Steve Kashul is a 35 plus year veteran of on-air professional television and radio. He served 24 seasons as the Pre-Game, Halftime, and Post-Game TV and Radio Host of the Chicago Bulls.

Kashul is also co-owner of Channel Fore, Inc. which produces “The Golf Scene” TV Show on NBC Sports Chicago, of which he serves as the principal host. He is also host of “Sports Medicine Weekly”, a weekly one hour radio show that aired for ten years on ESPN 1000 Chicago and 670 The Score – WSCR-AM in Chicago and now heard on podcasts nationally. In addition he is an Executive Broker/Agent with Esser Hayes Insurance Group/Assured Partners in Naperville.

Honors and awards include two Emmy Awards for his work as host of Chicago Bulls Basketball on SportsChannel (1991-1997) and winner of a Telly Award in 2006 for his work as host on “The Golf Scene” television show. Telly Awards are recognized worldwide for excellence in broadcast television. He is also a member of the Chicago 16” Softball Hall of Fame, being inducted in the Media Wing in January of 2009.

His work has also appeared on a national scale, having served as the lead announcer and lead voice of the Senior PGA Tour for CNBC, as well as live events on Golf Channel.

Kashul has also served as the play by play voice for the Celebrity Golf Association’s Professional Golf Tour, Big Ten Women’s Volleyball, Illinois High School Association sporting events, Men’s Professional 16” Softball, and was a reporter and host for ten years for the Notre Dame Football Coaches Show as well as host of “The Spirit of Sports”, a show focusing on Special Olympics in Illinois.

Steve has also been a feature writer/columnist for the Chicago District Golfer Magazine, and is a former sports writer for the Chicago Sun-Times, covering High School athletics.

He has also served on numerous committees including those representing The March of Dimes, LaRabida Children’s Hospital, Midtown Educational Foundation, Illinois Special Olympics, Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce, Easterseals, and the Greater Chicago Club Managers Association.

Steve is a graduate of DePaul University in Chicago where he majored in Communications, was born and raised in Park Ridge, Illinois, and currently resides with his wife Cindy and sons Cory and Troy in Naperville, Illinois.

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Ted Trimpa is the Principal and CEO of Trimpa Group LLC, a national political consulting and government relations firm that specializes in progressive public policy advocacy and political strategy.  With offices in Washington D.C. and Denver, Trimpa Group develops cutting-edge public policy strategies at the state and federal levels.  Trimpa also serves as a board member for numerous organizations, including the Democracy Alliance, ProgressNow, Third Way, Citizen Engagement Laboratory, and Tectonic Theater Project.

Trimpa is one of the country’s most sought-after advocates resulting from his deep understanding of the national and multi-state public policy, political, and nonprofit landscape.  Called “Colorado’s answer to Karl Rove” by The Atlantic, Trimpa is a nationally recognized Democratic strategist and operative.  He is considered a key architect of the political infrastructure that facilitated the Democratic Party’s resurgence in Colorado after decades of Republican dominance—a turnaround so dramatic National Review dubbed it the “Colorado miracle.” Campaigns & Elections recently named him one of the top five Democratic political players in the state. 

Read more on Ted Trimpa: http://www.trimpagroup.com/ted-trimpa/

Jeremy Butler serves as IAVA’s Chief Executive Officer. Jeremy joined IAVA with 15+ years of experience providing substantive and strategic counsel to leaders in high-profile government and private sector offices, to include the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security. He is a graduate of Knox College and the U.S. Naval War College where he received a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies. He is a Surface Warfare Officer in the Navy Reserve. Butler has recently contributed to C-SPAN, FoxNews, Bold TV, Sirius XM, NY1, and other veteran and military media outlets. Butler is also a Commander in the Navy Reserves with nearly 20 years of uniformed service.

John Raughter is the press secretary for The American Legion National Commander. He has previously served as the editor of The American Legion Magazine, where he has worked since December 1998. He was also a senior writer with The Heritage Foundation in Washington D.C., managing editor of The National Tribune’s Stars & Stripes and a daily newspaper reporter in Rosenberg, Texas.

Raughter enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1983 and served as a public affairs photojournalist at 4th Marine Aircraft Wing headquarters in New Orleans, Marine Corps Logistics Base in Barstow, CA, 3rd Marine Division on Okinawa, and MCAS, Cherry Point, NC.  He was honorably charged as a sergeant. He subsequently earned a B.A. in political science at the University of Houston and a master’s degree in journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. He also graduated from the Defense Information School’s basic (print) journalism course, photojournalism course and editor’s course.

Raughter has written more than 1,000 articles and has interviewed former President George W. Bush, Vice Presidant Mike Pence, former Vice President Al Gore, Sen. John McCain, former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, actor James Arness, the late Meet the Press host Tim Russert, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Heavyweight Boxing Champion George Foreman, entertainer Charlie Daniels and dozens of other celebrities and public officials. He spent February 2007 embedded with Marine and U.S. Army units in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

He lives in Indianapolis with his wife Debbie, son Reagan and daughter Erin. He is a member of American Legion Post 500 in Speedway, Indiana.

Jeremy Sinnemaki is the Veterans Employment and Training Services Director at Veterans Florida, where he leads the statewide Veterans Florida career, entrepreneurship, agriculture and SkillBridge programs. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity brought Jeremy to Tallahassee where he served as an Economist before coming to Veterans Florida. Jeremy retired from the United States Air Force and served worldwide at a variety of assignments as an Avionics Craftsman, Air Force Recruiter, and Resource Manager. Following his military career, Jeremy was a civil servant for NASA as a Management and Program Analyst at the Kennedy Space Center. After his federal service, he opened several businesses including XiTiD Corp and Life Without Limits, LLC and later having graduated the Veterans Florida Entrepreneurship Program, went on to open the SolRisa Inn in Cocoa, Florida. Jeremy also serves on the Executive Committee with the Emerald Coast chapter of the Association of the United States Army. He and his wife are in the process of starting a new farm, event center and wedding venue.

Veterans Florida is a non-profit created by the State of Florida to help military veterans transition to civilian life and to promote Florida’s status as the nation’s most veteran-friendly state. Veterans Florida provides powerful tools for veterans to take advantage of the benefits of living and working in the Sunshine State.

Website:  https://www.veteransflorida.org/

Through our Career Services Program, we connect veterans with employers who are eager to hire veterans for jobs that put their particular military skills to use. We also assist veterans in creating a winning resume and preparing for job interviews. Employers receive veteran recruiting assistance and may apply for our Workforce Training Grant.

The Veterans Florida Entrepreneurship Program provides all the knowledge needed to successfully launch and operate a business. As soon as their business is up and running we keep them connected with mentors and resources.

Veterans Florida’s mission can be summed up in our theme – Your Pursuit. Our Power. – because we recognize military veterans are incredibly focused and will succeed in achieving their personal and professional goals when they take advantage of our tools and resources.

Jeremy Sinnemaki

Veterans Employment and Training Services (VETS) Director

Office: (850) 296-7553

Email: sinnemaki@veteransflorida.org