As the National Coordinator, Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO), U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs, Katie contributes to the development of national policy, provides guidance to the field on operational matters, and represents the VJO program with internal and external audiences.

Prior to Katie’s work in VA Central Office, she spent nine years in the field serving as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville, NC. She began her VA career in 2009 as a local Suicide Prevention Case Manager, then Suicide Prevention Coordinator. In 2011, she joined the Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) program where she served as the Veterans Justice Outreach Specialist, building, and growing the local program until 2018. Throughout Katie’s tenure serving as a Veterans Justice Outreach Specialist, she was instrumental in the development of Buncombe County’s (Asheville) Veterans Treatment Court.