Senior Executive successful at building and leading high performance teams in the Healthcare Management, Military Treatment Facilities, AF En-Route Care Patient Movement and education industries. A strategic thinker with clear sense of purpose and focus who leads with urgency in rapidly changing business environments. Expert at analyzing processes and methods to improve conceptual models into operational reality. Cohesive team builder.
Medical consultant to AMC Commander, ensures maximum combat readiness, operational health & efficient delivery of healthcare to 448K beneficiaries, delivers emergency management oversight & guidance to 11 military treatment facilities & 2 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadrons with $9.3M in Medical Counter-Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear & Explosives Response assets. As Manpower & Equipment Force Packaging Responsible Agency for national en route care (ERC) capabilities, solves Combatant Commander ERC requirements in support of Global Force Management capability, organizes, trains & equips combat-ready medical forces for rapid deployment & employment using 68 specialized deployable teams & $332M in medical War Reserve Material staged worldwide.
Vetted Mobile Training Team (MTT) faculty leading multi-national cadres in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Ghana & the Philippines teaching First Response for Disasters & Trauma Nursing courses strengthening international coalition partnerships to achieve theater security cooperation objectives.
Led 2nd largest Military Treatment Facility with 656 personnel & 30K enrolled beneficiaries with 3 Squadrons, 14 Flights, across 8 facilities. Executed $56M budget for 991K clinical, dental & ancillary visits per year. Crafted local business execution plan supporting $58B TRICARE center for 2 wings, 2 Combatant Command & 75 coalition partners with $1B refueling mission. Air Force Patient Safety Program of the Year 2021 & 2022.
Led 177 deployed medics for OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE & GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR missions supporting 6.4K coalition forces, 18 squadrons, 5 groups & 3 military installations. Delivered emergency response, flight medicine, primary care, dental, physical therapy, mental health, preventative medicine, supporting aeromedical evacuation & host national referral services. Directed strategic planning & partnership with joint, coalition & host nation medical units with $3M in assets.
Oversaw 1.6K personnel, 6 squadrons, & ACC's only medical center with 50 beds supporting 238K DoD/VA beneficiaries, with a $283M annual operating budget for 48.7K enrollees while supporting 6 wings & 52 tenant units including a geographically separated clinic. Supports medical currency platforms with 13 surgical, 12 medical specialties, 15 graduate medical education/nurse residency, & phase II medical technician students. Ensures The Joint Commission compliance leading continuous process improvement & patient safety programs.
2011 Dean’s Research Award on Leadership, Air Command & Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2014 USAF Outstanding Excellence in Nursing Leadership Award, Air Force Medical Service
2018 Senior Leadership Innovation Award, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
CERTIFICATIONS:
American Nurses Credentialing Center Nurse Executive
Trauma Nurse Core Course Instructor
CERTIFICATIONS:
American Nurses Credentialing Center Nurse Executive
Trauma Nurse Core Course Instructor