{"id":16,"date":"2023-12-18T13:34:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T19:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1927\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-01-09T10:27:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:27:44","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1927\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>MIAMI VALLEY CHAPTER 1927 MISSION STATEMENT<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Miami Valley Chapter of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE Chapter 1927) complements the purposes of its<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/oh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong> Ohio State Federation<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and National Organization.\u00a0 It does this by providing opportunities for members to interact with each other at monthly Chapter or Board meetings, by informing members of financial and benefit information of interest and by keeping members aware of local advocacy efforts to protect their earned federal benefits.\u00a0 An up-to-date Chapter website and recurring newsletters along with Chapter meetings serve to address these objectives.\u00a0 As Dayton\u2019s oldest active Chapter, the Miami Valley Chapter is a local resource which promotes the National Organization\u2019s goals of (a) supporting legislation beneficial to current and retired federal employees and opposing legislation contrary to that purpose (b) promoting and advising members of their rights and benefits under applicable laws and regulations and (c) cooperating with other organizations in furtherance of these general objectives.<\/p>\n<p>Local chapters enhance your membership by providing local contacts to help you with your questions and concerns about federal pay and benefits.\u00a0 Each chapter designates service officers to assist members with their benefit questions.\u00a0 Each chapter holds regular chapter meetings to discuss local issues and concerns and invite experts to speak on a variety of subjects.\u00a0 NARFE chapters also advocate with our federal and state elected officials.\u00a0 For example, the legislative leaders of the Dayton area chapters meet regularly with Congressman Turner and his staff.\u00a0\u00a0 Attend a local chapter meeting and discover for yourself the value of chapter membership. The cost of membership is low. National membership is only $48 a year. A small price to pay to protect your hard earned benefits. Chapter dues for Dayton area chapters range from $6.00 to $10.00 a year. To find a local chapter near you,\u00a0click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/?s=chapters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u00a0<\/a>or call 800-456-8410, ext. 204. Chapter dues don\u2019t kick in until the 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0year of membership.<\/p>\n<p>Checkout <a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1927\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/03\/2016-Chapter-1927-What-NARFE-Can-Do-For-You.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What-NARFE-Can-Do-For-You<\/a> . You\u2019ll be convinced that you and NARFE are meant for each other!<\/p>\n<p>The current Chapter 1927 President is Joyce Skinner..<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>NARFE Chapter 1927 \u2013 Your Partner for Life!<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/h1>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>\u00a0CHAPTER 1927 LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE POSITIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #ff0000\"><strong>NARFE CHAPTER 1927 LEADERSHIP TEAM<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1927\/narfe-chapter-1927-leadership-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">DECEMBER 2024\u00a0 (MEMBERS ONLY)<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">ABOUT US (Chapter 1927)<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CHAPTER 1927 ELECTED OFFICERS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1927\/contact-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>President<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Joyce Skinner<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Joyce Skinner. <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 1.75rem;text-align: center\">Retired Contract Administrator from Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) after 32 years.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Immediate Past President<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Michael Webb<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Mike Webb. <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Retired Clerk of Court, United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Ohio \u2013 32 years.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Vice President<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Michael Madges<br>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Michael \u201cMike\u201d Madges. Retired Human Resources Specialist (Labor Relations), Internal Revenue Service &amp; Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB) \u2013 37 years (full &amp; part-time).<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1927\/contact-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Secretary<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Suzanne Garcia<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Suzanne Garcia. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Retired Human Resources Management Specialist, 38 years of federal service, primarily with the US Air Force.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1927\/contact-treasurer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Treasurer<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Scott Graham<br>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\">Acquisition policy at both Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) and Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC). Scott retired in 2009 after 36 years of Federal service.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Appointees<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Nick Steiner<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Membership Chair<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\">Nicholas (Nick) Steiner. Retired Certified Defense Financial Manager with Acquisition Specialty-41 years. Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Silver Beaver Award, the highest award a BSA Council can bestow on an individual.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Mike Ryan<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1927\/contact-webmaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Webmaster and Editor<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\">Michael \u201cMike\u201d Ryan. Retired Senior Space Systems Engineering Analyst and branch chief, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasic.af.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Air and Space Intelligence Center<\/a>\u00a0(NASIC \u2013 formerly FTD), Wright-Patt AFB, Ohio \u2013 32 years.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Fred Hoppel<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Board Member-at-Large<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Special Assignments<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\">Fred Hoppel. Retired Acting Supervisory Special Agent, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati District \u2013 31 years.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Brian Normile<br>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Service Officer<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\">Brian was employed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Civilian Personnel Office for 30 years spending the greatest amount of time in labor relations, employee relations and internal staffing. The last position he held was Chief of the Labor and Employee Management Relations Branch.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Albert Griggs Jr<br>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Legislative Chair<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Albert \u201cAl\u201d Griggs. Retired acquisition logistics. Served in many senior logistics positions worldwide supporting both air and space systems acquisitions. Held Air Force staff position in the U.S. House of Representatives. His last assignment was B1-B Deputy System Program Manager, Tinker AFB.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">See the print copy of the newsletter for contact information<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Or<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Send the chapter an email via the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1927\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact Us<\/a> page<\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"yiv2894238784userEdit\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1927\/1117-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Click here for Chapter 1927 Leadership and Service Positions\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Emails and phone numbers<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NARFE Chapter1927 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-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1927\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1927\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1927\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1927\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1927\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":66,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1927\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1380,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1927\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/1380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1927\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1927\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}