Veteran Friendly Faculty and Staff
Below is a list of faculty and staff who have identified as Veteran-friendly by volunteering their time and efforts to support veterans on the UMaine campus and/or attending the Student Veterans at UMaine Training Workshop. Identified veterans will be distinguished by an asterisk (*) by their names.
Veteran Advisory Committee Members:
Nory Jones (Chair) – Professor, Maine Business School
Tony Llerena (Co-Chair) – Coordinator of VETS, Student Life – (Ex-Officio)
Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Davis, UMaine Army ROTC
Captain Michael Flanagan (USMC)* – UMaine Navy ROTC
Kristy Howarth* – President, Student Veterans Association – (Ex-Officio)
Samantha Wheeler – UMaine Career Center
Paul Gagnon* – Former UMaine Career Center (now retired)
Sharon Oliver – UMaine Admissions Office – Director of Transfer Admissions
Andrea Gifford – Associate Dean of Students, Student Life
Joe Miller* – Graduate Student Veteran
James Settele* Captain, USN, (ret.) – Director, SPIA
Margaret Nagle – Division of Marketing and Communications
Veteran Friendly Staff & Faculty:
Thomas Banister* – ROTC
Sean Harmon* – ROTC
Samantha Brown – Bursars Office
Katherine O’Flaherty – Honors College
Alan Parks – Student Support Services
April Boulier – Counseling Center
Carol Toner – Maine Studies
Catherine Athay – Student Support Services
Dan Robbins – Counseling Center
Erin Straine – Education & Human Development
Farahad Dastoor – School of Biology & Ecology
Kate Axelsen Foster – Career Center
Michael Lyman – Counseling Center
Nancy Boyington – Hutchinson Center
Sharon Barker – Women’s Resource Center
Tim Waring – School of Economics
Shannon Field– School of Forest Resources
John Mahon*, Professor, Maine Business School
Todd Zaroya* – College Success Programs