The nine-member Advisory Committee to the Director, Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs provides advice to the Director of the Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Formed by statute in 1945, the ODVA Advisory Committee has played an important role in the effective administration of the Department and has been invaluable as an advisor to the Director.

 

Members of the Advisory Committee are appointed by the Governor to serve four-year terms. Current Advisory Committee Officers and Members are;

• Irv Fletcher, Chair - US Army
  • Korean War
• Eugene J. LaBonte, Vice-Chair - US Navy
  • Vietnam-era veteran
• Gerard (Jerry) F. Lorang, Secretary - US Army
  • Vietnam-era veteran
• Evelyn Anderson - US Marine Corps 
  • Korean War
• David Fairclo - US Air Force
  • Vietnam War
  • Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield
• Joseph R. (Ryan) Howell - US Army 
  • War on Terror, Operation Iraqi Freedom
• Tino E. Ornelas - US Navy 
  • Vietnam War
• Kevin J. Owens - US Coast Guard 
  • Panama
  • Greneda
  • Gulf War-era veteran 
• Charles E. Schmidt - US Army 
  • Vietnam War
  • Gulf War, Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm