Our Team
Our Team
OJRV was founded in 2007 as the Crane Learning and Employment Center for Veterans with Disabilities – with a focus on helping veterans find employment at Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division, located in Southwest Indiana.
Gene
Anderson
Executive
Director
(317) 677-5273
GAnderson@jobreadyvets.org
Miguel
Chavez
Veteran
Recruiter
(317) 586-5498
MChavez@jobreadyvets.org
Heather
Christianson
Office
Manager
(317) 586-3579
HChristianson@jobreadyvets.org
Mike
Espinda
Training
Director
(317) 760-6154
MEspinda@jobreadyvets.org
Darron
Hardy
Employment
Transition
Manager – Mississippi
(317) 499-1060
DHardy@jobreadyvets.org
Jordan
Hopkins
Employment
Transition
Manager – Ohio
(614) 400-8996
JHopkins@jobreadyvets.org
Gerrie
Jackson
Recruiting
and Retention
Manager – Indiana
(317)927-5329
GJackson@jobreadyvets.org
Anna
Kennelly
Employment
Transition
Manager – AMVETS
(317) 910-7722
AKennelly@jobreadyvets.org
Ryan
Lonergan
Employment
Transition
Manager – Wisconsin
(608) 400-7885
RLonergan@jobreadyvets.org
James
Rogers
Employment
Transition
Manager – Kentucky
(502) 595-8143
JRogers@jobreadyvets.org
Celeste
Ross
Women Veterans
Outreach
Coordinator – Indiana
(574) 514-1135
mcr1@iu.edu
Aaron
Shaw
Employment
Transition
Manager – Indiana
(317) 910-8935
AShaw@jobreadyvets.org
Chelsea
Sintobin
Retention
Specialist
(317) 910-9373
CSintobin@jobreadyvets.org
Deborah
Walker
Community Outreach
Director – Indiana
(317) 450-1796
DWalker@jobreadyvets.org
Jocasta
Weber
Executive
Assistant
(317) 954-6608
JWeber@jobreadyvets.org
John
Zeigler
Communications
Director
(317) 517-0385
JZeigler@jobreadyvets.org
Our Board of Directors
As the organization grew to serve veterans in Central Indiana, the group changed its name to the Career Learning and Employment Center for Veterans (CLEC). CLEC is a 501(c)3 organization. In 2012, the organization opened the program to all veterans and moved its headquarters to Indianapolis. In 2013, CLEC adopted the d/b/a, Operation: Job Ready Veterans, to more clearly communicate our mission.
John
Spanogle
Director | Operations
GEODIS,
Contract Logistics
Board Chairman
Wayne
Black
Brigadier General
U.S. Arm
(Ret.)
Board Vice Chair
Dorothy Simpson-
Taylor, PhD
Compassion
Consulting &
Coaching
Board Secretary
Roger
Peterman
Colonel
U.S. Army
(Ret.)
Board Treasurer
Kimberly D.
Bloodgood, M.Ed.
Director, Center for Veteran and Military Students,
Indiana University
Board Member
Judge
David Certo
Indianapolis
Veterans
Court
Board Member
Shawna
Lake
Founder
Deep End Talent
Strategies
Board Member
Danny Portee,
MBA, HCS
CEO/President
Professional Management
Enterpirses Inc.
Board Member
Get In Touch
8604 Allisonville Rd., Suite 220
Indianapolis, IN 46250
1-855-4 JOB READY
(1-855-456-2732)
Office Hours
Mon - Fri: 8 AM - 4:30 PM
Closed on all Federal Holidays