Marti Crockett-UVC Foundation

Goals:    I want to Make A Difference: I want to make the UVC Foundation better than when I joined and I want to help make a difference in the lives of veterans! 

I am organized, positive, and a team player!

 Background:   I was born and raised in Colorado. I am the youngest of 6 and the only one in my family to go into the Military. I was selected for the Navy Nurse Candidate Corps Program, and I have held numerous Leadership and Charge Nurse roles in the military 

Board Experience / Community Involvement:  

Director and Founder, Annual Tee It Up for Veterans, LLC Golf Tournament, 2022-present

Board Member of the Honor Bell Foundation 2022-2024

Newsletter Editor of Landlocked Navy Nurse Corps Newsletter: The Scuttlebutt 1999- 2020

Board Member of LLNNCA, member of National NNCA 

Member of American Legion

Lifetime Member of MOAA and VFW

Education / Military Experience:

BSN Loretto Heights College, Denver, CO, 1971

Captain, Retired, U S Navy Active and Reserves – 1969-1999

Active-Duty stations include Jacksonville, FL, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,  and Portsmouth, VA.

Officer in Charge, Primus Unit, Denver, CO

Department Head Casualty Receiving & Specialty Treatment Fleet Hospital 6/ 22 (Operation Desert Shield/Storm – mobilization)

Commanding Officer, Fleet Hospital 22, Denver, CO until transferred to Fr Dix 1998-1999

Readiness Command 18 RN (RedCom Nurse) – 1991-1998

Certified Med-Surgical RN

Veterans Administration, RN, Lincoln, NE and Denver, CO; Medical Surgical wards/Emergency Room/Ambulatory Care, 1979-1996

Veterans Administration Denver Quality Management Specialist 1996-1999

Veterans Administration Denver Ambulatory Care/Emergency Dept Nurse Manager – 1999-2006

Retired from VA – 2006 {31 years}

Current President of United Veterans Coalition of Colorado, Denver, CO, 2023-present