Vets’ Community Connections (VCC)  assists veterans, military and their families in successfully integrating into their community by expanding their local networks and involving all parts of the community.  

VCC Team

Amy Richards

President
Coast Guard Spouse


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SArah Falcone

Connections Coordinator
Air Force Veteran and
​Marine Corps Spouse

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JORDAN DUIM

Operations Coordinator
Navy Spouse

VCC Board

Douglas B. Wilson

Chairman of the Board and      Co-Founder of VCC

Kari McDonough

Vice Chair of the Board and     Co-Founder of VCC
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Derek Danzinger

President of Katz and Associates
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Michael Sapos

Staff Manager, Information Technology, Qualcomm
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Meg Storer

Secretary of the Board, VP of Community/Government Relations, 2-1-1 San Diego

Shawn VanDiver

Client Relationship Executive Deloitte Consulting

 Advisory Board

RAY FLORES

Executive Director, San Diego Veterans Coalition
​Navy Veteran

Bradley Garner

Talent Acquisitions at General Atomics West
Air Force Veteran

BOB MUTH

Managing Attorney, USD Veterans Legal Clinic
Marine Corps Veteran

WIL QUINTONG

Director of OMVA, County of San Diego
Navy Veteran

BRYAN ROLLINS

Warriors to Work Director, Wounded Warrior Project
Navy Veteran

RON STARK

President, San Diego Veterans Coalition
​Navy Veteran

​Steve Alt

Former ​Regional Director, Service to the Armed Forces, American Red Cross, Southern California Region
​Navy Veteran

​Christina Slentz

Associate Director for Creation Care, Catholic Diocese of  San Diego
Veteran Naval Intelligence Officer, Navy Veteran Spouse

Steve Kappes                                                        ​Ed Clancy

Director of the San Diego Wounded Warrior Tennis Program
Navy Veteran

MIKE LABRUNO

Outreach Development Coordinator, Southwest Carpenters Training Fund

Co-Founder of Rider Safety Visibility and Pedal Ahead 
Army Veteran

VANCE ANDERSON

Talent Mobilization Specialist / Career Coach

Got 10 Minutes for a Local Veteran/Military Member?

Be part of the VCC Resource Network. Your involvement in our network puts “thank you for your service” into action by making a veteran or service member and their family feel welcome and connected to our community. And you have the opportunity to get to know our neighbors who served in uniform! We are…

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Communities across America are hungry to find a way that they can support a veteran in some small way.  They want to be able to say more than ‘thank you for your service’ but they don’t know how to.  And they often don’t know where or who the vets are.  VCC changes that.

– Kari McDonough, Co-Founder