What is Commissioner Service?
The Boy Scouts of America Commissioner Service plays a pivotal role in ensuring the success and sustainability of Scouting programs across communities. Commissioners serve as vital links between local Scouting units and the larger BSA organization, providing guidance, support, and resources to unit leaders and other volunteers. Commissioners are mentors, advocates, and problem-solvers, fostering a culture of excellence and adherence to Scouting values. By offering personalized assistance and regular communication, Commissioners help units navigate challenges, maintain quality standards, and implement best practices. This support system is crucial for both new and established units, fostering a sense of belonging and commitment among scout leaders and members.
Are you ready to accept the challenge of becoming a Commissioner? Read on!
Become a Commissioner
Youth engage in Scouting through various groups, including Packs, Troops, Crews, Ships, and Posts, across the five programs of Scouting. To ensure these units thrive, Scouting America provides a robust unit service program delivered by experienced adult Scouters. These Scouters are specifically commissioned to assist chartered organizations and unit leaders in achieving the aims of Scouting through its methods and the development of a Unit Service Plan.
Recognizing the critical role of unit service in delivering a successful Scouting program, Commissioners are present at every level to ensure that individual Scouts receive the highest quality experience.
There are 3 types of commissioners:
Unit Commissioners – assigned to 1 or more units to counsel, mentor, coach and guide unit leaders to help them deliver a quality Scouting program, maintain and increase member retention and ensure timely recharter.
Roundtable Commissioners – provide unit leaders with resources and training in program skills through regularly scheduled Roundtables.
Administrative Commissioners – primarily responsible for recruiting, training, guiding, motivating and evaluating the Commissioner staff.
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If providing cheerful service to other scouting volunteers is for you, contact the Commissioner Corps for more information, utilizing the “Contact Us!” tab below.
Commissioner Contacts
Commissioner | Role |
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Paul Kreckman | Council Commissioner |
Wyn Bedall | Assistant Council Commissioner - Administration |
Jason Melton | Assistant Council Commissioner - Roundtable |
Jim Ewan | Assistant Council Commissioner - Recharter |
John Fugman | Assistant Council Commissioner – Commissioner College |
Michael Kondracki | Assistant Council Commissioner – At Large |
Rick Fisher | District Commissioner - Arrohattoc |
Elmer Wolf | District Commissioner - Crater |
Jim Ewan | District Commissioner - Dogwood |
Charlotte Pemberton | District Commissioner – James River |
Mike Milone | District Commissioner – Huguenot Trail |
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Awards & Honors
- Badge of Office – upon accepting a position and being registered as a commissioner
- Trained Leader Emblem – upon completion of Basic Training course for your position
- Commission – upon being selected, properly orientated and trained
- Arrowhead Honor – may be earned within 1 year for each commissioner position held, must be properly orientated and completed Basic Training
- Commissioner Key – may be earned within 3 years, must have Arrowhead Honor
- Certificate of Commendation – may receive multiple times, must have Arrowhead Honor
- Commissioner Award of Excellence in Unit Service – may be earned within 2 years, must have Arrowhead Honor and provide direct service to 1 or more units
- Distinguished Commissioner Service Award – may be earned within 5 years, must have Commissioner’s Key
- Doctorate of Commissioner Science Knot Award – may be earned within 5 years, must have completed Doctor of College of Commissioner Science degree requirements and recruit at least 3 commissioners
- BSA Commissioner Awards & Recognition Page – find additional information about commissioner awards
Arrowhead Honor
Year | Commissioner | Position | District |
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2024 | Charles E. Bedall Jr. | Unit Commissioner | James River |
2023 | Craig Giffin | Unit Commissioner | James River |
2023 | Scott Hurley | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2022 | Sonya Tunstall | Roundtable Commissioner | Crater |
2022 | James Childress | Unit Commissioner | Huguenot Trail |
2022 | Elizabeth Kelley | Roundtable Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2022 | Robert Kelley | District Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2021 | Rose Henericks | District Commissioner | Rivers |
2021 | Scott Carrigan | District Commissioner | Crater |
2021 | Scott Yeakey | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
2021 | Scott Yeakey | Assistant District Commissioner | Battlefield |
2021 | Sharlee La Brecque | Roundtable Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2021 | Jimmy La Brecque | Roundtable Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2021 | Michelle Jenkins | Unit Commissioner | Rivers |
2021 | Charles E. Bedall Jr. | Assistant Council Commissioner-Roundtable | Council |
2020 | Bryan Leeds | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2020 | Richard W. Fisher | Unit Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2020 | Charlotte Pemberton | Assistant District Commissioner | Cardinal |
2020 | John M. Fugman | Unit Commissioner | Cardinal |
2020 | Charles E. Bedall Jr. | Roundtable Commissioner | Cardinal |
2020 | Michael S. Henley | Unit Commissioner | Cardinal |
2020 | Michael R. Menefee | Assistant Council Commissioner | Council |
2020 | Elizabeth Dombroski | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
2020 | Malcolm Lyle | District Commissioner | Battlefield |
2019 | Luke Vetti | District Commissioner | Huguenot Trail |
2019 | Elmer W. Wolf | Assistant District Commissioner | Crater |
2019 | Frank Howard | Unit Commissioner | Huguenot Trail |
2019 | Thomas C. Wood | District Commissioner | Cardinal |
2019 | Charleen Walters | Unit Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2019 | Malcom Lyle | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
2019 | Robert McNeil | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2019 | Barry Sellers | Assistant District Commissioner-Roundtable | Cardinal |
2018 | Michael E. Kondracki | District Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2018 | Virginia H. McKay | Unit Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2018 | Paul Kline | Unit Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2017 | Douglas M. Hill | Unit Commissioner | Capitol |
2017 | Paul Cuomo | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
2016 | Arthur Chester | Unit Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2016 | Chris Lowe | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
2016 | Herb Sening | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
2015 | Steven Smith | Unit Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2015 | Dave Ansell | Unit Commissioner | Capitol |
2015 | John M. Fugman | Unit Commissioner | Cardinal |
2014 | Franklin Thurston Sr. | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
2014 | James Byers | Unit Commissioner | Cardinal |
2012 | Patrick McDonough | Unit Commissioner | Huguenot Trail |
2011 | Nick Minneti | Unit Commissioner | Capitol |
2011 | William Sims | District Commissioner | Crater |
2011 | John K. McCulla | Council Commissioner | Council |
2010 | Jay Reeks | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2010 | Bruce Laswell | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2010 | Phil Hagerich | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2009 | Wanda Staggs | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2009 | Sandra Daul | District Commissioner | Crater |
2007 | Edward Kosewicz | District Commissioner | Crater |
2006 | Harold Collins | Unit Commissioner | Huguenot Trail |
2006 | William H. Talley IV | Council Commissioner | Crater |
2006 | Bill Chaffin | Unit Commissioner | Huguenot Trail |
2004 | Peggy Jean Joyner | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2004 | Eric Hamilton | District Commissioner | Crater |
2003 | Darrell Gregg | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2002 | Mary Vinsh | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
1998 | Marion Fletcher | Unit Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
1997 | Michael R. Menefee | District Commissioner | Crater |
1997 | Lowell K. Flickinger | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
1983 | Paul A. Willard II | Unit Commissioner | Rivers |
Certificate of Commendation
Year | Commissioner | Position | District |
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2023 | Elmer W. Wolf | UP3 Service | Crater |
2023 | Sharlee LaBrecque | UP3 Service | Arrohattoc |
2023 | Jimmy LaBrecque | UP3 Service | Arrohattoc |
2022 | Elmer W. Wolf | Assistant District Commissioner | Crater |
2021 | Scott B. Carrigan | District Commssioner | Crater |
2021 | Charles E. Bedall, Jr. | Assistant Council Commissioner - Roundtable | Council |
Commissioner Award of Excellence in Unit Service
Year | Commissioner | Position | District |
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2024 | Elmer W. Wolf | Assistant District Commissioner | Crater |
2024 | Jason Melton | Unit Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2024 | Charles E. Bedall, Jr. | Unit Commissioner | James River |
2021 | Paul A. Willard | Unit Commissioner | Rivers |
2017 | Lloyd Dunnavant | Council Commissioner | Cardinal |
2016 | John M. Fugman | Unit Commissioner | Cardinal |
2015 | Mark A. Larson | District Commissioner | Capitol |
2014 | James Byers | Unit Commissioner | Cardinal |
2014 | Carl A. Whitaker | Unit Commissioner | Cardinal |
2013 | Michael R. Menefee | Assistant Council Commissioner | Crater |
2013 | Phillip Hagerich | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2013 | Gertrude Mott | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2013 | John Turner | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2013 | Edward Kosewicz | District Commissioner | Crater |
2013 | Bruce Laswell | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2013 | Wanda Staggs | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2013 | Lowell Flickinger | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2013 | William Simms | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
Commissioner Key
Year | Commissioner | Position | District |
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2024 | Craig Giffin | Unit Commissioner | James River |
2023 | Charles E. Bedall, Jr. | Assistant Council Commissioner-Roundtable | Council |
2022 | James Childress | Unit Commissioner | Huguenot Trail |
2022 | Charles E. Bedall Jr. | Roundtable Commissioner | Cardinal |
2022 | Michael S. Henley | Unit Commissioner | Cardinal |
2021 | Scott Carrigan | District Commissioner | Crater |
2021 | Michael R. Menefee | A Council Commissioner | Council |
2021 | Charleen Walters | Unit Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2020 | Charlotte Pemberton | Assistant District Commissioner | Cardinal |
2020 | Elmer W. Wolf | Assistant District Commissioner | Crater |
2019 | Michael E. Kondracki | District Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2019 | Paul Kline | Unit Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2019 | Tom Wood | District Commissioner | Cardinal |
2018 | Ann Bevan | District Commissioner | Battlefield |
2017 | Douglas Hill | Unit Commissioner | Capitol |
2017 | Arthur Chester | Unit Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2017 | Paul Cuomo | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
2016 | Herb Sening | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
2016 | Chris Lowe | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
2016 | John M. Fugman | Unit Commissioner | Cardinal |
2015 | Patrick McDonough | Unit Commissioner | Huguenot Trail |
2015 | Steven Smith | Unit Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2015 | William Simms | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2015 | Heather Mulvihill | District Commissioner | Huguenot Trail |
2015 | Dave Ansell | Unit Commissioner | Capitol |
2014 | John McCulla | Council Commissioner | Council |
2014 | James Byers | Unit Commissioner | Cardinal |
2010 | Wanda Staggs | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2009 | Lula Divers | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2008 | William H. Talley IV | Council Commissioner | Crater |
2008 | Edward Kosewicz | District Commissioner | Crater |
2006 | Harold Collins | Unit Commissioner | Huguenot Trail |
2006 | Bill Chaffin | Unit Commissioner | Huguenot Trail |
2005 | A. J. Kendrick | District Commissioner | Crater |
2005 | Darrell Gregg | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2005 | Marion Fletcher | District Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2004 | Franklin Thurston Sr. | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
1999 | Michael R. Menefee | District Commissioner | Crater |
1997 | Lowell K. Flickinger | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
Distinguished Commissioner Service
Year | Commissioner | Position | District |
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2024 | Charlotte Pemberton | District Commissioner | James River |
2022 | Edward M. Kondracki | District Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2022 | Elmer W. Wolf | Assistant District Commissioner | Crater |
2021 | Scott Carrigan | District Commissioner | Crater |
2020 | Heather Mulvihill | District Commissioner | Huguenot Trail |
2020 | John McCulla | Council Commissioner | Council |
2019 | Patrick McDonough | Unit Commissioner | Huguenot Trail |
2018 | John Davenport | District Commissioner | Rivers |
2018 | Karen C. Wood | District Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2016 | Carl A. Whitaker | Unit Commissioner | Cardinal |
2016 | David Ansel | Unit Commissioner | Capitol |
2015 | Michael R. Menefee | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2015 | J. Miller Smither | Unit Commissioner | Rivers |
2014 | Lloyd Dunnavant | Council Commissioner | Council |
2012 | Thomas A. Shearer | Unit Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2011 | C. Scott | Unit Commissioner | Cardinal |
2010 | Willliam T. Gaylord | Unit Commissioner | Rivers |
2010 | William H. Talley IV | Council Commissioner | Crater |
2009 | Joseph C. Oleksoa | Unit Commissioner | Cardinal |
2008 | Marian Fletcher | District Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2008 | Earle P Taylor | Unit Commissioner | Capitol |
2008 | Gwen Taylor | Unit Commissioner | Capitol |
2008 | Mark A. Larson | Council Commissioner | Council |
2008 | Paul E. Smith | Unit Commissioner | Capitol |
2007 | Thomas R. Benson Jr. | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
2006 | Lynnette Buzzell | Unit Commissioner | Meherrin |
2005 | James E. Richards | Unit Commissioner | Huguenot Trail |
2005 | John J. McAteer | Assistant District Commissioner | Crater |
2005 | Gerald J. Berry | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2005 | Dave Talley | Council Commissioner | Crater |
2005 | Edward L. Hudson | Unit Commissioner | Capitol |
2005 | Louis H. Manarin | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
2005 | James Johnson Sr. | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
2005 | Nancy Fonseca | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
2005 | Dorthy Drake | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
2005 | Frank W. Baze | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
2005 | Everett Winn | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
2005 | William K. Meeks Sr. | District Commissioner | Battlefield |
2005 | Michael R. Menefee | Assistant Council Commissioner | Council |
2005 | John S. Turner | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
2004 | James R. Ray | Unit Commissioner | Capitol |
2004 | Phillip Battle | Unit Commissioner | Capitol |
2004 | John Snyder | Unit Commissioner | Capitol |
2003 | David Andrews | District Commissioner | Crater |
2001 | Patricia B. Collins | Unit Commissioner | ??? |
2001 | Harold L. Collins | Unit Commissioner | ??? |
2001 | Joan Kolakowski | Unit Commissioner | ??? |
2001 | Anthony F. Sadowski | Unit Commissioner | ??? |
2001 | Leland E. Sasser | Unit Commissioner | ??? |
2000 | Michael R. Menefee | District Commissioner | Crater |
1999 | Loraine Brumberg | Unit Commissioner | Cardinal |
1999 | Frederick G. Dombroski | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
1999 | Paul Marter | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
1999 | Kenneth G. Swanson | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
1999 | Richard A. Guilmart | Unit Commissioner | Shawondassee |
1999 | Cathy Klempa | Unit Commissioner | Shawondassee |
1998 | Charles S. Brumberg | Unit Commissioner | Cardinal |
1998 | Robert O. Kendig | Unit Commissioner | Cardinal |
1998 | Roy E. Murray | Unit Commissioner | Cardinal |
1998 | Lowell K. Flickinger | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
Doctorate of Commissioner Science
Year | Commissioner | Position | District |
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2021 | Thelton Alexander | Unit Commissioner | Battlefield |
2016 | Marian Fletcher | District Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2015 | Carl A. Whitaker | Unit Commissioner | Cardinal |
2011 | Lloyd Dunnavant | District Commissioner | Cardinal |
2010 | Paul E. Smith | Unit Commissioner | Capitol |
2010 | Bill Chaffin | Unit Commissioner | Huguenot Trail |
2010 | Robert H. Smith Sr. | Unit Commissioner | Capitol |
2009 | Edward L. Hudson | Unit Commissioner | Capitol |
2009 | Phillip E. Battle | Unit Commissioner | Capitol |
2009 | Gerald J. Berry | Unit Commissioner | Crater |
2009 | Michael R. Menefee | Assistant Council Commissioner | Council |
HOVC Award for Commissioner Service
A new, Council specific award for Commissioners! Recipients receive a unique patch and a certificate of recognition
The HOVC Award for Commissioner Service will be awarded to commissioners who complete the following:
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- Register as a Commissioner and complete Commissioner Basic Training.
- For district roles: Regularly attend District Commissioner meetings and discuss their service with the District Commissioner or Assistant District Commissioner.
- For council roles: Regularly attend Council Commissioner meetings and discuss their service with the Council Commissioner or the Assistant Council Commissioner for Administration.
- Earn the Commissioner Arrowhead Honor Award.
- Complete six (6) months of active Commissioner Service.
- Have the approval of the District Commissioner or Council Commissioner.
Applicants submit the award application to their District or Council Commissioner for approval and processing.
Commissioner Council Strip
Year | Commissioner | Position | District |
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2019 | Richard W. Fischer | Unit Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2019 | Paul Kline | Unit Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2018 | Larry Pinkney | Unit Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2018 | Marinda Pinkney | Unit Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2018 | Scott Carrigan | District Commissioner | Crater |
2017 | Arther Chester | Unit Commissioner | Arrohattoc |
2016 | John M. Fugman | Unit Commissioner | Cardinal |