By Michael Baskin
If you’re part of a student veterans club and didn’t make it to Student Veterans of America’s recent ‘NatCon’ National Conference at Disney World, here’s what happened, courtesy of a student veteran. We know a lot of campus clubs don’t automatically have the money to send student vets to a conference, so start considering how to raise the funds now. A year could be cutting it close. We learned in one session that you might look to your college’s alumni association for a partnership.
Student Veterans of America convened more than 1,500 student veterans, supporters and other stakeholders from across the country at its eighth annual “NatCon” National Conference, held at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Florida. Attendance was up from 1,200 in 2015. Here are some key pieces of news if you didnât make it to Orlando:
1. SVA solidifies leadership pre-conference. After a formal search led by executive search firm Korn Ferry, 
SVA named Jared Lyon its president and chief executive officer. Lyon was SVAâs Student Veteran of the Year in 2011 and had served as executive vice president for operations for much of 2015, stepping in as acting president and CEO in the fall.
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