Yolanda Kern Email & Phone Number

Groton, Ct

Action Officer (AO) for all issues related to military manpower for the Submarine Learning Center (SLC) and all subordinate activities’ military billets which total over 1,150 officer and enlisted billets. Conducts analysis on military manpower and workforce issues. Develops plans, procedures and implements instructions for application of military personnel management policies. Coordinates with leadership to develop strategies, make recommendations, and implement actions to add, reduce and/or realign manpower requirements based on Learning Center guidance and command priorities.

Waterford, Ct

Monterey, Ca

- Led a staff of eight military and federal civilians in managing graduate education programs for over 2,200 joint and international students at Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and over 100 civilian higher education institutions. Managed the execution of a $10M annual tuition budget and education plans for over 300 graduate students attending civilian institutions.- Managed the development, implementation, and execution of strict Financial Management & Comptroller (FM&C) reimbursable education policies. Monitored the creation and execution of over 300 interagency support agreements in support of the collection of over $243M in reimbursable tuition.- Coordinated NPS input to the annual graduate education quota plan ensuring NPS stakeholder requirements directly supported the Navy’s sub-specialty driven annual quota plan in support of the Navy’s need for high quality professional warfighters.- Standardized Navy policies and practices in the curriculum review process to include educational and core skill requirements’ mapping to courses across all graduate education programs, an effort lauded by higher headquartes as the gold standard for curricula management and maintenance.- Collaborated with higher headquarters and NPS schools in the execution of the FY18 Quota Plan. Directly resulted in a sharp increase of quota fills for Navy officer students in resident programs in FY18 with a fill rate of over 90%, a number not reached in at least seven years. Ensured NPS was poised to fill its quota plan with the highest quality students across fleet ready and relevant curricula.

Newport, Rhode Island, Usa

- Led a staff of 22 Class Officers and Instructors, 13 Recruit Division Commanders, and 9 Marine Drill Instructors in developing and providing accession training of over 3600 Officer Candidates entering the fleet; as well as providing college preparatory training and naval science instruction to Sailors enrolled in the Seaman-to-Admiral-21 Program. Implemented significant programmatic and curricular changes measurably improving professional leader development of over 1200 Ensigns per year - 45% of all Navy warfighters. - Leadership and Ethics Instructor, provided instruction on officer fitness reports, career progression, counseling, and associated officer development topics to newly commissioned officers and Navy officer candidates.- Focused efforts on the health and well-being of students in a physically demanding environment, resulted in a Physical Training Safety Policy that improved emergency response efforts and was adopted throughout the Naval Service Training Command (NSTC) domain. Developed and implemented command directives that focused on providing new physical training guidelines and emergency action plans to ensure the rapid medical care to students. Supported a training team that consistently tested class teams on their response to medical emergencies. Program improvements reduced student injuries in 2015 and 2016 to less than 33 percent of 2013 levels.

Newport, Rhode Island

- Implemented a comprehensive library system to catalog, circulate, and account for over $300K of instructional materials. Developed a detailed multi-year replacement plan ensuring critical costs were included in annual budget.- Managed the complete revision of five Officer schools’ curricula, a multi-year project that required extensive research and collaboration. Efforts in developing new curriculum resulted in the obtainment of four Letters of Promulgation from Naval Service Training Command (NSTC) for Officer Candidate School, Direct Commission Officer Indoctrination Course, Officer Development School, Naval Science Institute STA-21 and the LDO/CWO Academy Course. First such approval in a decade. - Implemented a Leadership and Ethics curriculum to achieve organizational alignment in accordance with the Chief of Naval Operations’ Navy Leader Development Strategy. Collaborated with the U.S. Naval Academy’s Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership and developed a newly incorporated unit that integrated lecture, discussion, case study examination, critical thinking scenarios, and student-led presentations that were included in the OCS Leadership and Ethics curriculum revision. Lessons bolstered the quality of ethics and leadership instruction at Officer Training Command Newport.- Self-taught expert in curriculum development software, trained and mentored over 30 junior officer contributors in the production of hundreds of lesson plans, tests/evaluation tools, and supporting documentation.

Greece

- Led a team of ten military and foreign national employees in supporting the administrative, medical, and housing needs of NATO military personnel assigned to CAOC-7. Responsible for the administrative and logistical support of 35 military, civilian, and dependent personnel assigned to NATO, multi-National, and U.S. commands in the Thessaly Greece region, managed a $450K annual budget. - Reallocated future NATO travel funds in support of CAOC Torrejon Spain newly identified mission ensuring phased execution met milestones. - Redesigned major support provided by Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) staff to deliver quality MWR trips, library services, and state of the art fitness facilities ensuring customer expectations were met with the highest quality of support. Results were met with flag level accolades.- Developed a detailed plan to decommission U.S. National Support Element Larissa with a comprehensive way ahead to transfer and dispose of over $1M worth of assets in line with governing regulations.

Doral, Fl

Served as the Navy Total Force Strength Manager and Reserve Operational Support Officer, providing Total Force, active and reserve, manning solutions to U. S. Southern Command and its activities in Latin America and the Caribbean.- Managed personnel strength of Navy elements assigned to U.S. Southern Command and its 26 Security Cooperation Offices in Central and South America and the Caribbean.- Managed over 260 Active Component (AC) requirements while maintaining a 98 percent fill rate across 35 UICs.- Provided support to over 130 Reservists assigned to U.S. Southern Command’s five Reserve command units. Managed priorities supporting COCOM HQs and 26 Security Cooperation Offices (SCO) in regional partner nations while managing $1.5 million in RPN funds in support of Reserve Component (RC) critical requirements. Coordinated the FY11 General Reserve Requirements process in support of a broad range of security challenges and humanitarian assistance missions across USSOUTHCOM Area of Responsibility (AOR). - Led efforts in support of JTF-Haiti JMD development identifying critical skills/immediate fills/force flow replacements in facilitating the staffing of the JTF-Haiti mission following a devastating earthquake.

Spokane, Washington Area

- Led a jointly staffed Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) with 11 military and 17 civilian employees, processing 3000 applicants annually. Administered a $3.4 million annual budget to include facilities, contracts for applicant lodging, transportation, meals, and a $600K civilian payroll. - Implemented key quality control measures in applicant processing resulting in the highest ratings for command performance from IG reviews. MEPS Spokane earned a rating of “Excellent” in six out of seven areas. - Improved communications and rapport with high schools in her AOR, overcoming cultural barriers to the ASVAB Student Testing Program by reaching out to dominantly Hispanic student population through distribution of vital information in their native language resulting in major gains in ASVAB market share. Program attained 113% of assigned goals.

Millington, Tennessee, Estados Unidos

- Provided quantitative and qualitative manpower requirements, organizational studies and plans ensuring effective use of resources within the Bureau of Naval Personnel claimancy. - Developed claimant-wide position management policy for high-grade positions and classification templates/standards for Chief of Naval Personnel (CHNAVPERS) billets. Drafted policy and detailed procedures for identifying and validating unfunded manpower requirements. Coordinated and evaluated over 25 separate manpower issues requesting 295 additional end-strength.- Led Navy Reserve Zero Based Review (ZBR) for CHNAVPERS. Validated over 1200 Selected Reserve billets, resulting in a 17 percent reduction. - Developed manpower alternatives to include proposed savings/cost avoidance, coordinated associated programming and budgeting documentation.- Reviewed claimancy labor contracts and identified over $78M in contract labor. Categorized over 600 full-time equivalents (FTEs) by business line, skill level and organization. Determined contract manpower requirements and documented them in software system. Established procedures for annual review and skill level analysis.- Performed detailed organization/position management analysis on over 450 positions. Collaborated with functional managers to reduce overhead and non-productive positions by 14 percent.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), National Security And Strategic Studies

Master Of Science (M.S.), Manpower Systems Analysis

Msed, Elementary Education

Bsme, Engineering

BSME

Hs, High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates

High School