AAS National Staff

This year’s AAS National Headquarters is located at the Charles E. Yeager Squadron of West Virginia University, under the command of C/Brig Gen. Dan Whalen. For staff member biographies, contact information, and other updates, please select one of the links below.In addition to the members of the National Headquarters staff, certain extended national staff positions are competitively selected each year.

Commander - Dan Whalen
(Biography)

Vice Commander - Holly Thompson
(Biography)

Director of Operations - Jeremiah Johnson
(Biography)

Director of Support - Rich Bielecki
(biography)

Director of Training - Brad Shoulders
(Biography)

Director of Financial Management - Heather Sealover
(Biography)

Director of Information Management - Jonathan Hansen
(Biography)

Director of Public Affairs - Evan Grinstead
(Biography)

Executive Officer - Mark Gonzales
(Biography)

• The National Business Chair assists the national headquarters staff with all aspects of legislative business and parliamentary procedure; this year’s AAS/NBC is C/Col. Chris Bair.
• The National Chief of Protocol assists both national headquarters and NATCON Headquarters with all aspects of military protocol. This year’s NCOP is C/Col. Mike Vallone.
• The National Webmaster is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance and improvement of the AAS-SW National Web Site. This year’s Webmaster is C/Lt. Col. Erik Hulme.