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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">April 19, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">Gov. Little appoints Mark Tschampl to lead Idaho Division of Veterans Services</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little announced today he appointed Mark Tschampl as Chief Administrator at the Idaho Division of Veterans Services.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">“As a veteran himself, I have the utmost confidence Mark will serve and support those who have served our country,” Governor Little said. “His career experience in the military and leadership roles
in numerous civilian positions will prove to be extremely valuable in his new role.”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Tschampl was a Commander in the U.S. Air Force, Security Forces, serving from 1998 to 2005. He spent eight years as the director of the Health and Wellness Center on Mountain Home Air Force Base and
has been working as a bureau chief within the Family and Community Services Division at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. He received his Master’s in Health and Human Performance from Iowa State University.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">“It is my greatest honor to be appointed by Governor Little as the Chief Administrator of the Idaho Division of Veteran Services,” Tschampl said. “As a combat veteran and member of a military family,
no work is more important to me than serving those who have served our great nation!”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Tschampl begins in his new role today.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Marissa Morrison, Press Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">208-943-1686 or
</span><a href="mailto:Marissa.Morrison@gov.idaho.gov"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">Marissa.Morrison@gov.idaho.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">
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