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Consideration of the association’s 2027 operating budget and the final weeks of the 119th Congress will top the agenda when the NGAUS board of directors gathers this weekend for its final meeting of the year.
The meeting will be held at the National Guard Memorial, the association’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The 29-member NGAUS governing body will also receive updates on the organization’s insurance sales, membership and plans for the 149th General Conference & Exhibition, set for next summer in Salt Lake City.
The agenda also includes representatives of the National Guard Bureau, the Adjutants General Association of the United States, the National Guard Executive Directors Association, the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States and the NGAUS Corporate Advisory Panel.
While the meeting will be the last of the year, it will be Air Force Maj. Gen. Gary Keefe’s first as board chairman.
Delegates to the 148th General Conference & Exhibition, Aug. 28-31 in Indianapolis, elected Keefe, the adjutant general of Massachusetts and a member of the board for the last 10 years, to the post.
He succeeds Army Maj. Gen. Paul Rogers, the adjutant general of Michigan, who now serves as immediate past chairman. The NGAUS bylaws limit the chairman to a single two-year term.
Events begin Friday with meetings of the association’s General Conference Committee, Company Grade Committee, Warrant Officer Committee, the National Guard Educational Foundation board and the NGAUS Insurance Trust trustees.
Saturday's agenda will conclude with a reception to recognize more than 20 major financial donors to the NGEF.
The association’s board of directors includes six elected NGAUS officers, three directors (Army, Air and adjutant general) from each of the association’s six geographic areas, two retired/separated directors, two company-grade directors and a warrant officer director.
The full lists of every NGAUS and NGEF board member, NGAUS Insurance Trust trustee and member of each of the association’s committees is available here.
—By John Goheen
