Coronado Resident Al F. Kovach, Jr., Elected Paralyzed Veterans’ National Senior Vice President

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Al F. Kovach, Jr., of Coronado, CA, has been elected national senior vice president of Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans). Kovach’s election to a one-year term, effective October 1, 2010, occurred in August during Paralyzed Veterans’ 64th Annual Convention in Providence, RI. He previously served as national vice president.

“For more than six decades, Paralyzed Veterans has been a national leader in the advocacy of quality care for veterans. Even though our service to our country no longer requires us to wear a uniform, we continue to serve our country in a different manner,” Kovach said. “With the ongoing war on terrorism, America’s focus has been on its latest incarnation of heroes; and we must always remember all the generations of heroes that need quality health care and the benefits that they’ve earned. Paralyzed Veterans recognizes the fact that our efforts to ensure quality care for our service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan must never diminish, and our advocacy for veterans of past wars must endure.”

Kovach added that he would like to see Paralyzed Veterans work closer with the civilian community so the organization’s efforts reach those individuals with disabilities who never had a chance to serve in the military.

Kovach concurrently serves as Cal-Diego Chapter’s immediate past president. He initially joined the chapter as its government relations director and has served on its board of directors since 1991.

A native of Philadelphia, Kovach attended Indiana University before joining the military, becoming a U.S. Navy SEAL. He and his wife, Magaly, reside in Coronado, CA.

Sixty-four years ago Paralyzed Veterans of America was founded by a band of spinal cord injured service members who returned home from World War II to a grateful nation—but also to a world with few solutions to the challenges they faced. These veterans from the “Greatest Generation” made a decision not just to live, but to live with dignity as contributors to society. They created an organization dedicated to veterans service, medical research and civil rights for people with disabilities. And for more than six decades, Paralyzed Veterans of America and its 34 chapters have been working to create an America where all veterans and people with disabilities, and their families, have everything they need to thrive. (www.pva.org).

SOURCE Paralyzed Veterans of America

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