Jim Marszalek was appointed assistant executive director at Washington
Headquarters in Washington D.C. for the nearly 1 million-member
DAV in August 2025.

As assistant executive director, he assists in the direction of DAV’s legislative
and service programs, which provide free benefits assistance to over 200,000
veterans, their family members and their survivors each year. Between
Washington Headquarters and all our service offices nationwide, Marszalek
will help manage more than 400 professional and support staff. He’ll also assist as a key spokesperson for
DAV before Congress, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the White House.

Marszalek, a Marine veteran, was appointed national service director for DAV in August 2013. He began
his DAV career in 2001 as a member of Class XI at the DAV National Service Officer Training Academy
in Denver. He has served in supervisory roles across the country and was appointed national service
director in 2012, where he served in that capacity until this current appointment.

A life member of Chapter 76 in Pittsburgh. He and his spouse, Jillian, reside in Ashburn, Virginia, with
their two sons