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)
Captain Sean Christensen* – UMaine Marine ROTC
Jessi Parent* – President, Student Veterans Association – (Ex-Officio)
Paul Gagnon* – Former UMaine Career Center (now retired)
Sharon Oliver – UMaine Admissions Office
Andrea Gifford – Assistant Dean of Students, Student Life
Joe Miller* – Graduate Student Veteran
Adria O. Horn* – Director, Bureau of Veterans’ Services – (Ex-Officio)
James Settele* Captain, USN, (ret.) – Director, SPIA
Todd Zaroya* – College Success Programs
Veteran Friendly Staff & Faculty:
Thomas Banister* – ROTC
Sean Harmon* – ROTC
Beth Coffin – Bursars Office
Katherine O’Flaherty – Honors College
Alan Parks – Student Support Services
April Boulier – Counseling Center
Bud Walkup – Student Wellness Resource 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
Holly Costar – Counseling Center
Barbara Smith – Student Life – CNTSP & VETS Associate
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