As an interim special project officer, assisted in planning, preparing, conducting, and supervising all headquarters events and training activities to support the U.S. Army recruiting unit responsible for Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia. - Coordinated execution of near and long-term organization objectives and goals to support over 200 military and civilian personnel spread across six recruiting stations throughout Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia.- Developed relationships with The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology and the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) and delivered multiple presentations to expose and educate the growing importance and job opportunities in the tactical nutrition space.

Advised and assisted with coordination across 40 human performance teams at 10 Army installations to support Soldier health, fitness, and performance across physical and non-physical domains of health, which include nutrition, sleep, mental, and spiritual health. - Built and cultivated collaborative relationships amongst H2F performance teams, academia, research partners, industry, and other DoD stakeholders to elevate performance-focused nutrition through science-based planning and programming.- Planned, developed, and executed four enterprise-wide personnel contracts for strength and conditioning coaches, athletic trainers, and mental performance consultants valued at over $465M.- Fostered knowledge sharing amongst 72 performance dietitians to curate best practices and optimize performance nutrition programming and initiatives to help organizations solve problems and reach their goals.

Served as an administrative resident in the Healthcare Operations (HCO)/TRICARE Health Plan section of the Defense Health Headquarters. Supported multiple divisions across HCO including pharmacy operations, market integration, TRICARE health plan design, healthcare optimization, and medical benefits. Active in intergovernmental initiatives with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. - Developed a joint service mitigation plan, in response to proposed military medical personnel reduction, to identify and coordinate personnel cuts holistically by Defense Health Agency (DHA) Market and military medical treatment facility (MTF) to prepare budget estimates for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021.- Performed a labor market analysis across DHA Markets to determine the feasibility of recruiting and hiring civilian physicians, given the constraints within the Military Health System (MHS), to ascertain if Markets are able to hire civilian physicians as prescribed by the current military personnel reduction mitigation plan.- Conducted a business case analysis to determine if treatment of non-beneficiary patients, as authorized by National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2017, Section 717, provided adequate quantitative and qualitative value at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune.

Completed 85 semester hours over the course of 12 months while serving as the class executive officer. Selected to compete in the Ohio State University Case Competition and to attend the Baylor Policy Seminar in Washington D.C. Presented a poster titled, "Insurance Claims: The Ethics of Denial" at the Army Medical Department Center and School - Graduate Research and Education Symposium.

Served as Food Service Director for the Retail Food Service Operation in a 113-bed medical center. Oversaw a $3.5M budget used to deliver over 290,000 meals annually with a staff of 37 personnel. Developed innovative initiatives using evidenced-based research to improve financial performance and enhance the customer experience. - Revamped internal department accounting processes to improve accuracy of department's financial status by implementing a multi-layer process to increase checks and balances, and financial transparency. - Led supply management improvement team to increase stock inventory to 95% utilizing Lean Six Sigma principles and reduced inventory completion time while improving accuracy with the implementation of a systematic storage organization process.- Overhauled nutrition information system database, after years of neglect, to remove obsolete data, which comprised approximately 60% of the total database size, reducing likelihood of incorrect product ordering or unintentional delivery of allergen containing food to customers or patients.

Served as Headquarters Detachment Commander responsible for administration, operations, logistics, training, readiness, and morale of 36 Soldiers supporting multiple directorates on the Army's largest basic training installation. Assisted Deputy to the Garrison Commander on special project assignments to support Installation Management Command (IMCOM) requirements.- Increased training readiness by 38% though development of new organization training approach focused on objective and measurable assessments. - Coordinated facility management, information technology, resource management and workspace analysis activities while serving as Garrison Liaison Officer to transition Garrison Command Headquarters; Plans (G-5); Training and Operations (G-3) Directorates to new Post Headquarters with no interruption to mission.- Working with Deputy to the Garrison Commander, served as special project officer to coordinate and execute distinguished visitors site visits to include Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management, IMCOM Commander, IMCOM Atlantic Region Director. - Coordinated planning and execution of Garrison Change of Command and Garrison Change of Responsibility ceremonies. - Balanced morale and discipline with emphasis on individual and collective accomplishment; oversaw training resulting in Soldier being declared runner-up for IMCOM Atlantic Region Soldier of the Year; earned first place and second place finishes in two intramural events unit competed in.

Served as Director of Food and Nutrition Services for a community hospital overseeing 31 government and contract employees. Responsible for an annual budget of $835,000 to deliver in-patient, out-patient, and community nutrition education and provide patient and staff foodservice operations.- Increased food operations revenue by 19.6% through menu development, marketing strategies, and customer engagement. - Increased food operation surcharge collection (profit) by 33.8% over the previous fiscal year. - Optimized clinical provider schedule and appointment type to increase clinical productivity by 68.8%.

Served as sole inpatient and outpatient dietitian ensuring section compliance with hospital and Joint Commission policies, regulations and standards while implementing and participating in community nutrition activities. Transitioned into providing medical nutrition therapy in the Moncrief Patient Center Medical Home serving 23,800 TRICARE enrollees. - Reduced appointment wait time by 70% through restructuring class offerings and implementing shared learning encounters.- Created internal and external marketing tools to communicate the capabilities of the clinic to improve provider referrals and expand community nutrition programming.- Coordinated and executed implementation of an embedded dietitian in Patient Center Medical Home to improve nutrition services offered to primary care patients.- Co-hosted community health 5k race with internal and external agencies on Fort Jackson to support the Army's Performance Triad health initiative.