Meet Us
Cadre & Staff 2025-2026
LTC Matthew Perez
Department Chair/Professor of Military Science
- Location: YSM Hall 151
- m.perez@csus.edu
- Duties: Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Perez serves as both the Department Chair as well as the MS IV instructor for both the CSU Sacramento and the UC Davis Army ROTC programs.
1LT Andres Fonseca
Recruiting Operations Officer (ROO)
- Location: YSM Hall 150
- Phone: (916) 278-2395
- andres.fonseca@csus.edu
- Duties: 1LT Fonseca currently serves as the Recruiting Operations Officer at the University of California, Davis and California State University, Sacramento’s Army ROTC programs.
Kim Smith
Administrative Support Coordinator II
- Location: YSM RM 157
- Phone: (916) 278-2635
- kasmith@csus.edu
- Duties: Ms. Smith serves as the University Liaison between the U.S. Army, Sacramento State University, and the Army ROTC program.
MAJ Eric Becker
Assistant Professor of Military Science
- Location: YSM Hall 147
- Phone: (916) 278-3621
- eric.becker@csus.edu
- Duties: Major Becker serves as the MS I instructor and is the liaison to the California Army National Guard.
Edward (EJ) Smith
Military Science Instructor
- Location: YSM Hall 149
- Phone: (916) 278-3621
- e.smith@csus.edu
- Duties: Mr. Smith serves as the MS II Instructor
Mr. Perris Coleman
Program Assistant
- Location: YSM Hall 155
- Phone: (916) 278-3621
- perris.coleman@csus.edu
- Duties: Mr. Coleman serves as the Program Assistant for both the CSU Sacramento and UC Davis Army ROTC programs.
CPT Dylan McHugh
MS III Instructor / Battalion Operations Officer
- Location: YSM Hall 146
- Phone: (916) 278-3621
- dylan.mchugh@csus.edu
- Duties: CPT McHugh serves as the MS III instructor
SFC Jesse Peterson
Senior Military Science Instructor
- Location: YSM Hall 151
- jbpeterson@ucdavis.edu
- Duties: SFC Peterson serves as the Sr. Military Science Instructor for both the CSU Sacramento and UC Davis programs.