Glenn Towery
Chairman & Founder
A decorated Vietnam combat veteran, and founder of the Veterans Suicide Prevention Channel. Glenn served in the Vietnam war as a Quartermaster aboard the USS Rupertus, Destroyer DD851 from 1971 to 1972. Glenn had a long career as a stage actor after leaving the NAVY. Acting was one of the few things that his PTSD would allow him to do although it would be years before he understood that he suffered with that condition.
In 1993, Glenn enrolled in film school to earn a Bachelors of Art degree in cinema because of his desire to continue a career in the arts. He wanted to become a film and television director/producer. He was accepted to attend at the prestigious Los Angeles Film School, Columbia College Hollywood where he majored in cinema and minored in television production. In 1997, Glenn graduated as the valedictorian of his class at Columbia College Hollywood.
Currently a resident of Round Rock Texas, Glenn has created and founded the Veterans Suicide Prevention Channel (VSPChannel), America’s first national broadcast channel for veterans and their family members.
Click here to learn more about the founder of the VSPC.
D. Randall Jones
Vice Chairman (EMERITUS)
Army/Marine Corps Veteran
During a career spanning over 44 years, D. Randall gained the principles, standards and values that empowered him to make contributions to the US Government, Private Industry and to Higher Education. Randall’s service began as a US Marine, schooled in logistics, infantry and survival skills.
First assigned to Regimental Landing Team (RLT) 26 in Okinawa, Randall provided logistics support for Marine ground and air units around the Khe Sanh area of Viet Nam. An assignment to the Marine Aviation Detachment in Pensacola, Florida, provided Randall with the skills of coaching Marines and Marine families. He also learned communicating and negotiating with small businesses. Randall’s further assignment as a Casualty Assistance Non- Commissioned Officer (NCO); working with families of wounded and killed Viet Nam combat casualties. Randall credits much of his ability to empathize and relate to people one-to-one in difficult situations, to the time he spent in this position. He learned the role families’ can and should play in the development of one’s life and character, and the support that is critical for families to succeed. After the Marine Corps, Randall served 8 years, 9 months in the US Army. There he had the opportunity to further hone his negotiation, logistics, and recruiting skills. He continued to have ample opportunities to relate with people both one-on-one and in groups.
Leaving active duty, Randall continued in the US Army Reserve and began work as a US DOD Civilian. Randall continued to serve with the US Forces in both the United States and Europe. He was selected for appointment as a contracting officer assigned first to Lakenheath, England, then to Stuttgart, Germany, and finally as Director of Contracting and Chief, Regional Contracting Office, Berlin, Germany. These assignments allowed Randall to continue to use his negotiation and people skills, as well as hone and enhance his leadership skills.
Randall was involved in negotiations of contracts as well as international agreements, including involvement in the Berlin Stationing Agreement and the Agreement on Settlement of Issues regarding Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
During his US Government career, Randall held many interesting positions achieving the level of Sergeant Major in the US Army, Contracting Officer and Director of Contracting in the US Civil Service. Having retired from US Civil service as a GM 14 and Military service as a Sergeant Major in 1994, Randall took his skills to Defense Contractors, and a western US University as Vice president for Business Affairs. Randall now resides in Georgetown, Texas, is a Professional Life and Spirituality Coach with a passion for helping people, especially Veterans, Wounded Warriors and first responders.
Randall is a graduate of Columbia College, Columbia, MO with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business and Troy State University, Troy, AL with a Master’s Degree in Public Administration.
Juanita Cole Towery
Board Member & Secretary
Juanita Cole Towery is the wife of Glenn Towery, founder and chairman of the Veterans Suicide Prevention Channel (VSPChannel) and serves as a board member and secretary of the organization. Juanita brings a wealth of experience and talent to the organization. She is a successful published artist since 1992, whose works have been exhibited in galleries in Houston, Clear Lake, Austin and Round Rock, TX, and Los Angeles, CA. In 1995, Juanita served as the only non-educator/artist member of a team of teachers and administrators in selecting the art curriculum for kindergarten and grades 1 -5 for the Clear Creek Independent School District in League City, TX.
In addition to her artist career, Juanita holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Texas Southern University and has worked in admirable and satisfying professions over the years. She worked as a Public Information Officer for the City of Houston for 7 years. In 1989, Juanita was hired by NASA subcontractors, Omniplan and Hernandez Engineering, as a senior editor for the Space Shuttle Program until 2001. In this position, she edited contracts between NASA and whatever company or university that was putting a payload/experiment on the space shuttle each mission.
Juanita’s editing skills have proven quite useful in serving as secretary for the VSPChannel in that her duties entail taking, editing and compiling minutes from VSPChannel board meetings and disseminating to members. Her duties also include organization bookkeeping that include annual reports. Juanita is also responsible for editing all VSPChannel written correspondence developed and sent out to the public
Her community service includes having been a volunteer Art Instructor with the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Agency in Houston, Texas and the Community Youth Sports & Arts Foundation Group Home in Los Angeles, CA.
In 2013, Juanita moved back to her native Texas with Glenn to retire. However, Glenn’s idea of retiring was to create a nonprofit, the VSPChannel. Juanita is proud of the work her husband is doing with the VSPChannel to help save veteran lives and is honored to be a member of its board.
View Juanita Cole Towery’s art at juanita-coletowery.squarespace.com
Billy Ray Stubblefield
Board Member
Billy Ray Stubblefield, Presiding Judge of the Third Administrative Judicial Region, is the product of four pioneer Williamson County families. He is a proud sixth-generation Texan.
His paternal forebears arrived in Virginia in the mid seventeenth century and went on to fight in the French and Indian War, American Revolutionary War, and fought in the Virginia militia with General Washington at Yorktown. The judge’s great-great grandfather William Stubblefield narrowly escaped death in the War of 1812 at the Fort Mims massacre. His great-grandfather Stephen Stubblefield fought in the Mississippi Rifle Volunteers under Zachary Taylor in the U.S.-Mexican War of 1846-48. He arrived in Williamson County in the late 1860s as a refugee.
On his mother’s side of the family, three grandfathers (William Bradford, Miles Standish and Edward Doty) arrived in Massachusetts in the early seventeenth century at Plymouth, rather than Jamestown, Virginia. The family later pioneered the settlement of Vermont and ultimately migrated to Troy, Missouri. There they met Moses and Stephen Austin and came to Texas with the Austin Colony in the 1820s. They fought in the War for Independence from Mexico and the Civil War.
Judge Stubblefield obtained his public education from Georgetown I.S.D. and received his undergraduate degree from Southwestern University, where he majored in history. He received the Southwestern Scholar designation in 1971, and was awarded a teaching certificate. After attempting to teach history in high school in San Antonio for two years, he went to the University of Texas Law School where he received a Juris Doctorate. While there he was a member of Delta Theta Phi law fraternity. He was licensed to practice law in January of 1976, just in time to run for County Attorney.
He was elected to four consecutive four-year terms as County Attorney from 1977 to 1992 (to date serving longer than any County Attorney in Williamson County’s history). In November of 1992, he was elected to the bench and became judge of the 26th District Court on January 1, 1993. He was elected without opposition five more times. He retired from the elected bench in October of 2014.
As District Judge, he heard civil cases without limit to the amount of dispute, felony adult cases, and heard family law matters and juvenile cases of all classes. In 2000, Judge Stubblefield was elected by his colleagues to serve as Local Administrative Judge and resigned from that position in February 2010 so that he could assume the duties of Presiding Judge of the Third Administrative Judicial Region, a position to which he was appointed by then-Governor Rick Perry. He was re-appointed by Governor Perry in 2014, and was so-honored by Governor Abbott in 2018. The Region covers 27 counties with an area the size of West Virginia and approximately 3.5 million residents. It is the Heart of Texas.
Judge Stubblefield is an enthusiastic member of the Georgetown Rotary Club (Past President), a founding member and former Board member of the Williamson County Law Enforcement Association, founding and former member of the Board of Directors of the Williamson County Crisis Center (now Hope Alliance). He believes that domestic violence is anathema to healthy, happy children. He served on the founding Board of Directors of the Georgetown Project, a child advocacy organization, and served as Chair for one year. He previously served on the Board of Directors of the Palace Theater in Georgetown. He currently serves on the Board of the Veterans’ Suicide Prevention Channel and the Central Texas Philharmonic. The judge co-chaired the Williamson County Sesquicentennial Committee from 1997 to 1999 with Irene Varan. He was a founder of the Civil Section of the Texas District and County Attorneys’ Association. He is a member of the Williamson County Bar Association and the Judicial Section of the State Bar of Texas. He is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. The judge was inducted as a Fellow of the College of the State Bar in January of 1996. Judge Stubblefield is married to Neta, his beloved and long-suffering wife since August 20, 1977. They pursue interests in old cars, sailing, horseback expeditions, travel and history.
Tracey Brown-Greene
VICE CHAIR – Board Member
Tracey Brown-Greene is the National Suicide Awareness Officer of the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
Tracey L. Brown-Greene joined the Army in 1998. During her 22 year career, she rose through the ranks to MSG. MSG (Ret) Brown-Greene has deployed around the world and served in combat during Operation New Dawn (Iraq) and Operation Freedom Sentinel (Afghanistan).
Her military awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Meritorious Service Medal, and several others commensurate with her distinguished career. MSG (Ret) Brown-Greene sustained wounds in Afghanistan in 2017, when a suicide bomber attacked. She underwent multiple hospital stays, and physical rehabilitation. Her final assignment was at Fort Hood, Texas where she served as the 1st Calvary Sustainment Brigade as a Logistics manger.
Tracey graduated from American Military University with a Bachelor of Arts in Management, and she holds a Master of Arts in Management and Leadership from Liberty University.
Tracey is passionate about the well being of military veterans and their families. She joined the Military Order of the Purple Heart a congressionally chartered organization focused on fostering an environment of goodwill, camaraderie among combat wounded veterans and provide service to all veterans and their families.
Tracey and her husband, Gregory and their family are residents of Harker Heights Texas. She has served in several other veteran organizations which include being a member of the Disabled Veterans of America executive committee; Fort Hood Soldier for Life Retiree Council; and the American Legion. She is actively involved in the community and volunteers in the Killeen Independent School District as the Elementary School reading mentor.
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VECEPIA P. ROBINSON
Vecepia (Vee) Robinson is the fourth season million-dollar winner of the hit CBS reality show Survivor: Marquesas in 2002.
She has appeared on the David Letterman Show, Live with Regis & Kelly, the Today Show, Access Hollywood, E Entertainment, Inside Edition, the Rosie O’Donnell Show, the 700 Club, a special guest appearance on local shows. She was also a presenter at the City of Hope “Victor Awards.” Vecepia hosted and produced a local East Bay talk show called “Survivor Chasers” where she conducted both in-studio and remote location shows. She has also co-anchored “Bay Area News” (a local cable daily news program) and started a new segment called “Real Stories from the East Bay” where she interviewed local citizens about their passions in life. She also created a summer program called “Summer School Survivor” where local high school students competed like the show “Survivor” for great prizes. The shows lasted two summers.
As an Air Force and Gulf War Veteran, Vecepia served over 8 years in the Air Force and Air Force Reserves. She spent most of her military career in Europe (Holland) as the base Crime Prevention Officer. As an Airman, Vecepia received Airman of the Year (1990) recognition and was one of six airmen inducted into the first Air Force Sports Hall of Fame (USAFE) at Ramstein AB, Germany (1990-91). Currently, Vecepia participates in the national non-profit The Mission Continues (Bay Area Chapter), that connects military veterans with mission work within the local communities. The birth of her, now 17-year old son Jordan, was filmed at Stanford Children’s Hospital for The Learning Channels (TLC), A Baby Story.
A fierce competitor, Vecepia loves to challenge herself and others to be their very best. As a 2-time breast cancer survivor, she believes her gift is to serve others, to spread positivity as much as possible and to give everyone a reason to smile, believe and live life to the fullest. In her free time, she enjoy hiking, dancing, playing basketball, traveling, reading, spending time with family and friends and writing (especially poetry). She is currently writing a series of books with her son using their life experiences and the values that keep them strong.
Locally, Vecepia has volunteered the HERS Breast Cancer Foundation, St. Rose Hospital, Stanford Hospital & Clinics, Women on the Way Recovery Center, and photo campaigns for the American Heart Association. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and the International Professional Women’s Association (IPWA). Vecepia has traveled all over the world and participated in missionary work in Tanzania, Africa, Pachuca and Mexico City, Mexico.
Vecepia resides in Hayward, California with her son Jordan.
Vecepia is also a certified professional life coach and attributes her communication, people and survival skills to her military training, her background in Human Services and her belief in God.
CAREER & SKILLS SUMMARY
Enthusiastic leader with over 30 years of successful leadership, training, and management experience. Seeking to combine outstanding work experience augmented by formal education and refined by specialized training to enhance organizational growth. Focused and highly organized with proven strengths in Leadership, Office Management, Computer Systems Management, Multi-Task Management, continuous Process Improvement, Resource Management and Public Speaking. Served as the DAV National Commander, Georgia State Commander for the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and currently serving as the Chairman of the Board (DAV National) 2016-Present.