Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service

Health Services Officer Professional Advisory Committee

HSPAC Recruitment & Retention Subcommittee

Subcommittee Charge

The Recruitment & Retention Subcommittee is responsible for the following:

  • Monitor and administer the Health Services Applicant Placement Program for the Health Services Officer (HSO) Category.
  • Present progress report at each Health Services Professional Advisory Committee (HSPAC) meeting.
  • Maintain HSO welcome packet, Recruitment & Retention (R & R), Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and HSO Website R & R section.
  • Highlight relevant updates and available statistics on R & R activities.
  • Support the retention of officers returned to service (RTS) or vulnerable to be RTS.

Subcommittee Goals

The Recruitment & Retention Subcommittee possesses the following goals:

  • Support the current operation of the Health Services Assignment Placement Program (HSAAP) and collaborate with various liaisons in successful placement of HSOs who were return to service.
  • Collaborate with the DCCPR Recruitment office to align our recruitment and retention activities.
  • Finalized the approval of the R & R SOP, HSO welcome packet and HSO brochure.
  • Present Part II of the “Retaining HSO during Difficult Times” with comparative analysis and senior HSO officer panels.
  • Collaborate with all Health Services Professional Advisory Groups to produce a unified retention survey.
  • Share evidence base survey results to all HSO officers through brown bag sessions.

Executive Team

Role Name Agency Email
Chair CDR Monique Salter FDA monique.salter@fda.hhs.gov
Co-Chair CDR Chad Thompson FDA chad.thompson@fda.hhs.gov
Executive Secretary LT Sascha Randolph FDA Sascha.Randolph@fda.hhs.gov

Agency Liaisons

Liaison Name Agency Email
ACF LNO LCDR Alexia Blyther ACF

Alexia.Blyther@acf.hhs.gov

BOP LNO

LCDR Harold White

LCDR Joshua Henderson

BOP

BOP

h1white@bop.gov

j2henderson@bop.gov

CDC LNO CDR Yonette Hercules CDC

xhn6@cdc.gov

CMS LNO CDR Kari Pinsonneault CMS

Kari.Pinsonneault@cms.hhs.gov

CG LNO CDR Gustavo Ceinos CG

Gustavo.Ceinos@hq.dhs.gov

DoD (Army) LNO

CDR Tricia Booker

CDR John Stanson

DoD

Tricia.H.Booker.mil@mail.mil

john.d.stanson.mil@mail.mil

DHS (ICE) LNO LCDR Tonya Johnican DHS

tonya.s.johnican@ice.dhs.gov 

DHS (CBP/CWMD) LNO

LCDR Tonya Johnican

CDR Gustavo Ceinos
ICE

Tonya.S.Johnican@ice.dhs.gov

Gustavo.Ceinos@hq.dhs.gov

FDA LNO

CDR Stephanie Kenez

FDA

Stephanie.Kenez@fda.hhs.gov

HRSA LNO CDR Holly Berilla HRSA

HBerilla@hrsa.gov

IHS LNO LT Veronica Hernandez IHS

veronica.hernandez@ihs.gov

NOAA

CDR Kenneth Green

CDR Valarie Gardner

NOAA

kenneth.green@noaa.gov

valarie.gardner@noaa.gov

NPS LNO CDR George Larsen NPS

george_larsen@nps.gov

USDA LNO

CDR Jennifer Freiman

USDA

Jennifer.Freiman@usda.gov

SAMHSA LCDR Nicole Pascua SAMHSA nicole.pascua@samhsa.hhs.gov
VA LCDR Jorge Avalos VA

Jorge.Avalos@va.gov

PAG Liaisons

Liaison Name Agency Email
BASPAG Vacant

DHPAG

LT Darion Smith

LT Sylvester Smith

CDC

NIH

qzq4@cdc.gov

sylvester.smith@nih.gov

HAPAG LCDR Amanda Deering BOP

adeering@bop.gov

HITPAG

LCDR Kojo Danso

LCDR Tonya Johnican

HHS

ICE

Kojo.Danso@hhs.gov

Tonya.S.Johnican@ice.dhs.gov

MLSPAG

LCDR Yen Phan

LCDR Torrey Ward

FDA

FDA

Yen.Phan@fda.hhs.gov

Torrey.Ward@fda.hhs.gov

OPAG CDR Sarah Stienbarger IHS

SStienbarger@SouthcentralFoundation.com

PAPAG LT Chelsea Makowicz BOP

cmakowicz@bop.gov

PHPAG

CDR Gustavo Ceinos

DHS

Gustavo.Ceinos@hq.dhs.gov

SWPAG

LT Janelle Phillip

LT Everett Rollins

ICE

IHS

Janelle.Phillip@ice.dhs.gov

rett.rollins@cherokeehospital.org

Recruitment & Retention Workgroups

Committee Role Name Agency Email
Health Services Assignment Assistance Program

Lead

Co-lead

CDR Babatunde Oloyede

CDR Jemekia Thornton

BOP

CDC

boloyede@bop.gov

akn1@cdc.gov

Welcome Packet/CAT Webinar Lead

CDR Monique Worrell-Oriola

FDA

Monique.Worrell-Oriola@ice.dhs.gov

Candidate Application Tracking Working Group

Lead

Co-lead

LCDR Keasha Myrick

LCDR Diane Weidley

IHS

ICE

Keasha.Myrick@ihs.gov

Diane.R.Weidley@ice.dhs.gov

Communications/Website

Lead

CDR Kari Pinsonneault

CMS

Kari.pinsonneault@cms.hhs.gov

Policy

Lead

LCDR Neal Kimble

BOP

Nkimble@bop.gov

Data and Analytics

Lead

Co-Lead

CDR Irina Gaberman

LCDR Danielle Baquero

DHS

 

FDA

Irina.Gaberman@fda.hhs.gov

 

danielle.baquero@fda.hhs.gov

OBC Support

Lead

 

Co-Lead

LCDR Nicole Pascua

 

LCDR Jamillah Bynum

NIH

 

NIH

nicole.pascua@nih.gov

 

Jamillah.bynum@hhs.gov

 

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