Who We Are

Brigadier General Loree K. Sutton
Director

Dr. Sonja V. Batten
Deputy Director

Navy CAPT Russell Shilling
Scientific Advisor, Psychological Health

Navy CAPT Edward Simmer
Senior Executive Director, Psychological Health 

Ms. Katherine (Kathy) M. Helmick
Interim Senior Executive Director, TBI

Dr. David F. Moore
Scientific Advisor, TBI

Mr. James Greenwood
Chief of Staff

Mr. Jonathan Popa
Acting Director, Strategies, Plans and Programs

Dr. Mark Bates
Interim Director, Resilience and Prevention (R&P)

Ms. Katherine (Kathy) M. Helmick
TBI Clinical Care & Standards R&R

Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Wilson
PH Clinical Care and Standards R&R

USPHS CAPT Gail Hamilton
Interim Director, Training and Education (T&E)

Army COL Richard Ricciardi
Research, QA, Program Evaluation and Surveillance

Navy CDR Anthony Arita
Clearinghouse, Outreach and Advocacy

Ms. Catherine (Cathy) Haight
Interim Director, Communications

Dr. James P. Kelly
National Intrepid Center of Excellence

Col. Michael S. Jaffee, M.D., MC, USAF, FS
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center

Dr. David S. Riggs
Center for Deployment Psychology

COL Charles Engel
Deployment Health Clinical Center

Dr. Robert J. Ursano
Center for Study of Traumatic Stress

Dr. Gregory A. Gahm
National Center for Telehealth and Technology