Salute to our US Veterans November Luncheon

Salute to our US Veterans November Luncheon

Guest Speaker Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher

Join the San Diego Alumni Chapter on Friday, November 12, 2010 for a salute to our United States Veterans! You won't want to miss this luncheon!

When: Friday, November 12, 2010 11:45am - 1:00pm
Location: Ramada Inn • 5550 Kearny Mesa Road • San Diego, CA 92111

ALL Sigma Chi alumni are welcome no matter if you went to school on the east coast, west coast, in the Midwest or the South.

Spread the word and please pass this invitation along to any Sigma Chi alumni who would like to come. If you've paid your local alumni dues, lunch is $15.00. If you haven't paid your local alumni dues, lunch is $20.00. (Dues are $30 and payable at anytime.) All monies will be collected at the door.

This month we are proud to welcome Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher.

Nathan Fletcher is the State Assemblyman representing California's 75th District. He is the first combat veteran of the Global War on Terror to serve in the California State Legislature.

In his first months in office, Assemblyman Fletcher was instrumental in passing a major tax code revision that will help create 144,000 new California jobs including many in the biotech and high tech industries. For this effort, he was named BIOCOM's Legislator of the Year. Additionally, he joint authored Assembly Bill 23 to help small business employees who've suffered layoffs retain their private health insurance.

Assemblyman Fletcher is the author of Chelsea's Law - the comprehensive legislation that reforms the way California deals with violent sexual predators who target children. This landmark bill includes a true life without parole sentencing option for the most serious first-time offenders, fifty-one separate penalty increases for sex crimes perpetrated against children, the allowance for lifetime parole, and polygraph testing for sex offenders on parole.

In 2007, Assemblyman Fletcher completed his service in the United States Marine Corps where he worked as a Counterintelligence/Human Intelligence Specialist. On his last deployment, he served in the Horn of Africa region traveling throughout Eastern Africa and the Near East. For this duty he was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal and Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal.

In 2004, he served eight months in the Sunni Triangle region of Iraq. Among the awards he received for this tour are the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal with Combat "V" for valor, the Combat Action Ribbon and the Iraqi Campaign Medal. Nathan is a recipient of additional military awards including the Benton R. Montgomery Award for Excellence and the Walter Morris Honor Graduate Award. He is also a graduate of the US Army Airborne Course and Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center.

Nathan is a tireless advocate for America's veterans and is a member of both the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Before being elected to the state legislature, Nathan served as an appointed member of the San Diego County Veterans Advisory Council, where he provided a strong voice for veterans of the Global War on Terror.