2009-2010 Speaker Series 


Spring 2010 Speaker Series

All speakers are free and open to the public.
Don Gomez
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

Wednesday, April 21, 2010
11:30 a.m. Room E130

Don Gomez,
IAVA Veteran Spokesperson, Iraq Veteran

Don Gomez is a spokesperson for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). IAVA is the country’s first and largest nonprofit, nonpartisan Iraq and Afghanistan veterans group. Founded by Paul Rieckhoff in 2004, IAVA has more than180,000 active veteran members and grassroots supporters nationwide.

Gomez is a former Army Sergeant who served in the Infantry from 2001 to 2006. He deployed to Iraq in 2003 with the 82nd Airborne Division for a one-year tour and redeployed again in 2005. Gomez currently attends college at the City College of New York (CUNY) on the GI Bill where he is pursuing a degree in International Studies with a concentration in Middle Eastern Studies. At CUNY, Gomez founded the City College Veteran Association and was instrumental in establishing an Office of Veterans Affairs. Gomez is a 2009 recipient of the prestigious Truman Scholarship.

He currently resides in Queens, New York.
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