DENVER — Gov. John Hickenlooper announced boards and commissions including the re-appointment of Bennie Jack Rudder to the Board of Veterans' Affairs and William Wade to the Developmental Disabilities Council.

The Colorado Board of Veterans' Affairs studies the problems facing veterans and makes recommendations to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Division of Veterans’ Affairs, concerning programs needed to assist veterans.

Effective June 30, for a term expiring June 30, 2021, Rudder of Alamosa will serve as an unaffiliated and a veteran who has been honorably released or separated from the Armed Forces of the United States. He was reappointed.

The Developmental Disabilities Council is responsible for coordinating services and advocating for persons with developmental disabilities.

Wade, of Alamosa, was reappointed to serve as a person with developmental disabilities for a term effective July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2020.