Mr. Denniston was appointed to the
position of Director, Office of Small
Business in October 1987. He is a
veteran, having served in the U.S.Army.
He is active in the National Contract
Management Association and the
Armed Forces Communications and
Electronics Association.
Mr. Denniston is a nationally recognized advocate for veteran
entrepreneurs. In 1998 he was appointed to the Commission on
Service Members and Veterans Transition Assistance, where he
developed recommendations for enhancing and expanding support
for veteran business owners. Many of those recommendations were
incorporated into Public Law 106-50, the Veterans Entrepreneurship
and Small Business Development Act of 1999 and Public Law 108-
183, the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003. Most recently, he established
the Center for Veterans Enterprise, a VA organization dedicated to
and providing support for veterans and service-disabled veterans
interested in entrepreneurship.
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