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- Committee provides strategic recommendations to the Secretary of Defense on initiatives to enhance diversity across the DoD.- Conduct research, legislative analysis, and stakeholder engagement to deliver actionable recommendations.- Create annotated reports and studies on workforce trends, ensuring alignment with National Defense Authorization Act requirements.

Senior Program Manager for the Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI), the policy office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, responsible for the planning, coordination, implementation, and execution of Diversity, Inclusion, and other related Equal Opportunity programs. Develops policies and plans, issues guidance, conducts analyses, defines strategic direction, and provides oversight, evaluation, and strategic messaging for Department of Defense (DoD)-wide diversity and equal employment opportunity programs and plans that impact all DoD personnel. Directed ODEI daily operations. Managed a 400% increase in congressional and other reporting requirements. Authored and updated policies, congressional reports, and assessments. Examples include: the “Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity” policy; incorporated gender identity and sexual orientation into the primary diversity policy for DoD; “DoD Military Equal Opportunity (MEO) Program,” revised the policy to ensure Service members treat each other with dignity and respect and are afforded equal opportunity in an environment free from discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, or sex, including gender identity and sexual orientation; DoD Instruction 1020.03, “Harassment Prevention and Response in the Armed Force,” this policy encompasses sexual harassment, bullying, hazing, retaliation for complaints, and harassment in general. It also updates procedures for Service members to submit harassment complaints, including anonymous complaints. Reports include DoD Annual Hazing Prevention and Response Report; this congressional report contains the Department’s annual hazing prevention and response efforts along with the number of hazing incidents. DoD Annual Sexual Harassment Report, this congressional report captures the number of sexual harassment complaints along with information on alleged offenders and corrective actions taken.

- Developed the Air Force Voluntary Education Strategic Plan, aligning it with organizational goals and federal mandates.- Designed and recommended policy changes for Air Force credentialing programs, supporting transitioning service members under the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act.- Developed strategic documents, including the National Defense Authorization Act Credentialing Implementation Plan, to improve military education and employment pathways.Key Achievements:- Researched and recommended modifications to Air Force certification/licensure programs to meet White House mandates, supporting veterans’ career transitions.- Facilitated revisions to the American Council on Education Military Programs Division Joint Service Standard Operating Procedure, ensuring consistent evaluations of military training courses for civilian academic credit.

• Maximizes personnel utilization for the recovery and launch of over 5.5K patients on 679+ air evacuation missions sustaining care to wounded warriors• Directed on-scene emergent care in support of 56th Presidential Inauguration, two State of the Union Addresses and three Joint Service Open House Air Shows• Resourced H1N1 clinic; established flu hot-line, public affairs blitz in less than 24 hours while assuring no degradation in routine patient care• Key enlisted advisor on Executive Committee; oversees $70M budget and 13K workforce • Air Force representative on Joint Capital Medicine Quality Working Group; concisely articulated Air Force perspective on Quality and Patient Safety to Army and Navy counterparts

•Key enlisted advisor to the Assistant Surgeon General, Health Care Operations in optimization of medical support assets •Interpreted, developed and directed policy changes and guidance for 75 medical support squadrons representing $1.6B in assets and 10,000 personnel; impacted every Air Force hospital•Formulated Air Force Medical Service Commodity Council’s job descriptions and skill sets required for the Air Force Medical Administrative Support Service Contract (Spiral II). $385M contract supports medical administrative and support services in Air Force hospitals throughout the 50 states and territories.•Project Manager for $1M electronic training record; led the change and revolutionized Air Force medical enlisted training; migrated 23K active duty and 10Ktraining records from paper to electronic. Training records/documentation now simultaneously viewable at deployed location and home station. • Established coalition with 16 others enlisted consultants streamlining and standardizing enlisted training across the Air Force Medical Service. Negotiated consensus among divergent key stakeholders. Eliminated confusion and duplication of effort. •Provided strategic leadership to the health services management, medical logistics, biomedical equipment, nutritional medicine, pharmacy, radiology and laboratory enlisted consultants•Strengthened management and oversight of patient’s record. Emphasized focus on Personal Reliability Program (PRP), line-of-duty determination, medical evaluation boards (MEB) and expedient processing of disability cases. Defined correct medical manpower requirement for effective management of PRP•Air Force representative on several BRAC IPTs; bridged essential capability in BRAC transitions sites; vigilant defender of need to maintain Community College of the Air Force accreditation for future trainees•Enlisted lead on two Air Force Smart Operations Lean Events

•Managed/led the second largest medical enlisted career field in the Air Force; 5000 active duty plus 2000 Air National Guard/Air Force Reserve personnel•Directed staffing, utilization, training, development and recognition program; produced health services management career progression group and Utilization and Training Workshop and Career Field Education and Training Plan. Created 5-year plan for career field•Acknowledged training expert; hand-picked for Joint Education Training Level Medical and Dental Training Working Group. Formulated guidelines and rules of engagement for BRAC mandated Medical Education and Training Campus. Collaborated with Army and Navy counterparts in conceptualizing first ever joint military enlisted training curriculum/campus•Air Force Surgeon General’s health services administration representative for the Defense Medical Human Resource internet (DMHRSi) automated program. Program consolidates military medical personnel from all three services in the Military Healthcare System and provides enhanced reporting capabilities.

•Directed and developed health services management basic, advanced and Medical Expense Reporting Systems Training courses•Managed $2.5M in strategic resources; led 8 instructors and 3 courses developers; graduated 2K annually•Ensured Air Education and Training directives and Community College of the Air Force standards were met; conducted instructor evaluations and managed faculty records•Authored Community College of the Air Force curriculum for award of associate degree in health services management•Initiated apprentice course graduation ceremony; instilled pride and honored achievement of graduation students•Staffed packages justifying two additional instructor positions; approved by Air Force Surgeon General•Led conversion of in-residence advanced course to distance learning course; resulted in $748K annual savings•Solved 2nd Air Force Command Commander’s #1 priority problem - students awaiting training; analyzed root cause; doubled classes; cut students awaiting time from 18 days to 7 days; saved $289K in training dollars; sent 250 airman to Air Force hospital early