Recruitment and Retention Subcommittee

Committee	Name	Agency
Chair	LCDR Tracy Branch	OS

Health Services Applicant Placement Program Administrators
Lead	LCDR Michelle Colledge	ATSDR
Administrator	CDR David Dietz	OS
Administrator	CDR Claudine Samanic	NIH
Point ofContact / Administrator	CDR Cecelia Watson	FDA

General Members
	CAPT LouAnn Rector	USDA
	CDR Teresa Baptiste	DOD
	CDR Michelle Colledge	ATSDR
	CDR Christopher Duncan	FDA
	CDR Amanda Dunnick	CDC
	CDR Cheryl Ford	OS
	CDR Robert Garcia	CDC
	CDR Delia Jones	HRSA
	CDR Vickie Owens	BOP
	CDR Jeff Tarrant	USDA
	CDR Robert Windom	FOH
	CDR Cecelia Watson	FDA
	LCDR Dorinda Ball	BOP
	LCDR Tarsha Cavanagh	HRSA
	LCDR Gene Gunn	FDA
	LCDR Alysa Jackson	DOD
	LCDR Traci Mullins	BOP
	LCDR Allah Sharrieff	DOD
	LCDR Jacinta Smith	CDC
	LCDR Jemekia Thornton	CDC
	LCDR Van Tran	FDA
	LCDR Malaika Washington	CDC
	LCDR Theresa Zach	BOP
	LT Harlem Gunness	CDC
	LT Ha Thi Huynh	IHS
	LT Kevin Kunard	OS
	LT Harold White	BOP
	LTJG Gene Crisp	BOP
	LTJG Tracy Tilghman	FDA

The Recruitment & Retention Subcommittee is responsible for the following:

Monitor and administer the Associate Recruiter Program and the Health Services Applicant Placement Program for the Health Services Officer (HSO) Category;
Attend monthly teleconference with the Associate Recruiter Program Coordinator and Associate Recruiter Leads;
Present progress report at each Health Services Professional Advisory Committee (HS PAC) meeting;
Maintain HSO Welcome Packet; and
Perform other duties as assigned by the HS PAC Chief Professional Officer and Chair.

The Recruitment & Retention Subcommittee possesses the following goals:

Develop and implement a program to assist HSO applicants in becoming fully commissioned as well as identify and secure Federal positions; and
Create materials to disseminate among HSO COSTEPS and newly commissioned officers to assist with acclimation to Commissioned Corps life.