JAN OWENS
NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
DEPT. OF CALIFORNIA STATE CONVENTION
SACRAMENTO, CA

June, 2012
Jan Owens was appointed National Secretary by National President Gwen Rankin and elected National Treasurer of the nearly 540,000 member Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States at its 98th National Convention in San Antonio, Texas, on Thursday, September 1, 2011.
Her responsibilities include supervising the daily operation of the organization at its National Headquarters in Kansas City. This includes administering financial affairs, clarifying Auxiliary policy, and supervising 19 staff members. She will also serve as a liaison for the National Officers, the National Council of Administration and the members.
She comes to the position with a distinguished record of Auxiliary service as well as work experience. As 2009-10 Auxiliary National President, she focused her attention on the Auxiliary’s core programs for veterans and their families.
A Life Member of TSgt. Walter C. Fulda Auxiliary #3433 in Ladson, S.C., she is eligible through her father, Arlen Owens, a WWII Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient.

She has served as Auxiliary and District President, and when she was Department President, she earned Outstanding Runner-up President of the Year in her membership group. On the national level she has served as Publicity Director, Patriotic Instructor, and as National Chairman for the Southern Conference on the Americanism and Hospital programs.

She is a Life Member of the VFW National Home for Children, and a Charter Member of the Dixie Dogs Pup Tent 11 of the Military Order of the Cooties Auxiliary.

A graduate of General Motors University of Automotive Management, Jan is retired after forty years in the automotive industry. For many years, Jan was a horseback riding instructor with Carolina Low Country Girl Scouts. She has two children and one grandchild.