Directory of Commander’s Appointments 2016-2017
AMVETS DEPARTMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS
2016-2017 COMMITTEE & PROGRAM APPOINTMENTS
Joseph Kenyon – COMMANDER
DEPT OF MA COMMITTEES
COMMANDERS ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
All Past Department Commanders
CONSTITUTION & BY LAWS COMMITTEE (BY VIRTUE OF OFFICE):
Commander – Joe Kenyon
IPDC –Don McLean
Judge Advocate – Joe Dineen
Adjutant – Stephen Garner
APPOINTMENTS:
Gerard Marchand
Leon Proctor
Charles Studebaker
CONVENTION CORPORATION (BY VIRTUE OF OFFICE):
Commander – Joe Kenyon
IPDC – Don McLean
Judge Advocate – Joe Dineen
Adjutant – Stephen Garner
CONVENTION CORPORATION (ELECTED):
2019 – Lou Floriani
2019 – Jay Casey
2017 – Jim Johnson
2017 – Charles Studebaker President
2018 – Tom Davitt
FINANCE COMMITTEE (BY VIRTUE OF OFFICE):
Commander – Joe Kenyon
IPDC – Don McLean
1st Vice – Dean Thayer
Judge Advocate – Joe Dineen
Adjutant – Stephen Garner
Finance Officer & Chair – Tom Davitt
APPOINTMENTS:
2019 – Leon Proctor
2017 – Tom Norton
2018 – Jay Casey
​
GOVERNORS COUNCIL ON VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE:
Commander – Joe Kenyon
IPDC – Don McLean
Adjutant – Stephen Garner
APPOINTMENTS
Tom Davitt
State Service Officer Don McLean
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE:
Commander – Joe Kenyon
Chair – Dan Leblanc
AUXILIARY
Karen Miller – President
SONS OF AMVETS
Steve Dugan – Commander
GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE: (BY VIRTUE OF OFFICE)
Commander – Joe Kenyon
IPDC – Don McLean
Judge Advocate – Joe Dineen
APPOINTMENTS
Tom Davitt
Charles Studebaker
HONOR & AWARDS COMMITTEE:
Commander – Joe Kenyon
IPDC – Don McLean
APPOINTMENTS (Until December 2017)
Leon Proctor – Chairperson
Tom Davitt- Treasurer
Joe Dineen
Phil Furtado
Charles Studebaker
Richard Burnell
Jim Peacey
AUXILIARY
Karen Miller – President
SONS OF AMVETS
Steve Dugan – Commander
HOSPITALIZATION & CHILD WELFARE COMMITTEE:
3rd Vice & Chair – John Pasierbiak
Greg Arabian
Dick Burnell
Tom Davitt
Bud Garrant
Caroline Kenyon -Holyoke Soldiers Home
Tom Norton- Chelsea Soldiers Home
H&C Welfare con’t
AUXILIARY:
Karen Miller – President
Juanita Marchand
Judi Dascoli
Marie Rorrio
SONS OF AMVETS:
Steve Dugan – Commander
LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE (BY VIRTUE OF OFFICE):
Commander – Joe Kenyon
IPDC – Jim Peacey
Adjutant – Stephen Garner
APPOINTMENTS:
Tom Davitt
Don McLean – State Service Officer
LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYMENT OFFICER, APPOINTMENTS:
Don McLean– State Service Officer
NATIONAL GUARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE (BY VIRTUE OF OFFICE):
Commander – Joe Kenyon
IPDC – Don McLean
Adjutant – Stephen Garner
1st Vice & Chair – Dean Thayer
APPOINTMENTS:
Tom Davitt
Robert O’Connell
SONS OF AMVETS:
Steve Dugan – Commander
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE (BY VIRTUE OF OFFICE):
Commander – Joe Kenyon
IPDC – Don McLean
Judge Advocate – Joe Dineen
1st Vice & Chair –Dean Thayer
All District Commanders, Post Commanders and 1st Vice Officers
APPOINTMENTS:
Wayne Anthony Don Isabelle Charles Studebaker
Louis Floriani Edward Veator Phil Furtado Charles Sancranti Ed Wyzik
NATIONAL CEMETERY COMMITTEE: (JBCC – BOURNE, MA)
Commander – Joe Kenyon
IPDC – Don McLean
Judge Advocate – Joe Dineen
1st Vice & Chair –Dean Thayer
2nd Vice – Tom Norton
3rd Vice –John Pasierbak
Provost Marshal- Arty Marchetta
Scotty Rowbotham – PDC
AUXILIARY:
Karen Miller – President
Mickey Britton Rowbotham
SONS OF AMVETS:
Steve Dugan – Commander
NATIONAL VISITATION COMMITTEE:
Commander –Joe Kenyon
NEC – Don McLean
ALT NEC – Jim Peacey
State Provost Marshal – Arty Marchetta
Deputy Provost Marshal – All
​
​
​
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (ELECTED):
2016 (2 Yr) NEC Rep –Don McLean
2016 (2 Yr) ALT NEC Rep – Jim Peacey
PERSONNEL PRACTICE COMMITTEE:
Commander – Joe Kenyon
IPDC –Don McLean
Judge Advocate – Joe Dineen
Adjutant – Stephen Garner
APPOINTMENTS:
2018 (2Yr) – Tom Davitt
2017 (1Yr) –
POW-MIA COMMITTEE:
Commander – Joe Kenyon
IPDC – Don McLean
Judge Advocate – Joe Dineen
Adjutant – Stephen Garner
3rd Vice – John Pasierbiak
AUXILIARY:
Karen Miller – President
Juanita Marchand
Mickey Britton Rowbotham
SONS of AMVETS:
Steve Dugan – Commander
PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE:
Commander –Joe Kenyon
IPDC – Don McLean
Judge Advocate – Joe Dineen
1st Vice & Chair – Dean Thayer
APPOINTMENTS:
Public Relations Officer – Keith Killam
STATE COLOR GUARD COMMITTEE:
Commander –Joe Kenyon
IPDC – Don McLean
State Provost Marshal – Arty Marchetta
State Color Guard Captain – Tom Norton
All Past Department Commanders & All State Color Guard Members
STATE SERVICE FOUNDATION COMMITTEE (BY VIRTUE OF OFFICE):
Commander –Joe Kenyon
IPDC – Don McLean voting position
Judge Advocate – Joe Dineen
State Service Officer – Don McLean non voting position
STATE SERVICE FOUNDATION COMMITTEE (ELECTED):
2017 – D. Burnell President
2017 – Gerard Marchand
2018 – Tom Davitt
2019 – Jay Casey
SONS of AMVETS ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
Joe Kenyon
Edmund Veator
​
AMVETS Department of Massachusetts Programs
ALCOHOL & DRUG AWARENESS PROGRAM:
3nd Vice & Chair – John Pasierbiak
​
AMERICANISM PROGRAM:
2nd Vice – Tom Norton
Larry McNeill – Chair 2016-2017
Joe Dineen
Tom Davitt
Don Isabelle
AUXILIARY:
Shirley Isabelle
Donna Saunders
SONS of AMVETS:
Steve Dugan – Commander
BLOOD DRIVE PROGRAM:
3nd Vice & Chair – John Pasierbiak
All District Commanders & Post Blood Drive Chairman
Joe Kenyon Art McCann
​
ROTC AWARDS PROGRAM:
Commander – Joe Kenyon
1st Vice & Chair –Dean Thayer
Don McLean- IPDC
Tom Davitt
Gerard Marchand
Leon Proctor
Al Temple
Dick Burnell
All District Commanders
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM:
2nd Vice – Tom Norton
Chair – Gerard Marchand 2016-2017
Dick Burnell
Al Temple
AUXILIARY:
Sharon Johnson
SONS of AMVETS:
Steve Dugan – Commander
SCOUTING PROGRAM:
2nd Vice – Tom Norton
Chair – Larry McNeill 2016-2017
Joe Barry
Don McLean
Scotty Rowbotham
SPECIAL OLYMPICS PROGRAM:
Commander –Joe Kenyon
2nd Vice –Tom Norton
Chair – Leon Proctor 2016-2017
Wayne Anthony Jim Peacey
M Davitt Nick Paganella
Phil Furtado Nick Pesiridis
Robert O’Connell Al Temple
AUXILIARY:
Tina Grant
Christine Peacey
Peg Quilzsch
Special Olympics Program con’t
SONS of AMVETS:
Steve Dugan – Commander
Floyd Francis
Sonny Kaiser
USO
Al Temple
​
AMVETS Department of Massachusetts Resources
CHAPLAIN(S):
Robert O’Connell – Primary
Edmund Veator – Alternate
HISTORIAN:
(Vacant)
INSPECTOR GENERAL OFFICERS:
Tom Davitt
Joseph Dineen
Lou Floriani
Raymond “Sonny” O’Reilly
INSURANCE OFFICER:
Tom Davitt
PHOTOGRAPHER:
Charles Sancranti
PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER:
(Vacant)
PROVOST MARSHAL(S):
Arty Marchetta – State PM Badge #1
Edythe Sheridan – Badge #2 (Lifetime)
Chuck Eagan – Deputy
Tim Eaton– Deputy
Caroline Kenyon – Deputy
Bill Geary – Deputy
Wayne Anthony- Deputy
QUARTERMASTER:
(Vacant)
VETERANS OUTREACH CENTER, COURT ST., BOSTON:
(Vacant)
WEB MASTER:
Leon Proctor
STATE HONOR GUARD – CEREMONIES & MILITARY BURIAL HONORS:
State Provost Marshal – Arty Marchetta
State Color Guard Captain –2nd Vice Tom Norton
