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The GI
Film Festival, the first and only military film festival in
the country, is pleased to announce that William A. Chatfield,
a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and former Director of the
Selective Service, has joined the festival’s advisory board.
“Bill
Chatfield has been a great friend of the festival from its
very beginning and we are so honored that he has accepted our
invitation to join the festival’s advisory board,” said GI
Film Festival Co-Founder and President Brandon Millett.
“There is no greater champion of the American GI than Bill
Chatfield, and we look forward to working with Bill as we
continue to build on the successes the GI Film Festival has
achieved in its first three years.”
Mr.
Chatfield became the 11th Director of Selective Service on
November 29, 2004, having been nominated by President George
W. Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. He was directly
responsible to the President for the management of the
Selective Service System.
Mr.
Chatfield, of Texas, brought to that position more than 30
years of experience working with the executive and legislative
branches of the Federal government.
He
commenced public service with the Doorkeeper of the U.S. House
of Representatives from 1978 through 1979, and performed in
several appointed positions of increasing responsibility from
1980 through 1987 in the Reagan Administration. He served on
the staff of the Deputy Undersecretary for Policy at the
Department of Defense; as a Regional Director of the Civil
Aeronautics Board; Special Assistant to the Director, Office
of Personnel Management; Assistant to the Chairman of the
Consumer Product Safety Commission; Special Assistant for
Congressional Liaison in the Department of the Interior; and
Staff Advisor to the Commissioner at the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
From 1987
until his appointment with the Selective Service, he was
engaged in governmental affairs consulting. In 1989, he and
former Congressman Tom Kindness established Kindness &
Chatfield Associates, a government relations and public
affairs consulting firm.
Director
Chatfield attended Union College, majoring in political
science and criminal justice, and continued studies at
American University. He is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps,
with 35 years of active duty and reserve service.
Since
leaving public office in May 2009, Mr. Chatfield has
re-engaged in the field of public affairs and government
relations consulting. The main focus of his practice is in
the field of advancing effective health care protocols,
specifically dealing with our nation’s wounded warrior
population.
GI Film
Festival 2010 will be held May 12-16 at the Carnegie
Institution in Washington, DC.
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