{"id":71916,"date":"2025-03-13T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T16:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/03\/13\/ceo-of-iraq-and-afghanistan-vets-group-to-step-down-later-this-spring\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:56:33","slug":"ceo-of-iraq-and-afghanistan-vets-group-to-step-down-later-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/veterans\/2025\/03\/13\/ceo-of-iraq-and-afghanistan-vets-group-to-step-down-later-this-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan vets group to step down later this spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Iraq War veteran Allison Jaslow<\/a> announced Thursday that she will step down from her role as CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America later this spring, prompting a search for the next leader of the veterans organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group \u2014 founded in 2004<\/a> \u2014 has been a prominent and sometimes controversial voice in the veterans community over the last two decades, focused largely on issues impacting the youngest generation of American veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike most of the legacy veterans organizations, which have leadership changes annually, Jaslow is only the third CEO in the organization\u2019s history. She is the group\u2019s first female leader and its first openly gay chief executive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her departure comes after two years in the CEO role and more than nine years of work with the organization, including spearheading the organization\u2019s \u201cShe Who Borne the Battle\u201d<\/a> campaign, which highlighted the contributions and needs of women veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jalsow said in recent years the organization has focused more on developing leadership training programs to elevate the voices of post-9\/11 veterans and the challenges facing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very rewarding thing to be able to bring veterans to Washington, D.C., invest in them, to train them, and give them the tools not just to advocate for our priorities but also themselves,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd those are tools that they take home to their communities where they can help other veterans advocate too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaslow served two combat tours in Iraq with the Army. She has also worked in multiple Capitol Hill posts and recently served as an adjunct professor at Duke University\u2019s Sanford School of Public Policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\t