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Veterans program planned to connect military members with needed resources

Event connects veterans with resources

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An Adirondack-North Country Veterans’ Initiative program will be held Nov. 17 at Bryan Hall (Regional Higher Education Center) on the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Queensbury campus.

The free event, which is sponsored by ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ and SUNY Plattsburgh at Queensbury,  will connect military veterans with resources related to career assistance, benefits, Green Zone training and health.

Buck Bryan, a Navy veteran with 38 years of flight experience, will present the keynote address. Bryan returned to college at age 45 and earned four degrees.

Presenters include Ruben Acevedo, a retired Army veteran and a veterans benefit advisor on the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ campus; Tracy Arredondo, nurse administrator of Glens Falls VA Primary Care Center for the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center; Jeremy Grabbe, associate chair of psychology at SUNY Plattsburgh at Queensbury; Julia Overton-Healy, CEO of Sky Top Strategies career coaching; Karen M. Sheehan, an administrator of Behavioral Health Telehealth for the VA Medical Center; and Ryan Thomas, an Air Force veteran currently pursuing a doctorate in higher education.

The program will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

 

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