White - Executive Director. Mr. White, a decorated Army Vietnam Veteran, has been involved with Veterans initiatives for over 20 years and served on the first Veterans Task Force for Entrepreneurship, testified and helped pass HR 106-50 which supports veteran entrepreneurship and federal procurement goals, founded the Veterans Business Network (www.veteransbusinessnetwork.com), started the Entrepreneurship program for the NY Veterans Leadership Program and currently serves on the SBA's Advisory Board for Veterans Business Affairs. Most recently, Stephen was managing White & Company (www.whiteandcompany.com) which produces marketing programs and materials targeting small veteran owned business. He is soon to release a publication called Basics for Veterans which will assist transitioning troops and veterans to start or restart their business or to find employment. As Mr. White takes the helm of Veterans Across America, he is well positioned to further VAA’s mission to enhance the economic well-being of veterans and their family caregivers, while providing a national protocol of best practices for hiring and retaining veterans. Mr. White said, “I am proud to join VAA and fulfill its mission while continuing to afford opportunities for the over three million veteran owned businesses in America. Our Board
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