{"id":12,"date":"2023-12-06T21:22:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T21:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-02-17T20:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:43:42","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 1734 was organized in 1980 to offer a local connection to NARFE for members in the Howard County, MD region. We provide timely information to NARFE members about benefits and opportunities for advocacy at the state and national level. We also host a variety of speakers and activities.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Chapter Officers<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/contact-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>President<\/strong> <\/a>\u2013 Teresa Baker<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/contact-1st-vice-president-for-membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>1st Vice President (Membership)<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Andree Sue Neri<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/contact-2nd-vice-president-legislation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>2nd Vice President (Legislation)<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 John Van De Vaarst<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/contact-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Secretary<\/strong> <\/a>\u2013 Patti Gillespie<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/contact-treasurer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Treasurer<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Joan Cwiertniewicz<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Chapter Chairs<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/contact-luncheon-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luncheon\/Program Chair<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 <em>Vacant<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>NARFE PAC Chair <\/strong>\u2013 <em>Vacant<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Educate chapter members on the importance of NARFE-PAC, the Association\u2019s political action committee.<\/li>\n<li>Encourage and solicit members\u2019 contributions.<\/li>\n<li>Assist Federation NARFE-PAC Coordinators in providing state recommendations for contributing NARFE-PAC funds to candidates in their respective district; and,<\/li>\n<li>Share NARFE-PAC contribution and disbursement information with chapter members.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>Program Chair <\/strong><em>\u2013 Vacant<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Provide suggestions and arrange for a speaker or program for chapter meetings. Such as: an elected official or candidate; a medical or health practitioner or other professional to discuss issues of interest to members; a local historian; or other entertainment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>Service Chair <\/strong>\u2013 <em>Vacant<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Assist members by providing information and guidance in navigating issues relating to federal pay and benefits, (Service Officer Guide, FH-10, is available from NARFE).<\/li>\n<li>Assist members to prepare documents associated with the above topics. Provide the F-100, Be Prepared for Life\u2019s Events, to assist members in managing their affairs; and<\/li>\n<li>Keep up to date by reading benefits-related articles in NARFE Magazine &amp; NARFE Insider.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NARFE Chapter 1734 list of officers, history, and year round special projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1191,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/1191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}