Board Members
2022-2023
John Kanalas
Commander
John is from Lincoln Park, Michigan and joined the Army in 1982. He served as an Air Traffic Controller in Germany and at Ft Lewis.
He joined DAV as a life member in 1996. He has headed up fundraising for several years, he is a service officer along with being the Commander.
John and his wife Jenny have three children
Denise Watkins
1st Junior Vice
Denise is from Denver, Colorado and moved to GA 1964. She joined the Navy 1982 and got out on 1987. She was in the Navy reserves 6 years.
She is a member of The American legion for 21 years of which she has held several leadership positions. She joined the DAV 2021. She has put in 1,000s of hours helping vets in need.
Denise and her husband Harold have 2 children and 1 grand daughter.
Maryanne Bautsch
2nd Junior Vice
She grew up in Louisiana moved to GA in 1991 where she joined the Army in 1994-2000. She served overseas in Korea and Germany. She also served in several different states.
She joined DAV in 2006 and served as the head of fundraising for Chapter 6 for several years. She was the 2nd Jr Vice for 2019-2021, then 1st Jr Vice for 2021-2022, she then stepped down to the 2nd Jr Vice for 2022-2023. She has put in 1000's of hours helping vets process into the VA
Maryanne and her husband Michael have three children.
Paul Heller
Past Commander
Frederick Paul Heller enlisted in the USMC in 1956, retired as a Major in 1978. After being enlisted for eight years he was then commissioned as a WO. He served two tours in Vietnam.
He joined DAV in 2006 serving in many positions as an officer for DAV Chapter 6 with the last position being the 2019-2020 Commander.
He has aslo served as a mentor in the Cobb County Veterans Court.
Duke Baylis
Treasurer
Born in Mississippi he joined the Army in 1975 after graduating college. He got out the military in 1982.
Duke joined DAV in 2009 where he has put in 1000's of volunteer hours helping get vets to and from Doctor appointments.
Duke and his wife Barbara have 3 children and 6 grandchildren
Willie Guzman
Adjutant
Bio Comming Soon
Norman De Walt
Judge Advocate
Serviced in US Air Force Vietnam Vet 1971 - 1976.
Served on home owners groups in Cobb County. Active member of IAM Local 709. Machinist Union maintain web site. He has lobbied at the Georgia state capital and in Washington D.C. He is a computer engineer retired form Lockheed Martin in Marietta, Georgia.
He is Married and likes to do oil and acrylic oil paintings along with media computer graphics.
Rev. Robert J Plowman
Chaplain
Rev Plowman is from Pennsylvania where he joined the Army in 1961. He was in the Army Intelligence until 1964 when he got out the service.
After getting out of the service he went to seminary school. He was a paster for 50 years.
He joined DAV in 2006.
Robert and his wife Beverly (now deceased) have three children.
William Gilmore
VA Connections
William joined the Army in 1972. He served as a Military Police officer in Germany and state side until 1978 when he left the military.
He joined DAV in 2016 as a life member. He has helped 100's of vets get to and from medical apartments and other needs.
He and his wife Esther have one child.