The Center Team
The Center for Military and Veterans Affairs’ team works to empower active-duty, guard, reservists, veterans, and their spouses through scholarships as they transition into the financial services industry.
Center Leadership
Our Strategic Guides
Rick Nail
Program Manager
Angelica Marino
Stewardship Manager
Chair
Tracey Jones, U.S. Air Force (Vet.), MBA, PhD
President of Tremendous Leadership and T3 Solutions
Vice Chair
Thomas (Tom) Harris, ChFC®, CLU®, FLMI
President of Life Insurance and Annuities, Penn Mutual
Members
Immediate Past Chair
James (Jim) Petersen, U.S. Navy (Ret.), PhD, CFP®, CLF®, ChFC®, CLU®, RICP®, WMCP®, CRPC®, CAP®, CASL®, AEP®, CPMBC, CPBC
Roger Hull/James S. Bingay Chair of Leadership and the Chartered Leadership Fellow® (CLF®) Program Director, The American College of Financial Services
Kevin Crawford, U.S. Army (Vet.), MBA
Vice President, Field Learning and Development, Northwestern Mutual
Steve Florence, U.S. Army (Vet.), CPCU®, CLU®
Operations Director, State Farm
Gregory (Greg) Gadson, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Managing Partner, Patriot Strategies, LLC
Michael (Mike) Kelly, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)
AVP, Military Affairs Deputy, USAA
Lacey Langford, U.S. Air Force (Vet.), AFC®
Founder and CEO, MILMO and MilMoneyCon
Sheri Rhoades, U.S. Navy (Vet.)
Chief of Staff, Life Insurance and Annuities, Penn Mutual
Melvin Smith, U.S. Marine Corps (Vet.)
Director of Broker Dealer Licensing, Nationwide