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Texas A&M Chapter of the

Student American Veterinary Medical Association

(SAVMA)

The Student American Veterinary Medical Association (SAVMA) supports, empowers, and inspires all veterinary students to improve their lives, education, and careers, along with securing a better future for our profession through collaboration with our parent organization, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).

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About Texas A&M SAVMA

The objective of SAVMA is to introduce veterinary students to the concept of organized veterinary medicine; to promote, enhance and support professionalism and veterinary medical education; and to encourage the development and empowerment of students as leaders in the profession of veterinary medicine and the community as a whole. Our chapter’s purpose is to support the veterinary student body at Texas A&M by providing grants and scholarships, organizing wellness activities that support mental health, offering professional development opportunities, and serving as the umbrella organization for veterinary student organizations.

Texas A&M SAVMA Programs

Practice Partners
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The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) is very supportive of veterinary students interacting and developing relationships with veterinary colleagues regarding future professional employment opportunities. In order to ensure those relationships are an educational, efficient, and equitable use of time and resources, the VMBS and the Texas A&M SAVMA Chapter collaborated to develop a program to benefit students and our veterinary colleagues seeking to employ veterinary students.

Texas A&M SAVMA Practice Partners is the only method for practices to interact with students, with the exception of the annual Texas A&M VMBS/TVMA Veterinary Job & Externship Fair, held each fall. Veterinary practices who pay to participate in the program have the opportunity to introduce their clinics and engage with veterinary students through the SAVMA chapter through various in-person and online activities.

VetEd Day
left: A child works on a stuffed animal in a surgery simulation; middle: A child looks intently at a small snake; right: Someone writes on a sheet of paper that says Patient Check List

Established in 2023, Texas A&M SAVMA’s annual Veterinary Education Day (VetEd Day) is a high-energy, education-driven event during which approximately 200 elementary school-aged children from underrepresented populations in Bryan-College Station (BCS) experience hands-on learning opportunities and explore the field of veterinary medicine. As a student-led event, it is entirely planned and implemented by a committee of student leaders as an outreach event for children who otherwise might not be exposed to veterinary medicine.

SAVMA partners with The REACH Project, a nonprofit organization that aims to give back to Texas A&M’s “essential Aggies,” the contract and service workers on Texas A&M’s campus.

“Opportunities like these are truly transformational; many times, these children have never been to the Texas A&M campus and have no idea what it means to be a veterinarian,” said Max Gerall ‘18, the founder of REACH. “When someone grows up in a neighborhood where everyone has a service job, the youth in those neighborhoods seldom learn about any other forms of work. This was a chance to help expand their horizons and to further include them in our Aggie Family.”

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Texas A&M SAVMA Leadership
  • President – Anna Spoth
  • President-Elect – Charles Lee
  • Secretary – Evelyn Beesaw
  • Treasurer – Alexandra Aucion
  • Treasurer-Elect – Abigail Mason
  • SAVMA Senior Delegate – Marty Kacsh
  • SAVMA Junior Delegate – Lainey Stewart
  • SAVMA VERO Senior Delegate – Sonali Puri
  • SAVMA VERO Junior Delegate – Emily Collins
  • Senior TVMA Delegate – Skylar Shockley
  • Junior TVMA Delegate – M’lehne Linson
  • VERO TVMA Delegate – Reagan Williams
  • Programs Coordinator – Maria Brigante
  • Government Affairs Committee Chair – Will Stroud
  • Fundraising Chair – Claire Webb
  • Fundraising Chair-Elect – Sandy Schoeneberg
  • Awards Chair – Celeste Glaze
  • Club Liaison – Gabriela Hansen
  • Practice Partners Program Director – Brittany Kempen
  • Practice Partners Program Director-Elect – Trevor Warren
  • Texas A&M DEI Chair – Mariangela Da Costa
  • VetEd Day Co-Director – Mariangela Da Costa
  • VetEd Day Co-Director-Elect – Bailey Thorin
  • Public Relations Chair – Noah Jefferson
  • Wellness Chair – Hannah Bade
  • Service Chair – Amanda Mendoza
  • Service Chair-Elect – Elizabeth Bono
  • Class Representative 2026 – Abby Martinez
  • Class Representative 2026 – Lindsay Taylor
  • Class Representative 2027 – Claire Webb
  • Class Representative 2027 – Noah Jefferson
  • Class Representative 2028 – Niya Cote
  • Class Representative 2028 – Deborah Ha
  • Class Representative 2029 – Georgina Madok
  • Class Representative 2029 – Mason Wilke
  • VERO Student Representative Class of 2028 – Maddie Thompson
  • VERO Student Representative Class of 2029 – Madeleine Rawlings
  • Faculty Advisor – Dr. Jordan Tayce
  • Faculty Advisor – Dr. Kate Aicher
  • Faculty Advisor – Dr. Shannon Reed
  • VERO Faculty Advisor – Dr. Dan Posey
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