Full Time Staff
Director
Col. Gerald “Jerry” L. Smith ‘82, USMC (Ret.)
979-845-3161
gsmith@tamu.edu
Assistant Director
SGM Donald Freeman, USA (Ret.)
979-845-3161
donaldf@vpsa.tamu.edu
Military Admissions Counselor-Advisor
Karen Allen
979-845-3161
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Military Admissions Liaison
Karen Cambronero
979-845-3161
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Administrative Coordinator I
Dorothy Houston
979-845-3161
dhouston@vpsa.tamu.edu
VITAL Program Coordinator
Metari Garza, LCSW, CCM
979-862-7480
mgarza@vpsa.tamu.edu
Part Time Staff
James Chirdo
Military Admissions
979-845-3161
jchirdo@vpsa.tamu.edu
Student Veteran Workers
William Gerding
Student Worker Coordinator
wgerding@vpsa.tamu.edu
James Halapaska
PAVE Team Lead
jhalepaska@vpsa.tamu.edu
William Reed Handley
NSC Guru
rhandley@vpsa.tamu.edu
Evan McKague
Athletics & Community Outreach Coordinator
emckague@vpsa.tamu.edu
Alyssa Knuth
Recognition & Student Liason
aknuth@vpsa.tamu.edu
Joshua McPhail
Networking & Outreach Manager
jmcphail@vpsa.tamu.edu
Stephen Mullen
Student Veteran Data Collection Liason
smullen@vpsa.tamu.edu
Mike Nguyen
Veteran Lending Library Liason
mnguyen@vpsa.tamu.edu
Michael Prater
Networking & Outreach Liason
mprater@vpsa.tamu.edu
Jacqueline Swann
Women’s Vet Program Co-Coordinator
jswann@vpsa.tamu.edu