LAWRENCE MULLINS
PVA NATIONAL SECRETARY
Lawrence “Louie” Mullins, Jr., a U.S. Army Veteran and West Virginia Chapter member, was elected PVA national Vice President in May 2024 during the organization’s 78th Annual Convention, to begin a new, one-year term on July 1, 2024. He previously served as the national secretary.
Mullins grew up in Charleston, West Virginia, and enlisted in the U.S. Army at age seventeen. He was a 19 Delta, Armored Reconnaissance Specialist, known as Cav Scouts.
In 1996, one year after a deployment to Port au Prince, Haiti, Mullins was injured in a swimming accident. He became a PVA member in 1997. Since 2012, he has served in various leadership roles at the West Virginia chapter including president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, board member and national director.
Louie started working at the national level in 2018, when he was a parliamentarian in training. He earned his Parliamentary License in 2019, becoming a member of the National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP). Since then, Louie has been an asset in assisting the Executive Committee, Resolution Committee, National Board of Director Meetings and Ad Hoc Committees. Louie is well-versed in PVA’s policies and procedures and our practices in governance of the organization and is familiar in working with our national staff.
Mullins currently serves on Senator Manchin’s Veteran’s Advisory Council for the state of West Virginia and is a tireless advocate for Veterans issues.
Always a gifted athlete, Mullins enjoys the outdoors. He loves to fish, hunt, trap shoot, and taught himself to shoot a compound bow again after his injury.
He looks forward to using his long-term planning and leadership skills to move PVA’s priorities forward and make life better for paralyzed Veterans and all people with disabilities.