Chairman Filner Names Martin L. Herbert Majority Staff Director of Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee

Washington D.C. – Congressman Bob Filner (D-CA) named Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Martin L. Herbert Majority Staff Director for the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.  As the Staff Director, Herbert will direct oversight efforts on programs and operations that pertain to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), as well as those of other federal agencies that pertain to veterans. 

Mr. Herbert retired from the United States Army in July 2005 after a distinguished military career of 20 years.  LTC (Ret) Herbert commanded soldiers in combat during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, Operation Enduring Freedom in 2002 and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003-2004.  Before coming to Capitol Hill, he served as a Homeland Defense Analyst in the Office of the Undersecretary for Defense for Booz Allen Hamilton.  He is a graduate of the University of Louisville with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and also holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Development from Webster University.

“I am proud to work with this talented and dedicated individual,” said Malcom Shorter, Staff Director for the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.  “I am confident that the Members of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee will greatly benefit from his counsel and experience.”

“Marty Herbert’s record of military service and experience allows him to fully understand the wide-range of challenges faced by veterans,” said Filner, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.