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In part, Executive Order 2014-08, signed by Governor Brian Sandoval on June 1, 2015 reads:

‘The Committee shall work to support and assist…in locating, educating, and advocating for all women veterans in the state. The Committee further shall assist with outreach through various means, including the…organization of statewide women veterans events, the promotion of benefits and superior health care for women veterans, and development of programs that inform school children, business leaders, and educators about the important role women play in America’s Armed Forces. The Committee shall assist…to advocate on behalf of women veterans to ensure that programs and policies of the State of Nevada and the Department of Veterans Affairs remain open to women, and ensure that these programs and policies remain mindful of those elements of the veteran experience that are unique to women…’

WVAC Executive Order

Governor’s Bi-Annual Report

Members

Barbara Ortiz

Annie Emprima

Nevada Army National Guard

Sandy Schneeberger

Argie Moore

Colonel USAF, retired

Christina Bradford

Agendas

2026

08.05.26

03.13.26

02.04.26

01.15.26

2025

11.06.25

09.4.25

05.14.25

03.07.25

02.05.25

01.17.25

2024

11.13.24

08.14.24

05.09.24

03.08.24

01.16.24

2023

11.08.23

08.09.23

05.10.23

03.09.23

2022

08.10.22

05.11.22

02.09.022

2021 - 2014

All Files

In accordance with NRS 241.035 (e) 2, all public meeting minutes will “be made available for inspection by the public within 30 working days after adjournment of the meeting.” Please send your request for minutes to pio.ndvs@veterans.nv.gov with: 1) The name of the entity, 2) Date of the meeting, 3) Your email address, 4) Full name, and 5) Phone number.

WVAC Reports

2024 WVAC Report

2020 WVAC Report

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Annie Emprima

Metaphysical Trauma Researcher, Author

Annie Emprima is a metaphysical trauma researcher, U.S. Army veteran, and angel investor. She served in the Nevada Army National Guard from 2008 to 2017, including a 2016 deployment to the Middle East with the 17th Sustainment Brigade, where she conducted financial audits across multiple operational environments, including Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq, and Qatar.

Today, Annie is the founder of One Emprima and the creator of the EMPRIMA Methods™, a set of frameworks that bridges neuroscience, emotional processing, and metaphysical understanding to help individuals reconcile trauma and reconnect to their original sense of self. Her work focuses on taming the “roars” by identifying the “whispers” in the body and life that precede larger disruptions, translating complex internal experiences into clear, grounded insights.

Annie has a demonstrated ability to perceive and interpret the deeper emotional and energetic patterns that underlie human behavior. Her work integrates this intuitive and metaphysical awareness with established principles from neuroscience and psychology, allowing her to identify trauma responses that often exist outside of conscious language.

She is the author of Trauma Whispers Before It Roars: A Field Manual for the Nervous System, she helps readers recognize and work with the early signals of unresolved experience. Through her Six Layers of Belonging™ framework, Annie explores how personal healing impacts not only the individual, but also families, communities, and broader systems.

In addition to her research and writing, Annie is an angel investor supporting Nevada-based entrepreneurs through formal organizations since 2016. She has also been a member of the Nevada Women Veterans Advisory Committee since 2017, where she advocates for improved systems of support for women in the Guard, Reserve, and veteran communities.

Annie’s work is informed by interdisciplinary study across neuroscience, psychoneuroimmunology, belief systems, and human behavior.

Having returned from deployment with both visible and invisible wounds, Annie brings lived experience to her work. She is committed to helping others understand the connection between trauma, purpose, and identity—and to influencing cultural change so that future generations of veterans are better supported than those who came before them.

Sandy Schneeberger

Sandy Schneeberger retired from the U.S. Army with over 21 years of experience active and reserve duty, having served as a Senior Non-commissioned Officer in administration, personnel, logistics and transportation operations at various levels including company, battalion, brigade, and command headquarters.

Since 2008, Ms. Schneeberger has been involved in veteran’s advocacy, serving in leadership roles on executive boards in addition to being chapter Presidents of various disabled veteran business organizations supporting disable veteran businesses. She has been active on several committees, boards and councils service-disabled veteran business community including the state level at CalVet DVBE Business Advisory Council. In addition, she has served in the American Legion in leadership at Post, District and Department levels.

After serving twenty-two years as a CEO, she sold her environmental consulting business in 2017. In this capacity her professional experience encompassed administration, personnel management, logistics for cultural resource management and environmental construction projects. Projects included both the public and private sector clients; the public sector work included State and Federal contracts as well as public utilities. She provided senior level supervision of company’s environmental work, overseeing professional staff for field activities since she was unable to perform these activities directly due to military service-related disabilities.

In 2019, Ms. Schneeberger was accredited as a Veteran Service Officer (VSO) to assist veterans and families with VA healthcare and disability compensation and other benefit’s claims that have been earned through their military service. In her role as a VSO, and as a disabled veteran herself, she sees daily the needs of women veterans, understands the challenges they face, and provides the necessary guidance and support to their application for VA healthcare benefits.
More recently she is serving as the Nevada Department Service Officer for the American Legion. Ms. Schneeberger has been appointed as a Amerian Legion National Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation (VA&R) committee member representing the state to further advocate for Nevada veterans’ benefits that aims to improve the lives of veterans, military members, and their families. Her passion is community outreach, serving veterans and their families through assisting and navigating the various government agencies for these benefits of healthcare and disability compensation.

Ms. Schneeberger has received numerous honors for her veteran advocacy that includes the SBA Veteran Small Business Regional Champion of the Year, the Wells Fargo Bank Community Impact Award, the Louis Zamperini Inspiration Award from the Disabled Veteran Business Alliance (DVBA), and the Department of General Services (DGS) State Agency Recognition Award (SARA) receiving the John K. Lopez Inspirational Award for her individual contributions as an advocate.

Ms. Schneeberger has a master’s degree in Anthropology (emphasis in archaeology) from California State University, Fullerton. Sandy and her husband are currently enjoying their retirement living in northern Nevada with their family and grandchildren.