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

Kari McDonough

President and
​Co-Founder of VCC

Amy Richards

Program Manager

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Sarah Riley

Community Engagement AmeriCorps VISTA Member

Annette Salas

Connections Coordinator

VCC Board

Adrian M. Brown

Councilman Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians

Derek Danzinger

President of Katz and Associates
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Douglas B. Wilson

Chairman of the Board and Co-Founder of VCC

Kari McDonough

President and Co-Founder of VCC
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Meg Storer

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

Michael Sapos

Staff Manager, Information Technology, Qualcomm
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Shawn VanDiver

Client Relationship Executive Deloitte Consulting

 Advisory Board

RAY FLORES

​Executive Director, San Diego Veterans Coalition

MIKE LABRUNO

Outreach Development Coordinator, Southwest Carpenters Training Fund

BOB MUTH

Managing Attorney, USD Veterans Legal Clinic

WIL QUINTONG

Director of OMVA, County of San Diego

BRYAN ROLLINS

Warriors to Work Director, Wounded Warrior Project

RON STARK

President, San Diego Veterans Coalition

Bradley Garner

Talent Acquisitions at General Atomics West

VANCE ANDERSON

Talent Mobilization Specialist / Career Coach

​Steve Alt

​Region Director, Service to the Armed Forces, American Red Cross, Southern California Region

​Christina Slentz

​Veteran spouse

Steve Kappes

Navy Veteran, Director of the San Diego Wounded Warrior Tennis Program

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