FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FORT MYERS, Fla. (February 1, 2002) – Lee County Administration has named John Ebling as the county’s new Veterans Service Manager.
Ebling will head up the county’s Veterans
Service Office, located at 3691 Evans Avenue, Suite 209, and replaces John
Slocum, who retired last year.
Ebling served 21 years in the U.S. Army before joining Lee County in 1993 as a veterans service counselor. He has a bachelor’s degree in management from International College and a master’s in human resources development and administration from Barry University. Ebling also is a part-time deputy with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office and a Tice Fire Commissioner.
In addition to working as a counselor, Ebling has been involved in local veterans programs, including the annual countywide Veterans Day Celebration, the rededication of the Veterans Memorial Plaque at the Old County Courthouse, and the local showing of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial “Moving Wall.”
A five-member screening panel of county employees interviewed four finalists for the position and recommended two, including Ebling, for final interviews with County Management.
Lee County’s Veterans Service
Office advises and assists local veterans regarding eligibility and entitlement
to benefits, including filing claims and defending those claims.
It also acts as a liaison to local, state and national veterans
organizations, and state and federal agencies.
The office employs four people, including two counselors, and has an
annual operating budget of $305,000.
Ebling
can be reached at 938-1100.