Mary Kolar

During her military career, she served in various command and staff positions across the nation, spending much of her time recruiting, training, educating and leading Sailors.

[3] Her nearly three decades of service in multiple states including Virginia, Florida, Rhode Island, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Georgia as well as Washington DC, enabled her to work with diverse groups of people and large organizations with multi-million-dollar budgets.

[8] Although her military service in uniform concluded in 2008, Secretary Kolar continued to serve Wisconsin's veterans community through membership and leadership of various veteran-focused organizations.

Secretary Kolar also oversaw multiple community-based organizations and was the vice president of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation's Board of Directors.

In August 2019, Secretary Kolar was elected District Vice President of the National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs.