April 2023 Team Leader of the Month: Jacob Ortolani, University of Texas at Dallas
From Dr. Lisa Adams, Military & Veteran Center Director, University of Texas at Dallas: “Jacob is in his third (and final) semester as the UT Dallas Team Leader. He effortlessly engages with students and Peer Advisors when he works at the Military and Veteran Center. He is diligent with reviewing all interaction and outreach logs. Our […]
March 2023 Team Leader of the Month: Ivan Lievanos, University of Washington – Tacoma
From Juanita Murillo Garcia, Veteran & Military Resource Center Director, University of Washington – Tacoma: “I am proud that Ivan Lievanos continues to show the University of Washington-Tacoma’s ethos, which led him to other leadership roles within the campus and the community. Throughout 2020-21, he took over the Team Leader role. He trained Peer Advisors to […]
February 2023 Co-Team Leader of the Month: Lily Tendero, University of Michigan – Flint
From Helen Budd: “Lily is always diligent about reaching out to her advisees and logs them promptly. One of her advisees from the fall term is continuing to reach out to her, which is impressive considering the overall interaction is still fairly low. This indicates that Lily has made a great connection with her advisee. She […]
February 2023 Co-Team Leader of the Month: Kelly Parrott, University of Michigan – Flint
From Helen Budd, Program Manager, Division of Student Affairs, University of Michigan-Flint: “Kelly is attending UM-Flint all online and is very active “on campus,” despite her geographical distance. She usually advises PAVE students who are also attending all-online because she knows and understands the challenges of being an all-online student and how hard it can be […]
January 2023 Team Leader of the Month: Chris Johnson, Oregon State University
From William Elfering, Military & Veteran Resource Center Director, Oregon State University: “Here is a quote from an online customer survey that is attached to our PAVE emails. “Have been working with Christopher Johnson and he’s been absolutely wonderful on taking care of my concerns and questions, solving my problems and much more. I look […]
November + December 2022 Team Leader of the Month: William Morgan, Western Oregon University
From Logan Doerfler, Veterans Resource Center Director, Western Oregon University: “William took over the role of Team Leader here at Western over the summer and has taken to the role with diligence and initiative. We are so grateful to have him as our Team Leader. He balances holding others accountable, being kind, and advancing our […]
October 2022 Team Leader of the Month: Anthony Alessio, Bowling Green State University
From Jason Graven, Military Program Coordinator, Bowling Green State University: “This student has been instrumental in training our new team of Peer Advisors. When Anthony joined us we were restarting our program after COVID and he naturally took charge of that group in just his 2nd semester. The others that started with him did not […]
September 2022 Co-Team Leader of the Month: Jim Desmond, Mt. San Jacinto College
From Terry Russell, Veterans Resource Center Director, Santa Ana College: “Jim Desmond takes ownership of our Summer Bridge Program here at the Veteran Resource Center at Mt. San Jacinto College. Jim works hand-in-hand with the Peer Advisors and coaches them on the best practices when it comes to building a working relationship with the new […]
September 2022 Co-Team Leader of the Month: Brian Garcia-Cardona, Mt. San Jacinto College
From Terry Russell: “Brian enjoys using and applying his newly learned skills and lessons from his psychology courses to help lead his assigned veteran-students within the PAVE Program. Brian always makes himself available to the veteran population both during school hours and after too. You could say Brian is living the PAVE lifestyle and making […]
April 2022 Team Leader of the Month: Alyna Suarez, Santa Ana College
From Mark Canett, Director of Veteran Services, Santa Ana College: “Alyna has been an instrumental Team Leader. Our campus and center has gone through tremendous shifts in staffing during COVID. We didn’t have a permanent coordinator, and Alyna, as a Team Leader, singlehandedly kept PAVE afloat.” From Rebekah Miller, co-Team Leader: “Alyna has been an […]