engineer professional advisory committee

ENGINEER PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2021 Council of Captains

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EPAC Council of Captains Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ............................................................................................. 3

CAPT Stephen B. Martin, Jr., PhD, PE ........................................................................................................ 3

Environmental Protection Agency ............................................................................................................. 4

CAPT Mathew J. Martinson, MEM, PE ...................................................................................................... 4

CAPT Nelson Mix, MS, PE .......................................................................................................................... 5

CAPT Michael A. Stover, MS, PE ................................................................................................................ 6

Food and Drug Administration .................................................................................................................. 7

CAPT Sean Boyd, MPH .............................................................................................................................. 7

CAPT Jill Hammond, MPH ......................................................................................................................... 8

CAPT Nazmul Hassan, MS ......................................................................................................................... 9

Indian Health Service .............................................................................................................................. 10

CAPT Alex Dailey, MS, PE ........................................................................................................................ 10

CAPT David Harvey, MS, MPH, PE ........................................................................................................... 11

CAPT Ramsey Hawasly, MS, PE ............................................................................................................... 12

CAPT Angela Mtungwa, MS .................................................................................................................... 13

CAPT Shari Windt, ME, PE ....................................................................................................................... 14

National Park Service .............................................................................................................................. 15

CAPT Steven L. Bosiljevac, MS, PE ........................................................................................................... 15

CAPT Nathan Tatum, MS, PE ................................................................................................................... 16

Office of the Secretary............................................................................................................................. 17

CAPT Charles Weir, PhD, PE .................................................................................................................... 17

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ............................................................... 18

CAPT Marjorie Wallace, MS .................................................................................................................... 18

The Council of Captains, along with Chief Professional Officer RADM Edward Dieser, serve as the

designated leaders of the engineer category. The council is a resource for guidance, mentorship, and

feedback. The council maintains an understanding of the broad array of challenges that face the Corps’

diversely assigned engineers and supports the CPO’s initiatives to guide the category to new heights.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CAPT Stephen B. Martin, Jr., PhD, PE Senior Research Engineer

Field Studies Branch

Respiratory Health Division

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CAPT Stephen B. Martin, Jr. (Steve) is a Senior Research Engineer

in the Field Studies Branch of the Respiratory Health Division at

the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National

Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in

Morgantown, West Virginia. Since joining NIOSH in 1997, he has

been involved with research into respirator filter and unit

performance, ventilation systems and other engineering

controls, environmental tractor cab filter performance and cab

integrity testing, indoor air quality investigations, and air/surface disinfection studies using ultraviolet

germicidal irradiation. He has also worked extensively on tuberculosis outbreak investigations and

prevention studies in jails, prisons, and homeless shelters.

He participated in the CDC/NIOSH responses to the 2001 anthrax attacks, the Severe Acute Respiratory

Syndrome (SARS) outbreaks in Asia, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and

preparing US hospitals to receive Ebola patients during recent outbreaks in western Africa. He served as

a ventilation and engineering controls expert for the duration of the CDC/NIOSH response to the COVID‐

19 outbreak. He led the Filtration and Disinfection team on the ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force, that

established pandemic guidance for building operations used throughout the United States and many parts

of the world.

He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of West Virginia. He received his B.S. in Chemical

Engineering from West Virginia University and earned an M.S. degree in Environmental Engineering from

the University of Delaware. He earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Architectural Engineering

(Mechanical Specialty) at the Pennsylvania State University. Steve is a founding member and past‐

chairperson of the ASHRAE Technical Committee on Ultraviolet Air and Surface Disinfection (TC 2.9) and

is the chairperson of the ASHRAE Standards Project Committee (SPC 185) that developed ANSI testing

methods for in‐duct UVGI air and surface disinfection devices. He also serves as the NIOSH representative

on the Federal TB Task Force and as the NIOSH ex officio member of the CDC Advisory Council for the

Elimination of Tuberculosis.

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Environmental Protection Agency

CAPT Mathew J. Martinson, MEM, PE Chief, Permitting, Drinking Water and Infrastructure Branch

Region 10


CAPT Mathew J. Martinson has served 26 years on active duty in

the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. This includes

assignments in six geographic locations and at four federal

agencies. He currently serves as Chief, Permitting, Drinking Water

and Infrastructure Branch at Region 10 Environmental Protection

Agency. From 2013‐2019, he led the Sanitation Facilities

Construction Program within the Portland Area Indian Health

Service. CAPT Martinson’s other agency assignments have

included Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and

the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).

CAPT Martinson earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering degree from North Dakota State University and a

master’s degree in Engineering Management from University of Idaho. He holds active Professional

Engineer (P.E.) Registration in Washington and Oregon and received Board Certification as an

Environmental Engineer from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists in 2017.

He is a 2011 graduate of the federal executive leadership development program, Leadership for a

Democratic Society, at the Federal Executive Institute.

Outside of work, CAPT Martinson connection to water is lifelong. He has been a competitive and fitness

swimmer for 37 years, and for six years, served as a volunteer swim coach and swim meet official for

youth competitive swimming. He and his wife have been married for 25 years; together, they have a

daughter in college and a son in high school.

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CAPT Nelson Mix, MS, PE Environmental Engineer

Office of Water

Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water

Water Security Division


CAPT Mix was raised on a dairy farm and his 28+ year PHS career

began with two COSTEP assignments before graduating from

Brigham Young University. Three years after commissioning he

completed a Master of Science in civil engineering from the

University of New Mexico, without long‐term training. His career

has spanned duty stations in five states (AL, ME, AZ, KS, and DC),

two agencies (IHS and EPA), and three major programs at EPA (Region 7, Superfund HQ, and Water). His

assignment diversity has included preforming field work, managing projects, managing a national program

(Continuity), and leading Water Quality Surveillance and Response System components at the EPA HQ.

CAPT Mix has 17 years of formal, consecutive service as the EPA’s Alternate Representative to the PHS

Engineer Professional Advisory Committee and as EPA’s Alternate and Primary Representative to the

Surgeon General’s Policy Advisory Council. He was the first recipient of the RADM Jerrold M. Michael

Award and received the John C. Villforth Leadership Award in 2018. He is a Professional Engineer, Certified

Hazardous Material Manager (master level), and Fellow of the Society of American Military Engineers (one

of four PHS officers to ever receive this distinction). He likes martial arts and outdoor activities. He and

his family live in Washington, DC.

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CAPT Michael A. Stover, MS, PE Indian Program Manager

New England, Region 1


CAPT Michael Stover, P.E. graduated from the University of

Delaware in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil

Engineering, and from Cornell University in 1993 with a Master

of Science degree in Environmental Engineering. CAPT Stover

spent eighteen years with the Indian Health Service working

with federally recognized tribes in New England, New York,

Alaska, California and Arizona designing and managing

construction of water and wastewater treatment facilities.

CAPT Stover came to the Environmental Protection Agency in

2011 to serve as the Indian Program Manager for EPA Region 1’s tribal program and continues to work

with tribal governments in New England on critical environmental matters facing the tribal nations.

As the EPA Region 1 Indian Program Manager, CAPT Stover serves as key advisor to EPA senior

management for implementation of trust responsibilities to tribes on environmental needs and

obligations. He is responsible for overseeing EPA tribal activities and trust responsibilities with the New

England tribal nations and is a subject matter expert and primary agency liaison between tribes and

state/federal agencies on tribal issues.

CAPT Stover is also actively involved with Engineers Without Borders and currently is a member of the

Boston Professional Chapter of EWB. His projects include design and construction oversight of rural water

projects serving the community of Santa Clara, El Salvador and Chamhawi, Tanzania.

CAPT Stover is a registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a registered

sanitarian in the State of Arizona. He is married and lives with his wife and three children near Boston,

Massachusetts.

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Food and Drug Administration

CAPT Sean Boyd, MPH Director, Office of Regulatory Programs

Office of Product Evaluation and Quality

Center for Devices and Radiological Health


CAPT Sean M. Boyd serves as the Director of the Office of Regulatory

Programs in the Office of Product Evaluation and Quality at FDA’s

Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). In this capacity,

he is responsible for managing the Center’s review programs that

ensure the public has access to high‐quality, safe and effective

medical devices.

CAPT Boyd began his career in 1994 as a Lieutenant Junior Grade regulatory research officer at FDA’s

Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center outside of Boston, MA. In 1999, hep moved to the DC

Metro Area where he served as a regulatory operations officer in CDRH, before progressing through

several leadership roles in the organization. Over the course of his career, CAPT Boyd became versed in

all aspects of premarket, postmarket and compliance regulatory reviews, across the full spectrum of

electronic products and medical devices. Prior to joining the Office of Product Evaluation and Quality in

2019, CAPT Boyd led transformation efforts to build CDRH’s total product lifecycle structure and function,

promoting the quality and safety of medical technology from product development to end of life.

CAPT Boyd is a former Team Commander for one of two DC‐based medical response teams (PHS‐1 Rapid

Deployment Force); and deployed in response to several disasters and crises, both domestically and

abroad. Most recently, this includes response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria, where officers provided

medical care to individuals displaced from the Florida Keys and U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. His

experience also includes serving as Executive Officer of the Monrovia Medical Unit (an Ebola Treatment

Unit) in Liberia, Africa; where the USPHS Commissioned Corps provided care to healthcare workers

infected with Ebola Virus Disease.

CAPT Boyd received his undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University and his

master’s degree in Public Health from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. His sense

of duty and work ethic were gifted to him by his parents, William and Barbara; and he supported every

day by his high school sweetheart and wife, Jennifer. Lastly, he is the proud father of three successful

children Ryan, Michael and Lauren; one of whom is a United States Marine (OOH‐RAH!).

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CAPT Jill Hammond, MPH Program Management Officer

Office of Compounding Quality and Compliance

Office of Compliance

Center of Drug and Evaluation Research


CAPT Jill Hammond is a Program Management Officer in the Office

of Compounding Quality and Compliance (OCQC), Office of

Compliance (OC), Center of Drug and Evaluation Research (CDER)

with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) located in Silver

Spring, Maryland. She also serves as the Training Project Manager

for the new Compounding Quality Center of Excellence, providing

trainings on Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP)

requirements, to improve the overall quality of compounded drugs.

She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and

Technical State University (NCA&TSU) in Greensboro, NC and Master of Public Health degree from the

University of Maryland, College Park. She received a Certificate in Global Health as an inaugural RADM

Jerrold M. Michael Fellow for Global Health at the University of Maryland, College Park and Certificate in

Public Health Leadership from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Prior to

joining the Commissioned Corps in 2007, CAPT Hammond worked in industry in various fields including

pharmaceuticals, specialty materials, telecommunications, health policy and cancer research.

CAPT Hammond was the 2015 EPAC Chair and chaired the Career Development and Rules Subcommittees.

CAPT Hammond was a recipient of the RADM Jerrold M. Michael Award and was the 2017 PHS Engineer

Responder of the Year. She is an active member of the District of Columbia Commissioned Officers

Association (DC COA) Branch and served as an Engineer Category Board of Director and Founding Chair of

the Merchandise Committee. CAPT Hammond serves on Planning Committees for both the Susan G.

Komen Global Race for the Cure and WALK to End HIV and volunteers with several activities, including the

USA Science & Engineering Festival and Capital Area Foodbank. She enjoys listening to jazz and world

music and traveling.

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CAPT Nazmul Hassan, MS Director, Investigations Branch

Division of Northeast Imports

Office of Regulatory Affairs


CAPT Nazmul Hassan is the Director of Investigations for the

Division of Northeast Imports. He joined FDA in 2002 at the New

York District Office. He served in an FDA field office in various

capacities such as Chemistry Branch Director at Northeast Food

and Feed Laboratory, Division of Import Operations HQ as

Northeast Regional Activity Manger, Supervisory Consumer

Safety Officer (CSO), Compliance Officer and CSO.

CAPT Hassan is a recipient of several US Public Health Service (PHS) awards, including an Outstanding

Service Medal, Commendation Medals, Achievement Medals, Outstanding Unit Citations and Unit

Commendations for his exceptional work with FDA and PHS. He is recipient of US PHS Chief of Engineer’s

John C. Villforth Leadership Award. He also received US PHS Global Health Campaign Medal and Foreign

Duty Award for his public health work with Department of Defense (DOD) and US PHS in Papua New

Guinea, Solomon Island and Marshall Island.

CAPT Hassan received his bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Bioengineering at Stony Brook University.

He then received a master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from New York University Tandon School

of Engineering. He also received a master’s degree in Health Science from Touro University International.

CAPT Hassan enjoys spending time with his wife LCDR Iram Hassan and three children Nazneen, Naeem

and Ibrahim.

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Indian Health Service

CAPT Alex Dailey, MS, PE Director, Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction

Portland Area Office


CAPT Dailey attended Oregon State University, earning a B.S. in Civil

Engineering in 1998. He was introduced to the Indian Health Service (IHS),

Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction (DSFC) during this time

through the Junior Commissioned Officer Student Training and Extern

Program (JrCOSTEP). He served for three summers a JrCOSTEP. After

graduating, he worked in private consulting in the San Francisco area and

for the State of California’s bridge construction division before re‐joining

the IHS DSFC Program in the Manlius, NY Field Office in 2003. He achieved

licensure as a Registered Professional Engineer from the State of California

in 2002. In 2006, he transferred to the Spokane, WA District Office as a project engineer, and in 2009 he

took on the position of District Engineer for the IHS Spokane District. He received certification as a Project

Management Professional through the Project Management Institute in 2010. In 2015, CDR Dailey

transferred to IHS Headquarters in Rockville, MD to take the position of Assistant Director for the HQ DSFC

Program. He earned a M.S. in Project Management from the University of Wisconsin‐Platteville in 2016.

In 2020, he returned to the Portland Area Indian Health Service to serve as Director of the Area’s DSFC

Program. From his first engineering career experience as a JrCOSTEP through today, he has recognized

the value and importance of engineering for the benefit of public health and has dedicated his career to

helping improve how those services are delivered.

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CAPT David Harvey, MS, MPH, PE Deputy Director, Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction


CAPT David Harvey is the Deputy Director of the Division of Sanitation

Facilities Construction (SFC) at the Indian Health Service in Rockville,

MD. He provides leadership and oversight on data, guidelines and

interagency coordination for an environmental health program

supporting American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes with the needs

identification, planning, design and construction of water, wastewater

and solid waste facilities. The SFC Program employs nationally over

500 professional, technical and administrative staff and received in FY

2020 over $200 million in appropriated and contributed funds for the

construction of sanitation facilities to address $2.6 billion in identified

needs.

His first USPHS Commissioned Corps (USPHS CC) assignment was as a facility manager at St. Elizabeth’s

Hospital in Washington, DC. Following this assignment in 2000, he transferred to Sparks, NV as a field

engineer in the SFC Program. In 2006, he transferred to Washington, DC to work with EPA’s Water

Security Division. He then transferred in 2008 to EPA’s Drinking Water Protection Division where he

coordinated the National Tribal Drinking Water Program. Prior to joining the USPHS CC he work for a

private engineering consulting firm in Bilbao, Spain assisting with the supply, delivery and installation of

equipment for a municipal water company in Shanghai, China.

In April 2020, CAPT Harvey co‐lead the formation of the Navajo Nation COVID‐19 Water Access

Coordination Group (WACG) with the Navajo Nation Division of Community Development. The WACG

includes members from the Navajo Nation Government, Navajo Nation Utility and Construction

Authorities, federal government, and non‐profit organizations. The WACG is focused on increasing access

to safe water to mitigate the spread of coronavirus across the Navajo Nation. This group was formed in

response to the high incidence of COVID‐19 infections and the large number homes without access to

piped water; which represents 20% of population on the Navajo Nation. For this work he was recognized

as the 2020 Senior Officer of the Year by the U.S. Surgeon General.

He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Maine, holds a Bachelor of Science degree from

the University of Maine, a Master of Science degree from the University of Connecticut both in Civil

Engineering, and a Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of

Public Health. In 2019 he was named by Johns Hopkins University as a Bloomberg American Health

Initiative Fellow and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Public Health Degree.

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CAPT Ramsey Hawasly, MS, PE Assistant Director, Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction


CAPT Ramsey Hawasly is an environmental engineer officer

currently assigned to the Indian Health Service (IHS). As the

Assistant Director of the Division of Sanitation Facilities

Construction (DSFC), one of CAPT Hawasly’s primary duties includes

the management, design and ongoing maintenance and operation

of the national IHS Sanitation Tracking and Reporting System

(STARS). STARS is used to track, manage and report sanitation

facilities deficiencies and sanitation construction projects for

water, sewer and solid waste facilities for Native American homes

and communities. STARS tracks data for over 3,500 active

sanitation construction projects representing $3.0 billion of unmet

sanitations needs. He has been with the IHS since 1996 and is

currently stationed at the IHS headquarters office in Rockville, MD.

Before becoming a PHS officer, CAPT Hawasly was enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in both Korea and

Germany.

CAPT Hawasly has received numerous awards over the years including the PHS Outstanding Service and

Commendation Medals, EPA Bronze Medal for Commendable Service and was recognized by the IHS

Director for outstanding performance, dedication and commitment to the mission of the Indian Health

Service.

CAPT Hawasly is a registered professional engineer in the state of Maryland and Florida and has a B.S. and

M.S. degree in Environmental Engineering.

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CAPT Angela Mtungwa, MS Director, Division of Commissioned Personnel Support


CAPT Angela Mtungwa serves as the Director of the Division

of Commissioned Personnel Support within the Office of

Human Resources in the Indian Health Service. As Director,

CAPT Mtungwa serves as the Agency’s senior liaison and

national expert on commissioned personnel matters for

nearly 1,700 commissioned officers serving in often remote

and hard‐to‐fill federal and tribal assignments in the IHS.

CAPT Mtungwa previously served as the Director of the Assignments and Career Management Branch and

the Acting Deputy Director for the Division of Commissioned Corps Personnel and Readiness (DCCPR)

within the Office of the Surgeon General. In this capacity, she provided direction to and oversight of the

majority of Corps Headquarters operational units. CAPT Mtungwa began her Corps career as a Junior

COSTEP in 1995 with the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health,

where she conducted laboratory research on orthopedic and cardiovascular medical devices. From 2005

to 2010, she served with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, where she oversaw the growth and management

of Senior COSTEP and National Health Service Corps programs.

CAPT Mtungwa has received numerous Commissioned Corps awards, including the Surgeon General’s

Exemplary Service Medal. She has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from MIT and a Master

of Science in Physiology from Georgetown University. CAPT Mtungwa is an NFL football enthusiast and

has won her Fantasy Football League championship three times, including in 2019.

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CAPT Shari Windt, ME, PE Engineering Consultant

Environmental Health Support Center


CAPT Windt graduated from Oregon State University with a

Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering and from

University of Idaho with a Master of Engineering Degree in

Engineering Management. CAPT Windt was commissioned as

an Engineer officer in June 1997 at the Indian Health Service

(IHS) in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and has experience working as

a technical design and project engineer (COSTEP, Jr.

Environmental Engineer, and Sr. Environmental Engineer) and

in leadership positions (Deputy District Engineer, District

Engineer, and Engineering Consultant) within the Bemidji Area IHS, the Tucson Area IHS, and the

Albuquerque Area IHS. In 2015, she became the Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction (DSFC)

representative at the IHS Environmental Health Support Center where she supports the national DSFC

Program by managing an annual budget of approximately $1.8M to provide drafting and hydraulic

modeling software and deliver over 80 trainings yearly for a DSFC staff of over 400 IHS engineers and

technicians and hundreds of tribal water, wastewater, and solid waste utility operators. In addition, CAPT

Windt leads both the AutoCAD and GIS national management teams for the IHS Office of Environmental

Health and Engineering. These multidisciplinary teams provide standards, training and software portfolio

recommendations, templates, and other resource tools to improve project workflow efficiencies.

During her career, CAPT Windt served as the Team Commander for the NIST‐C Tier 1 deployment team

and deployed to numerous national security events and natural disasters during her 14+ years as a NIST‐

C member. Most recently she has provided project support and deployed in of support the Navajo Water

Access Mission providing water fill points for over 6000 homes without piped water. She is a life member

of the Society of American Military Engineers and a licensed professional engineer (Arizona and

Wisconsin). CAPT Windt is supported by her husband of 20+ years and her loving family as well as all of

her DSFC colleagues that partner with her to make the work that she does possible.

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National Park Service

CAPT Steven L. Bosiljevac, MS, PE Regional Civil Engineer and Regional Dam Safety Coordinator

Facility Management Division

National Park Service CAPT Bosiljevac is assigned to the Facility Management Division

of the Pacific West Region of the National Park Service where he

serves as the Regional Civil Engineer and Regional Dam Safety

Coordinator. He began his career as a commissioned officer with

the Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction, Office of

Environmental Health & Engineering in 1995 with initial

assignments in Tuba City, Navajo Nation and Winslow, AZ while

assigned to the Navajo Area IHS followed by an assignment in the

Escondido District Office of the California Area IHS. CAPT

Bosiljevac graduated with his B.S., Civil Engineering in 1986 from

the University of New Mexico and went on to serve two

consecutive assignments as a Peace Corps volunteer, first in Nepal

and then in Honduras. In 1994, after graduating with his M.S.,

Civil Engineering from UNM, he served as the lead technical trainer for Peace Corps – Nepal’s water and

sanitation training program for new Peace Corps volunteers.

CAPT Bosiljevac has served on international deployments with US Navy’s Pacific Partnership and the US

State Department Embassy Science Fellow program in Kathmandu, Nepal. He served on APHT‐4 and on

EPAC where he was the lead planner for two Engineer Category Day events, and for the pre‐symposium

day‐long course Public Health Infrastructure Technologies for Humanitarian Assistance Deployments. In

2008 as the chair of the Building Design and Construction subcommittee he led the restructuring of this

subcommittee into the Public Health Engineering Practice subcommittee. CAPT Bosiljevac received the

RADM Jerrold M. Michael award in 2010. He is a registered professional civil engineer in New Mexico and

California and has volunteered as a professional engineer mentor to the UC Berkeley and Calpoly‐SLO

student chapters of Engineers Without Boarders on projects in Perú and Nicaragua. He and his wife

Phurbu have two adult daughters, Lhadze and Dechen ‐ they both have degrees in public health ‐ and he

enjoys getting away from all things engineering studying Tibetan language and involvement with a local

Tibetan association.

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CAPT Nathan Tatum, MS, PE Dams and Levee Safety Officer

National Park Service

CAPT Tatum is a graduate of California State University and

the University of Alaska where he earned his master’s

degree in Civil Engineering. He joined the Public Health

Service as a COSTEP in 1990 and has since served in the IHS,

CDC/ATSDR, Headquarters DHS, NPS and ASPR. Beginning

his full‐time active duty as a field engineer in Alaska the

breadth of his experience spans field level to district to area

to national level offices and programs where he has worked

in engineering program delivery, health assessment, staff

support to a previous chief engineer, national emergency

operations, and most recently critical infrastructure

program management.

A veteran of multiple deployment teams CAPT Tatum has over twenty deployments to his record. CAPT

Tatum has served as a category coordinator and recruiter, mentor and ad‐hoc instructor for various special

PHS initiatives. Currently CAPT Tatum is assigned to the National Park Service where he leads the National

Dam Safety Program.

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Office of the Secretary

CAPT Charles Weir, PhD, PE ASPR Liaison Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HHS Office of Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response

CAPT Weir is the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

(ASPR) Liaison Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention. He is responsible for coordinating routine programmatic

and response activities between ASPR and CDC.

CAPT Weir received his commission in the USPHS in January 2000. He

served with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

(ATSDR) from 2000‐2010 where he held several positions that

included programmatic and geographic moves. His first assignment

was in Atlanta, Georgia as an Environmental Health Scientist where

he evaluated the public health implications of chemical releases into the environment. His next

assignment was as a liaison for ATSDR at EPA Headquarters in Crystal City, VA where he helped coordinate

Agency wide projects with EPA. His next assignment was an Epidemiologist in the ATSDR Division of Health

Studies in Atlanta, GA. While in the Division of Health Studies at ATSDR CAPT Weir was selected for a two‐

year long‐term training assignment to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Following

completion of long‐term training, CAPT Weir returned to the Division of Health Studies at ATSDR in Atlanta

as an Epidemiologist. While serving with ATSDR in Atlanta, CAPT Weir supported the Regional Health

Administrator as a liaison officer at the FEMA Regional Operations/Response Coordinating Center during

hurricane season prior to the development of Regional Incident Support Teams and became a member of

the first Regional Incident Support Team 4.

From 2010–2019, CAPT Weir was a Regional Emergency Coordinator (REC) in the HHS ASPR Region 4

(Atlanta) Office. As a REC, CAPT Weir participated in multiagency all hazards preparedness, response, and

recovery activities. In addition, he served as an Incident Response Team Commander, supported National

Special Security Events, and managed the Incident Response Team West.

CAPT Weir’s degrees include a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering and Master or Science in Environmental

Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Master of Science in Engineering and

Environmental Management from the Air Force Institute of Technology, Master of Public Health in Public

Health Practice from the University of South Florida, and PhD in Environmental Sciences and Engineering

from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a registered engineer in Georgia.

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

CAPT Marjorie Wallace, MS USPHS Commissioned Corps Agency Liaison

Division of Management Services

Office of Financial Resources

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

CAPT Wallace earned her B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh

University and her M.S. in Safety Engineering from the University

of Cincinnati. Prior to joining the U.S. Public Health Service, she

served as a Loss Prevention Consultant for Liberty Mutual

Insurance and a contract engineer treating uranium contaminated

groundwater in Fernald, Ohio. In 1991 she was commissioned as a

LTJG in the USPHS at CDC/NIOSH in Cincinnati as a research

engineer evaluating engineering controls for occupational health

exposures. She successfully published and presented data on

reducing worker exposures to lead fume at brass foundries,

carcinogenic dye dust in small textile plants, paint particulates in auto body shops and metal fumes during

arc welding operations. In 2000, she transferred to Rockville, MD to serve as the Promotion Coordinator,

and later the Section Chief, in the Division of Commissioned Personnel (DCP) located within the Program

Support Center. She was instrumental in designing and upgrading IT processes related to boards and

COERs, and she oversaw the highly stressful implementation of new promotion policies in 2004. When

DCP reorganized into the Office of Commissioned Corps Operations within the Office of the Secretary she

was selected to lead the Division of Commissioned Corps Officer Support. In this position, as a CDR, she

had oversight for multiple high profile PHS programs and activities including promotions, awards, COERs,

assimilations, Flag/CPO/USCG CMO boards, uniforms, personnel files, and leave. In late 2007, CAPT

Wallace transferred to SAMHSA to serve as the Agency’s Commissioned Corps Liaison and quickly worked

with Agency leadership to double the size of the Corps strength at the Agency. Concurrent with her

SAMHSA Liaison role, CAPT Wallace has been called upon to serve in multiple other leadership capacities

including a one‐year TDY as SAMHSA’s Director, Division of Management Services, leading the Agency

during the 2013 furlough, and serving as the lead inter‐agency liaison to CCHQ for over three years.

Despite being mission critical most of her career, CAPT Wallace has deployed in support of Hurricane

Katrina and the COVID response. CAPT Wallace enjoys spending time with her husband of 28 years and

their two college aged kids and is looking forward to her mandatory retirement on Aug 1, 2021.

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