National Officer Candidate Remarks

President

Jeremy Williams- Sophomore San Diego State University, Jeremy had a difficult time readjusting to civilian life and becoming a successful student.  He wants to focus on increasing Veterans Resource Centers and ensure adequate mental health facilities are available.  Jeremy also believes that veterans need to educate their respective campuses.

Derek Blumke- University of Michigan, Derek wants to continue the service and sacrifice veterans gave to the country and reinvest in their universities. He believes student veterans can educate the country on what it means to be a veteran.

Quincy Yamada- Quincy believes we need to open communications between universities and student veterans and to initiate an online newsletter to connect student vets with one another.  He also wants to create an academic honors society and to focus on community service.

Vice President

Michael Dakduk- University of Nevada Las Vegas, Michael believes that a face to face meeting will show how well he is prepared for the job of Vice President.  He looks forward to meeting all of the chapters.

Marello Harris- Marello believes there are no bad choices in this election and wants to take the great ideas from the conference back to his chapter.

Rodrgio Garcia- Rodrigo believes that his actions have demonstrated his abilities but also believes that all the candidates are well qualified and will serve SVA well.

Secretary

Russell Silver- Russell has poured his energy and dedication into SVA and only wants to serve its members.  He believes that the member chapters should drive the organization.

Matt Randle- Matt wants to responsibly grow this organization and believes that SVA needs to have unsurpassed transparency.  He wants to focus on the service of female veterans and encourage their participation in SVA.  He will only run for this office one time and believes this is a cyclical organization.

Bryan Adams- Rutgers University,  Bryan was an Army sniper and was awarded a purple heart.  At his university there were no veterans services.  The student veterans group he joined allowed him to readjust and to serve his university.