VCC Mission:
To assist veterans, military and their families in successfully integrating into the San Diego community by expanding their local networks to include:
- Career advice/exploration
- Education/Certification/Training options
- Volunteerism/Recreation/Well-being resources
- Veteran/Military discounts

Our VCC Team

Kari McDonough

President and Co-Founder of VCC

Amy Richards

Program Manager

Sarah Riley

Community Engagement AmeriCorps VISTA Member

Annette Salas

Connections Coordinator

VCC Board

Mike Breen

President and CEO of the Truman Center and Truman National Security Project

Matt Chase

Executive Director, National Association of Counties (NACo)

Matt Flavin

CEO of Concord Energy Holdings LLC

Kathy Hancock

Executive Director, Fennemore Craig, P.C., Phoenix

Kari McDonough

President and Co-Founder of VCC

Meg Storer

Secretary of the Board- Vice President of Community and Government Relations, 2-1-1 San Diego

Douglas B. Wilson

Chairman of the Board and Co-Founder of VCC

Glen Zwicker

Treasurer of VCC- Managing Director – Head of Investment Operations, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

San Diego Advisory Group

STEFANIE BENVENUTO

Director, Public Relations, SD Regional Chamber of Commerce

​ADRIAN BROWN

Councilman, Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians

DEREK DANZIGER

President, Katz and Associates

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

MICHAEL SAPOS

Staff Manager, Qualcomm

RON STARK

President, San Diego Veterans Coalition

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