Team

Jamela Davis

Jamela Davis, M.Ed

Jamela Davis graduated from Grambling State University with her undergraduate degree in psychology. She earned her Masters degree in Early Childhood Education from Northcentral University and is currently working towards her Masters in Business. Jamela has taken her love for…

Emily Neimeyer

Emily Neimeyer, MPH

Emily Neimeyer received her Bachelor of Science in Integrative Neuroscience from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and her Master of Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology from The State University of New York at Albany. Emily…

Katherine Gower

Katherine Gower, PhD

Katherine Gower received her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Vermont, and her Master of Social Work from Texas State University. In May of 2022 she graduated with her Ph.D. in Social Work from the University…

Kirk Von Sternberg

Kirk Von Sternberg, Ph.D.

I have 30 years of experience in designing and implementing large clinical trials to test interventions based on the transtheoretical model and motivational interviewing (MI) with at-risk populations in special settings. I have been a principal investigator or Co-Investigator responsible…

Laurianne Rodriguez, MS

Laurianne Rodriguez, MS

Laurianne Rodriguez serves as the VSN Program Manager. Laurianne is a veteran, having been commissioned as a personnel officer and serving on active duty in the United States Air Force (USAF) at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.  While on active…

Ashley Craig

Ashley Craig, M.Ed

Ashley Craig is a graduate of the University of Houston in Curriculum & Instruction, specializing in Learning, Design, and Technology. During her studies, she grew an insightful analysis of content and graphic design to create value-added learning programs that achieve…

JP Hare

LTC Jean Paul “J.P.” Hare, PhD

Lieutenant Colonel Jean Paul “JP” Hare, LCSW, BCD, PhD, currently serves as Director of Training at the Evans Army Community Hospital in Ft. Carson, CO. He is a board-certified Licensed Clinical Social Worker and interventionist researcher. JP has 14 years…

LTC Lataya Hawkins, PhD, LCSW-S, BCD

LTC Lataya Hawkins, PhD

LTC Lataya Hawkins, LCSW-S, PhD, LCSW, BCD, MS, is a Lieutenant Colonel, in the U.S. Army. She holds a Master of Social Work from University Houston and a PhD in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin. She…

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Val Rosen, MD

Dr. Rosen received her undergraduate degrees in Business Administration and Psychology, both with High Honors, from U.T. Austin.  She received her medical degree from The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and completed a Psychiatry Residency at Yale School…