Chelsea Gary serves as the Director of Recruitment & Student Programs for the College of Health Professions, Dean's Office.  In this role she is responsible for managing a wide-array of College-wide services to include: student recruitment, orientation, student leadership, and graduation.  She holds a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications and Master of Public Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Prior to her role in the College of Health Professions, Ms. Gary served as Program Coordinator and most recently,  Assistant Director in the Office of Student Experience here at VCU. Here she was instrumental in the creation and implementation of programmatic initiatives to meet the needs of health sciences students. Of which included the SCIE Commission, an inter-professional student commission designed to address cross-campus needs and demands concerning diversity policies. She has also served as an admissions counselor in the Undergraduate Office of Admissions.