NEW YORK, NY – Marine Corps veteran Mark Otto, a long-time New York Stock Exchange trader, has been named Executive Director of the United War Veterans Council (UWVC) , producer of the New York City Veterans Day Parade and a nationwide initiative to honor service, UWVC Chair Doug McGowan announced today.
Otto will be responsible for day-to-day workings of the UWVC, such as planning and producing the New York City Veterans Day Parade, the largest commemoration of service in the nation; coordination and support for other Veterans’ Service Organizations such as the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Team Red, White and Blue, and Operation Beachhead, and expanding on the UWVC Health & Wellness program which he initiated in the last year.
He also will coordinate a national network of Veterans Day commemorations by 2019, the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI in 2018 and the 100th anniversary of the first Veterans Day Parade in 2019, which honored those who served in WWI, and other commemorations, such as Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day and Memorial Day.
Producer of New York City Veterans Day Parade names new Executive Director