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National Commander Maj Gen Regena M. Aye	Wing Commander (PA-001) Col William A. Schlosser
Region Commander (NER-001) Col James A. Ridley	Group Commander (PA-005) Lt Col Arthur P. Zapolski

Group 4 (PA-005) Staff - PA Wing

Commander Lt Col Arthur P. Zapolski cc005@pawg.cap.gov	Advisor to the Commander Maj Heather Weaver hweaver@pawg.cap.gov
Deputy Commander Capt Melissa Riley Leopold mleopold@pawg.cap.gov	Alerting Officer Capt Michael Szish mszish@pawg.cap.gov
Chaplain Maj Mark Shulman mshulman@pawg.cap.gov	Group 4 Non-commissioned Officer SSgt Joe Vikara jvikara@pawg.cap.gov
Aerospace Education Officer Maj Thomas Hall thall@pawg.cap.gov	Cadet Programs Officer Maj Tom (John) Quinn tquinn@pawg.cap.gov
Operations Officer / O-Flight Coordinator Capt Matthew Wendell mwendell@pawg.cap.gov	Asst Operations Officer Capt Michael Szish mszish@pawg.cap.gov
Emergency Services Training Officer Maj Anita McCormick amccormick@pawg.cap.gov	Asst Emergency Services Officer 1st Lt Megan Everett meverett@pawg.cap.gov
Safety Officer Maj Anita McCormick amccormick@pawg.cap.gov	Asst Safety Officer Capt Fred Branyan fbranyan@pawg.cap.gov
Communications Officer Maj George Kerrick gkerrick@pawg.cap.gov	Asst Communications Officer Maj Christopher Trotter ctrotter@pawg.cap.gov
Asst Communications Officer Maj Eric Kircher ekircher@pawg.cap.gov	Asst Communications Officer 1st Lt Megan Everett meverett@pawg.cap.gov
Public Affairs Officer 1st Lt Roscaline Lesisko rlesisko@pawg.cap.gov	Transportation Officer Capt Herbert Elias helias@pawg.cap.gov
IT Officer 1st Lt Megan Everett meverett@pawg.cap.gov	Asst IT Officer SSgt Joe Vikara jvikara@pawg.cap.gov
Asst IT Officer 2nd Lt Paul Hensler phensler@pawg.cap.gov	Asst IT Officer 2nd Lt Joe Cooper jcooper@pawg.cap.gov
Education & Training Officer Col Gordon Larson ccilwg@sprynet.com	Recruiting & Retention Officer Maj Anita McCormick amccormick@pawg.cap.gov
Admin / Personnel Officer Lt Col Patricia Devlin cc251@pawg.cap.gov	Asst Personnel Officer Capt Fred Branyan fbranyan@pawg.cap.gov
Finance Officer Lt Col Carol Blinebury cblinebury@pawg.cap.gov	Asst Finance Officer Maj Laurence Tarr mail@larrytarr.com

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