Wednesday, January 5, 2011

New Executive Director to be named




January 5th, 2011 -- Augusta, GA

The CSRA Wounded Warrior Care Project board announces the departure of Executive Director, Ms. Laurie Ott, who has accepted the position of President of the University Health Care Foundation.

Ms. Ott will remain with the CSRA Wounded Warrior Care Project through March 14th to assist with the transition to her successor. Ms. Ott will join the organization as a board member in April.


The search for Ms. Ott’s successor has begun. Board President Mr. James M. Hull said, “We wish Laurie well in her new endeavor and look forward to her continuing involvement with the CSRA Wounded Warrior Care Project. Because of her leadership, Augusta is ahead of the nation when it comes to developing the community-based model for reintegrating warriors after combat. The community and the board of the CSRA Wounded Warrior Care Project are passionate about ensuring our warriors and their families thrive, and we look forward to finding the next Executive Director who can help us build on our accomplishments and the region’s unique warrior care capabilities.”


The CSRA Wounded Warrior Care Project is a community-based organization founded in 2007, dedicated to developing best practices to maximize resources and provide world class support for our wounded warriors, veterans and their families. To date, accomplishments include the launch of award-winning marriage enrichment and family reintegration programs that provide communication skills after combat, the launch of the first-in-the-nation Veterans Curation Project (a training and employment program for Iraq and Afghanistan returnees), the establishment of Transition Round Tables and a Research Consortium, which provide the platform for information sharing and increased collaboration among federal, state and local agencies and organizations, the assignment of Federal Recovery Coordinators to Augusta to help wounded, ill and injured service members, veterans and their families, and assisting with the launch of the Veterans Court, which begins later this month.


For more information about the CSRA Wounded Warrior Care Project, visit our website at www.projectaugusta.org.

Day of Service: Saturday, January 8th, 2011

Georgia's Governor-elect, Nathan Deal, who takes office January 10th, 2011 in Atlanta, has selected the CSRA Wounded Warrior Care Project for a Day of Service. Debbie McCord is heading up the local project, where we'll build a play set and complete fencing for a warrior wounded in Afghanistan, SGT (ret.) Darryl Wallace, and his family.

For information about the project or to volunteer, go to the Day of Service Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=151908511525019&num_event_invites=0

and ask Debbie how you can help this weekend (Saturday January 8th).