Syracuse University’s Office of Veteran and Military Affairs has created a new advisory board that will advise SU to bolster educational programs for veteran and military-connected students, SU recently announced.

The OVMA has a total 2018 budget of $1.1 million, according to a report compiled by the University Senate’s Committee on Budget and Fiscal Affairs. The report found that the office serves about 2,000 SU students who are active duty service members, military veterans or military-connected.

SU in recent years has announced millions of dollars in investments related to veterans programs. The National Veterans Resource Complex, as an example, has an estimated price tag of $62.5 million.

The following members are serving on OVMA’s new board, according to SU:

• Paul Dottle, who worked as an executive vice president at Global Business Services for almost 30 years. His son, father and brother all served in the U.S. military, and Dottle served in the U.S. Army Reserves.
• Gary Ginsburg, an SU alumnus who volunteers at the Veterans Outreach Center in Rochester, served in the Army and is a member of the West Point retired Soldier Council and the Webster Chamber of Commerce.
• Cadet Captain Zachary J. Harter, an SU alumnus who’s the Field Training Preparation Director of Operations for SU’s Air Force ROTC.
• Cydney Johnson, an SU alumna who was an adjunct professor in the David B. Falk School of Human and Sport Dynamics and director of development at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.
• Jim Lee, an SU alumnus who has received both the Onondaga County Veterans Council Humanitarian of the Year Award and the Whitman School of Management Dean’s Citation for Exceptional Service Award. Lee’s father served in the U.S. Coast Guard.
• Adam LeGrand, an SU alumnus who served as a medic in the Air Force for 10 years and is pursuing a master’s degree in public administration with a graduate certificate in national security and counterterrorism at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
• Ken Quaglio, an SU alumnus who’s the CEO of a consulting firm and Army veteran. Quaglio also helped found the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp at SU’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families.
• LaVonda Reed, who’s the associate provost for faculty affairs at SU and a law professor. She has been working at SU for 12 years.
• Glenn Richardson, an SU alumnus who’s a consultant focusing in leadership and executive coaching, among other things. He served in the Army and has participated in the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp as a speaker and panelist.
• Mark Westerveldt, who’s a vice president for software engineering/development management at Fidelity Investments and father of current SU Army ROTC cadet Adam Westerveldt.