The Pennsylvania Gun Owners of America Political Victory Fund (PA GOA-PVF) is a project of Gun Owners of America, and is dedicated to finding and supporting the absolute best pro-gun candidates in Pennsylvania and across the country.
Our mission is to defend and restore the Second Amendment with a no-compromise attitude, and to find men and women who will do the same while serving in public office.
The Team
PAC Chairman
Colonel (Dr.) Val W. Finnell, USAF Ret. is the Pennsylvania Director for Gun Owners of America, spearheading GOA’s work within the Keystone State. Val has been a stalwart defender of the right to keep and bear arms since the 1990s. In 1998, he was elected as the first president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL), the premier gun rights organization in the Commonwealth of Virginia. VCDL was instrumental in making Virginia a “shall issue” state and continues its mission to the present day. Val received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Pennsylvania State University in 1994 and a Masters in Public Health from the Uniformed Services University in 2008. He served as a Chief of the Medical Staff and a Deputy Group Commander in the United States Air Force. In 2016, Val retired from the Air Force in the rank of colonel. He is a disabled veteran and also assists GOA in representing veterans’ interests before the Executive Office of the President and the Department of Veterans Affairs. A native son of Pennsylvania, Val returned to his home state after his retirement from the military and has been serving as GOA’s Pennsylvania Director since April of 2019. He’s a proud member of the Sons of the American Revolution and currently resides in York, Pennsylvania near his grandchildren.
PAC Treasurer
Gerald Karasinski is an Enrolled Agent, gun enthusiast, and native of Philadelphia, PA.