DAV Dept of
Wisconsin

LEADERSHIP PAGE

Disabled American Veterans, Department of Wisconsin

Department Elected Officers
Executive Committee (EC)

Tiffany Koehler Commander
Tiffany Koehler Commander

Chair of Executive Committee

Matt Kempainen Adjutant
Matt Kempainen Adjutant

Scott Hutchings Treasurer
Scott Hutchings Treasurer

Barbara Belmont - Sr. Vice Commander
Barbara Belmont

Sr. Vice Commander

August Grulich - 1st Jr. Vice Commander
August Grulich

1st Jr. Vice Commander

Rob Hiliard Benefits Protection Team Leader
Rob Hiliard

Benefits Protection Team Leader

Rolly Gelhaus Judge Advocate
Rolly Gelhaus

Judge Advocate

Kevin Manhart State Chaplain
Kevin Manhart

State Chaplain

District Elected Officers
Executive Committee Members (EC)

Stan Kogutkiewicz  1st District
Stan Kogutkiewicz
1st District

Executive Committee Person

Darell Hainline 2nd District
Darell Hainline
2nd District

Executive Committee Person

Wes Hackensmith 3rd District
Wes Hackensmith
3rd District

Executive Committee Person

Scott Scovronski 4th DEC
Ed Wenzel
4th District

Executive Committee Person

DAV-Wisconsin Mission

DAV is dedicated to a single purpose: empowering american disabled veterans to lead high-quality lives with respect and dignity.

Each year DAV helps more than 200,000 veterans and their families obtain needed benefits through 100 offices throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Our Wisconsin office, located in Milwaukee, helps roughly 12,000 veterans annually. Additionally, we reach out to veterans in rural areas with a Mobile Service Office.

Annually, we provide over 700,000 free rides to veterans seeking transportation to their scheduled VA medical appointments nationwide. In Wisconsin DAV gives more than 40,000 free rides to veterans each year.

Every February, we go to Washington to meet with our Congressional elected officials to see that the promises made to men and women who served are fulfilled. Each June in Madison, we present our Legislative Program to the Governor’s Office and key state legislators and agencies.

With more than 1 million members nationwide and approximately 15,000 members in Wisconsin, we have been serving our nation’s injured and ill veterans for more than 99 years. DAV is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1920 and chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1932. DAV in Wisconsin was incorporated in 1938.

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DAV empowers veterans to lead high-quality lives with respect and dignity.


We provide free, professional assistance to veterans and their families in obtaining VA and other government benefits earned through service. We offer free rides to veterans who need help getting to and from VA medical appointments. We fight for the rights of wounded, injured and ill veterans on Capitol Hill in Washington DC and at the Capitol in Madison.