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of Veterans Affairs. I have served in the U.S. Department of Defense and also
worked in the U.S. Postal Service. I am the current President of the Maryland

Federation of National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association
(NARFE). In the Department of Defense, I served as a Defense Message
Systems’ Specialist, working in the vital message communications centers in

the Fleet Marine Force and at base posts and stations. I assisted in the
operating of teletypewriters, optical character readers, and tape transport and
terminal consoles. I managed the correcting, retrieving and logging of

messages vital to the safety and security of our nation. I also served in the
U.S. Postal Service, taking pride in upholding the public trust by ensuring the
safe passage of all the postal mail under my management. I am an ordained
Bishop and currently serve as a Chaplain with the Department of Veterans

Affairs National Black Chaplains Association and as Baltimore Veterans
Affairs Voluntary Service Officer with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

I am Dr. Sam Stern, a clinical psychologist, and I worked 35 years in the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), most recently in the greater Baltimore
area. Before my VA tenure, I provided psychological services to citizens for

six years in Alabama and New York, through state mental health systems. I
joined the VA in 1979, working in Michigan, New York, and Maryland, as
Chief Psychologist at VA facilities in those three states. I retired in April 2014,

after providing mental and health care services to veterans and their families
for 35 years and other citizens for a total of 41 years.

I am very proud and honored to have served our nation’s military veterans,

helping them to readjust to the traumas of combat, war, substance abuse and
the rigors of military life. I also served veterans with spinal cord injuries, the
elderly in nursing homes, rehabilitation centers and Alzheimer’s/Dementia

Care Programs. I feel privileged to have helped develop, manage and lead
health care programs, and staff up to 70 psychologists and other health care
personnel.

In retirement, I maintain my psychology license, though currently am not in
active clinical practice. Even some of my hobbies affect veterans, e.g.,
performing with an orchestra whose concerts focus on honoring veterans. In

NARFE, I currently serve as Vice President for Federal Legislation of my local
Chapter. In so doing, I hope to continue serving those who worked with other
federal employees and those they served.

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