Gerri Warner enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) and served with the Signal Corps in Germany in the late 1970s. Following active duty, Gerri had a 30-year career as a federal contracting officer for the USAF and retired in 2016. Gerri’s husband served in the US Army for 30 years including 3 tours in Vietnam; her son is an Operation Iraqi Freedom combat veteran with 7 years in USAF EOD, and her daughter is a clinical social worker and trauma specialist with the Portland Oregon VA. While Gerri is an activist (including a precinct chair) with the Democrats of Bernalillo County and the West Side (of Albuquerque) Democrats, she especially values her being able to serve her fellow veterans and military families through working with the VFMC Caucus.