Richard Leirer - Chairman, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Richard Leirer is an All-American Past State Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Indiana. He has served as the Commander of Post 10003 in Carmel, and Commander of the District 6 earning the distinction as an All-American Commander of both. Richard is active in Veteran related legislative issues at both the State and National level. He is currently the Chairman of the Indiana Legislative Committee, a member of the VFW National Legislative Committee, and a member of Big 4 legislative organization for the VFW, American Legion, Disabled American Veterans and the National Guard Association of Indiana.
Richard was awarded the Veterans of Foreign Wars Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Award. In 2023 Richard was awarded the coveted VFW Triple Crown Award by the National Commander of the VFW. He is also a member of the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans and American Veterans service organizations. Having served as a board member on the Carmel Dads Club for many years and serving on Carmel Parks and Recreation Board. He is now the Chairman of the Indiana Veterans Affairs Commission, Richard continues to strive to serve his community and all Indiana Veterans.
Richard is a ten-year US Army Veteran. Serving in two combat tours in Vietnam with assault helicopter companies, tours in Germany and Korea plus multiple locations in CONUS. After the Army he began a career with Univac working as a computer engineer at Mississippi State University. Later moving to Washington DC to manage the companies support operation in the Caribbean and Panama Canal Zone. Richard was assigned as the engineering project manager for the US Air Force Phase 4 project at the time the largest computer purchase made by the US Air Force.
Richard and his family moved to Indiana in 1989 with Unisys as a Sales Manager. In 1991 Richard started a computer networking company, the first of several successful entrepreneurial companies based on computer hardware/software/consulting technology. He is now the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Jaguar Software a computer technology firm.
Richard’s proudest accomplishment is being a husband to Terri, the father of 5 children, their spouses and grandfather to eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.