2018 Parade
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2018 Keynote Speaker Andrew Amenn
Andrew Amenn, Iraq War veteran,
10th Mountain Division, will present the keynote address. Andrew Amenn served two tours of duty with the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In his first tour, Andrew was stationed in Fallujah and Iskandariya Iraq from September 2003 to September 2004. The second tour took Andrew to Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, and was cut short when he was wounded by gunfire while on patrol. Born in Brooklyn NY, Andrew spent the first twenty-nine years of his life in Queens NY and on Long Island. Following the events of September 11, 2001, Andrew joined the U.S. Army in October 2002 and was assigned to the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, NY where he served as an Infantryman. After leaving the service with the rank of Sergeant, Andrew and his wife Donna purchased a home in Yorktown Heights, NY and have lived there the last twelve years, raising their three daughters. Andrew graduated from St. John’s University, with a BS Accounting in May 1995 and aside from his four years in the Army he has worked his entire professional career with New York Life Insurance Company and is currently a Corporate Vice President in the Corporate Finance Department. Andrew also has an MA in History from Iona College in New Rochelle, NY. |
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