[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17796]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE OF VERONICA ZASADNI (RONNE) FROMAN, REAR 
                      ADMIRAL, U.S. NAVY, RETIRED

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                           HON. DUNCAN HUNTER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 7, 2004

  Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the service of 
Veronica Zasadni (Ronne) Froman, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy Retired.
  Ronne Froman serves as Chief Executive Officer of the American Red 
Cross of San Diego and Imperial Counties. Froman joined the American 
Red Cross in 2003 and through her leadership quickly and decisively 
developed ``The New American Red Cross'' in San Diego by refocusing the 
organization on its core mission of disaster relief and emergency 
preparedness.
  Admiral Froman comes to the American Red Cross from the San Diego 
Unified School District, where she served as Chief of Business 
Operations for one-and-a-half years. As the Chief Business Officer, she 
was responsible for the modernization and automation of the district's 
finance, technology and logistics support operations and 
infrastructure.
  She is a retired Rear Admiral from the United States Navy and the 
former ``Navy Mayor of San Diego.'' Admiral Froman brings a wealth of 
knowledge and experience to the American Red Cross of San Diego and 
Imperial Counties, with over 31 years of service as a Naval Officer 
leading similar reform efforts.
  Her expertise is reorganizing, saving money and improving services. 
Froman is a no-nonsense ``efficiency expert'' and whether she's helping 
the military, education or human service organizations, Froman is 
always ready to meet any challenge head-on.
  Admiral Froman has received the Department of Defense Distinguished 
Service Medal, and the United States Navy Distinguished Service Medal, 
as well as various service and unit awards.
  In the civilian community she currently sits on the Board of 
Directors of 1st Pacific Bank of California, the Monarch School, and 
the San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum. She was recognized by the San 
Diego Mediation Center with the Peacemaker of the Year Award (2004), 
and by San Diego Magazine as one of the ``50 People to Watch in 2004.'' 
In 2003, she was honored to serve as the Chair of Fleet Week and 
received the Girl Scouts' Cool Woman Award. Other awards include: the 
``YMCA TWIN'' Award, (2002), the San Diego Soroplimists'' Woman of 
Accomplishment (1998), the National Association of Women Business 
Owners' Advocate of the Year (1998), the San Diego Press Club's 
Headliner Award (1998), and a San Diego Women Who Mean Business Award 
(1997).
  With 20-years senior executive experience in complex, multi-
functional, multimillion dollar organizations; with extensive 
experience in operations, facility management, marketing and human 
resources; being skilled in building teams through collaborative 
management; being a strategic planner and proven executor of the plans; 
being a designer and implementor of major organizational change; always 
being people and customer focused; and extremely comfortable handling 
community relations, I would like to take this opportunity to recognize 
Veronica Zasadni (Ronne) Froman and commend her accomplishments to my 
colleagues.

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