Stephanie Harley Email & Phone Number

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

• Advisor to the four-star Commander and senior Department of Defense (DoD) leaders on force health protection, federal-level medical response and biosurveillance in support of Homeland Defense.• Leads a multidisciplinary team of data, cyber, and public health experts from the Departments of Homeland Security, Defense, State, Energy, and Health and Human Services across five continents to integrate data, build predictive modeling solutions to assess risk, and provide health risk mitigation recommendations to senior military and public health leaders when faced with emerging biological threats to North America.• Drives Command-wide Digital Transformation initiatives as a pacesetting change agent to develop policies, advance digital transformation initiatives, and operationalize global health surveillance, patient movement, and operational medical data to support defense of the homeland during global competition with peer adversaries.

Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, United States

• As the Executive Director, led 267 medical professionals across 17 healthcare specialties to enable 265,000 annual patient encounters for 17,000 beneficiaries across Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota. • Executed $12 million annual budget to support 267 staff for across primary and specialty care clinics; facilitated $20 million of referred care via the TRICARE contracted network.• Instituted the $4.3 billion Military Health System GENESIS Electronic Health Record upgrade, adopted an inter-facility training program to assist 18 transitioning military treatment facilities with our proven best practices.• Launched 15 mass COVID vaccine lines for over 10,000 military and civilian patients immediately after shipment receipt, which enabled two major B-1 bomber deployments during the height of the pandemic.• Led enterprise-wide process improvements to optimize workflows and hone processes with 45 network providers, which increased appointment availability for over 9,000 referrals and $17 million of specialty care.

Pentagon, Washington, Dc

• Steered Air Force Surgeon General, Congressional Appropriations, and Senate and House Armed Services Committee partnerships to shape the $5.8 billion annual authorization for Air Force healthcare plans, policies, and programs and the $8.5 billion emergency COVID pandemic federal response appropriation bills.• As the Air Force Crisis Action Team Executive Director in crisis, led Department of the Air Force’s COVID response; directed 20-member command and control hub to oversee generation and enactment of strategic Air Force COVID plans, policies, and programs, including designating four Air Reserve bases for rapid American citizen repatriation from China, leveling medical resources across the Air Force, and designing a testing and response strategy to preserve forces and mission capability.• Crafted messaging on Air Force’s posture on military health and the COVID pandemic response to support Senate confirmation hearings for the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force.

Washington, Dc

Defense Legislative Fellow for Congressman John Garamendi, 3rd District of California• 1 of 23 selected from 1740 eligibles for competitive Department of Defense Legislative Fellowship• Advised the Congressman on issues of health and national security, including penning 139 memos, drafting medical National Defense Authorization Act proposals, facilitating 56 meetings with senior foreign and U.S. military leaders, advising on votes for 960 amendments, and enabled House of Representatives action on the $716 billion law.

Pentagon, Washington, Dc

Staffed over 300 Congressional constituent inquiries on behalf of the US Air Force. Assistance included: facilitating replacement of decorations and medals, medical issues, military records, Agent Orange concerns, open POW/MIA cases, and more.

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, United States

• Led diverse interdisciplinary occupational and environmental health organizations and teams stateside and deployed to support operations and protect military and civilian health.• Guided interprofessional teams to conduct industrial hygiene operations and environmental health surveillance to protect the health and safety for over 51,000 workers in 550 work centers. Expert in EPA, OSHA, NRC, and DoD regulatory compliance.• Commanded 36 emergency response efforts, including aircraft crashes, hazardous material spills, radiological releases, suspected terrorist events, to protect responders, guard the population, and mitigate future risk. • Led a multidisciplinary public health unit to Belize to assist the Ministry of Health, Peace Corps, multiple U.S. NGOs, and village leaders to build lasting partnerships and develop innovative methods to improve sanitation and water quality for local populations.• Collaborated with Qatari and Saudi Arabian military and health ministry leaders to assess and control public health threats to 14,000 military and coalition forces across 8 nations to support Operation Enduring Freedom.

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, United States

Led 251-member Wing Inspection Team to inspect over 9,000 items across 68 events for finance, personnel, aircraft maintenance, combat operations, logistics, and medical plans and programs—awarded the Air Force’s first ever “Outstanding” score.

Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, United States

• As a Certified Health Physicist, served as the radiation expert for the Pacific Air Forces following the nuclear disaster in Japan; instituted a theater-wide dosimetry program, codified decontamination, protective, and countermeasures guidance with the Department of Energy, Department of State, Japan Self-Defense Forces and U.S. military services.

Hill Air Force Base, Utah, United States

Brooks City Base, San Antonio, Texas

Bioenvironmental Engineering student, trained in the fundamentals of industrial hygiene, environmental and occupational health, applied health physics, emergency response, health risk assessments, and risk communication.

Doctor Of Public Health (Drph)

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Physics

Master Of Science In Public Health (Msph)