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Event Speaker

Allen Roberts

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Title & Affiliation
UI Military & Veteran Student Services
Bio

Allen P. Roberts Jr. runs the Military & Veteran Student Services office at the University of Iowa. Before moving to Iowa City last Spring, Allen worked with student veterans in a similar capacity for 3 years at Portland State University, in downtown Portland, Oregon. Prior to working with student veterans, Allen spent 8 years as a journalist in New York City and Los Angeles and after that he was everything from a Web site developer to a research associate at an investment firm and even a driver (aka chauffer) for prominent Los Angeles executives. Allen is a proud alum of the University of Florida, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism in 2003 thanks to his Montgomery GI Bill. Allen served 4 years active duty in the World’s Finest Air Force from 1995-1999 where he was an Electronic Warfare Systems Technician and was deployed to 7 countries during his service.