Captain Candice Adams presently serves as an instructor in the Public Affairs Leadership Department at the Defense Information School. Capt. Adams most recently served as the Chief of 3rd Wing Public Affairs at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, from July 2008 to May 2009, when she transferred to DINFOS. Capt. Adams joined the Air Force in May 2003 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications with concentrations in Public Relations and Rhetoric. She is top-third graduate of both Air and Space Basic Course and Squadron Officer School and presently pursuing a Masters of Communication degree from Oklahoma University, Oklahoma. Early in her career, Capt. Adams was the Air Force Materiel Command 2005 Public Affairs Company Grade Officer of the Year. While the Public Affairs Deputy Director at Alaskan Command, her office won the Air Force 2007 Public Affairs Office of the Year. She also led the Elmendorf Public Affairs Office in winning the Pacific Air Forces 2008 Best Public Affairs Office of the Year and the Pacific Air Forces 2008 Crisis Communication award.

Capt Gary Arasin began his career in 1987 as an Air Force munitions systems specialist stationed in Italy and Colorado before separating from active duty and cross training into the public affairs career field in the Air Force Reserve. After returning to active duty, his assignments included PA duties in various sections at Travis Air Force Base and as the public affairs NCO for the Air Force recruiting squadron in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was selected for and commissioned through AF Officer Training School in 2001. Following commissioning, his assignments included ROTC duty at the University of Pittsburgh, USCENTAF at Shaw AFB, S.C., and chief of public affairs at Moody AFB, Ga. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Pittsburgh and a master's degree in management (Public Relations) from University of Maryland.

Technical Sgt. Jeff Capenos has more than 18 years of experience in Air Force public affairs. His previous assignments have included Malmstrom AFB, Montana; RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom; the Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles, California; Fort Dix, New Jersey; and Andersen AFB, Guam. He also deployed as the public affairs NCO with the 320th Air Expeditionary Wing for Operation Southern Watch. In 2000, TSgt. Capenos was picked to develop an expeditionary public affairs course as part of Air Mobility Command's Phoenix Readiness course at Ft. Dix, N.J. He also helped develop the Department of Defense Joint Military Media Contingency Training Course and the public affairs portion of the expeditionary combat support exercise, Eagle Flag. In 2006 he was selected to be an instructor in the Public Affairs Leadership Department at DINFOS. TSgt Capenos is a graduate of the DINFOS Photojournalism Course, DINFOS Editor's Course, Airmen Leadership School, the UN Civil Military Affairs Course, the NCO Academy, and the Oklahoma University's Joint Course in Communication. TSgt Capenos is a native of Washington, Pennsylvania. He received his bachelor's degree in art with a minor in English from Westminster College and an associate's degree in commercial photography from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.

Alana Casanova (Major, USAFR) is a contract instructor at DINFOS in the Public Affairs Leadership Department. Following more than 10 years on active duty, she became the lead communication specialist for the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center in Linthicum, Md. Before leaving active duty in 2007, the Colorado native had been on the DINFOS faculty since July 2004. Ms. Casanova began her military career as deputy chief of public affairs and chief of media relations for the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, McConnell AFB, Kansas. In 1998 she deployed as chief of public affairs for the 320th Air Expeditionary Unit, Eskan Village, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in support of Operation Southern Watch. She then became the chief of media relations for the 45th Space Wing, Patrick AFB and Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida. While there, she also served as primary public affairs officer for the Department of Defense Manned Spaceflight Support office. Next, Ms. Casanova was assigned as Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies at Rutgers and Princeton Universities in New Jersey. In May 2003 she became the Director of Public Affairs for Headquarters Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Andrews AFB, Maryland. Ms. Casanova holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from the University of Northern Colorado and a master's degree in organizational communication from Rutgers University. She is a graduate of Squadron Officer School. Beyond professional military education, she is also a graduate of the Public Affairs Officer Course, Public Affairs Combat Training Course, Information Warfare Applications Course and Academic Instructor School. Ms. Casanova currently serves as the Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the 316th Wing Chief of Public Affairs at Andrews AFB, Md.

Richard (Rick) Corral is a contract instructor with the Public Affairs Leadership Department. He was born in Phoenix, Az. He entered the Air Force in April 1977 as a fire fighter and retrained into PA in 1988. Mr. Corral served in many military roles including fire rescue man, assistant fire chief, certified fire investigator, DINFOS photojournalism instructor, media spokesperson for Air Force One and PA chief. He has served as special assistant to the Chief of Media Relations for the Los Angeles Raiders, a disc jockey for California radio station KZXY Y102 and a member of the Screen Actor’s Guild. In 1990 he served in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm as a combat photographer with the 1st US Marine Division. He served during Operation Joint Endeavor/Guard in Hungary, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, and Albania. Mr. Corral worked hand-in-hand with the White House Press office supporting the executive branch, international leaders and celebrities. His TV and movie credits include: The Discovery Channel, The History Channel, Date Line, and National Geographic, 20/20, Good Morning America, The Today Show, West Wing, JAG, The “X” Files, “Air Force One,” “Independence Day” and “Armageddon.” Mr. Corral has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Information Systems, Associate’s Degrees in Science, Public Affairs and Fire Science and a Diploma from the New York Institute of Photography. He is currently pursuing his Master’s Degree in Education at the University of Maryland. He is also a graduate of the Defense Information School Basic Journalism Course, Intermediate Photojournalism Course and the Public Affairs Officers Course. His hobbies include working with special needs children, playing drums and guitar, computers and mountain biking. He has two daughters, and twin grandchildren.

John Dodd is a contract instructor and team chief at DINFOS. He served more than 20 years, both enlisted and officer, in the U.S. Marine Corps public affairs field. He served as a combat correspondent and platoon sergeant during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. During his military career, Mr. Dodd attended the DINFOS Basic Journalism Course; Public Affairs Advertising and Marketing Course, Xerox Corporation; DINFOS Public Affairs Supervisor's Course; Marine Corps Warrant Officer Basic Course; Public Affairs Officer Course; and the Public Affairs Officers Supervisors Course. Before coming to DINFOS, Mr. Dodd served as a Public Affairs Specialist (GS-12) with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Mr. Dodd has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Drake University in Iowa.

Major Joseph Dufrat is an Army Reservist assigned to the Public Affairs Leadership Department. As an Army Reserve public affairs officer for the past 12 years, he was assigned to Special Operations Command Joint Forces Command at Norfolk Naval Base, the Oakland Army Base in California, and the Virginia National Guard before coming to DINFOS in January 2006. Major Dufrat holds a bachelor's in mass communications from Southern Connecticut State University, a master's in instructional technology, and a master's in social science and history from Southern Connecticut State University. He is a graduate of the Civil Affairs Officer Advanced Course, Psychological Operations Officer Course, and the Army Command and General Staff College.

Steven Eden served more than 25 years as an armor officer in the United States Army in a variety of operational billets, including command of a battalion. Along the way he earned his master's degree in History at the University of Wisconsin, taught at West Point, and attended the Army War College. His service also included five years with NATO and the British Army, as well as tours in Europe, Central America, and Afghanistan. After retiring from the Army, he joined the faculty at DINFOS as an instructor with the Public Affairs Leadership Department. Mr. Eden is a graduate of the United States Military Academy and the University of Wisconsin.

Major Edgecomb began her military career in 1989 after completing a degree in biology from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and receiving her commission through the Army ROTC program there. She served first in the Chemical Corps and then in the Adjutant General Corps. After seven years and varied assignments stateside and overseas, she left active duty and entered the Army Reserve. Following the successful completion of the resident PAOQC in 2000, Major Edgecomb’s initial assignment in PA was as an Individual Mobilization Augmentee with U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM), Ft. McPherson, Georgia. In November 2001, Major Edgecomb deployed to Kuwait as the commander of the Army’s 4th Public Affairs Detachment (4th PAD). In September 2002, the Army mobilized Major Edgecomb for one year to serve in Atlanta on the FORSCOM public affairs staff. In December 2003, she was selected for assignment to the Defense Information School as an instructor in the Public Affairs Leadership Department. To keep her PA skills current, Major Edgecomb recently volunteered for a short tour in Heidelberg Germany, serving as the Plans and Operations officer for the US Army’s V Corps PAO. In addition to PAOQC, Major Edgecomb graduated from Airborne school, Chemical Officer Basic Course, Adjutant General Officer Advanced Course and Combined Arms Services Staff School. She is currently enrolled in the Army’s Intermediate Level Education course (previously CGSC).

Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick has more than 15 years public affairs experience serving Army and joint commands and multiple operational deployments. A 1986 graduate of Siena College, Loudonville, NY, he was commissioned an Armor officer and served in Germany and Fort Drum, NY. A 1994 graduate of DINFOS, Fitzpatrick has public affairs experience at the Army Division, echelons above Corps and Major Command (MACOM). He served as Public Affairs Officer for the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) and Combined Joint Task Force – Afghanistan. Fitzpatrick’s operational experience includes Operation Restore Hope I & III (Somalia), Operation Uphold Democracy I (Haiti), Operation Iraqi Freedom I, and Operation Enduring Freedom I & VII. He holds a Masters Degree in Mass Media Communications from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

Lieutenant Colonel Jose (Frank) Garcia was commissioned an Infantry officer in 1989 from New Mexico Military Institute and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Nevada Reno in December of 1992. He entered active duty March 1993 and has served in company command and staff positions in Germany, Kentucky and California. A 2004 graduate of DINFOS, Garcia has a great deal of public affairs experience at the Brigade Combat Team Level. He served as Public Affairs Officer for 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) since August 2004 and participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom 05-07 and 07-09, the brigade served as the Multinational Division - Baghdad main effort during both deployments. He is married with two daughters.

John Hoellwarth is a native of Antioch, a northern California suburb just east of Oakland. He enlisted in the Marine Corps at 18, picking public affairs out of a recruiting pamphlet. He was stationed in Yuma, Ariz., Okinawa, Japan, and Camp Pendleton, Calif., before being stop-lossed and sent to Iraq as the spokesman for the 1st Marine Regiment during the initial invasion of Iraq. Upon his return, Hoellwarth exited the Marine Corps and began working as a staff writer for Leatherneck magazine in Quantico, Va. In 2005, he left the magazine for a position as deputy news editor of the independent and Gannett-owned Marine Corps Times newspaper in Springfield, Va. He spent three years at the newspaper covering the Pentagon and Congress as a staff writer. Mr. Hoellwarth arrived at the Defense Information school in November of 2007, where he currently teaches the Public Affairs Qualification Course while writing "The War On Military Fakers," a book about the national pandemic of phony war heroes slated for publication by Potomac Books, Inc., in early 2010.

Mr. Doug Holl retired from the Navy as a chief petty officer in July 2006 after 21 years of service. Some of his previous assignments included tours at the U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Pacific Command, Naval Media Center, and tours aboard USS John F. Kennedy and as a PAO for USS Wasp. Before retiring from the Navy, he also was a Public Affairs Qualifying Course instructor at the Defense Information School from 2002-2005. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism and public relations from the University of Maryland, where he was selected as the outstanding public relations graduate for his class, and a master's degree in communication from the University of Oklahoma.

Suzan Holl is a Public Affairs Qualification Course instructor in the Public Affairs Leadership Department. Ms. Holl is a Navy veteran with 20 years experience in public and media relations. As a federal government employee, Ms. Holl has worked for the U.S. Naval Academy, Naval Base Pearl Harbor, Tripler Army Medical Center, Fort Meade Public Affairs Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. A native of western Pennsylvania, Ms. Holl has a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Duquesne University.

Glenn Holloway is a contract instructor with the Public Affairs Leadership Department. He is a retired Marine gunnery sergeant who began his military career as an engineer and completed it as the Marine Corps News chief and managing editor for the Corps' official magazine and Web site. In addition to his experience gained through operational and garrison public affairs billets, Mr. Holloway has completed the DINFOS Basic Journalism Course, Public Affairs Supervisors Course, and the Intermediate Photojournalism Course. He is also a 2002 graduate of the Military Photojournalism Program at Syracuse University. Prior to joining the DINFOS team, Mr. Holloway worked as the manager of business administration and planning for a Maryland-based construction company.

Laura Holloway, a Public Affairs Qualification Course instructor, has nearly 15 years of experience in the public affairs field. A 12-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and the Marine Corps Reserve, Ms. Holloway was the editor of the Marine Corps Reserve's nationally-distributed magazine; morning personality on American Forces Network in Okinawa, Japan; public affairs chief at the Marine Corps Mobilization Command in Kansas City, Mo.; and the Marine Corps plans and training chief at the Division of Public Affairs at the Pentagon. As a civilian, she was a graphic designer for a Las Vegas sign company; the assistant art director for a weekly city newspaper; editor of a military base newspaper and, most recently, a strategic communication specialist for the U.S. Air Force, where she specialized in Department of Defense Web policy. Ms. Holloway is a 1995 Defense Information School graduate of the Basic Journalist and Basic Broadcaster courses, and a 1996 graduate of the Editors Course. She is currently pursuing a liberal arts degree from Penn State University.

Laura D. Johnston served as Conference Group Director at the U.S. Naval Institute in Annapolis, where she launched USNI's Homeland Port Security Conference in 2006 and led the USNI-AFCEA West Conference and Exposition. From 1992-2005, Johnston served as Communications Director for KCI Technologies, Inc., an engineering firm employing more than 1,000 engineers, planners, and scientists throughout the East Coast. During her tenure, she served as a member of the corporation's board of directors, worked on the Public Relations Committee of the American Council of Engineering Companies in Washington, and launched a student mentoring program in Maryland. From 1984-89, Johnston was an associate editor of the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings and Naval History magazines and wrote articles for various military publications. She earned a BS in Journalism from the University of Colorado in 1983 and is a 2009 Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Naval War College. In 1989, Johnston became the first civilian journalist to graduate from U.S. Army Airborne School.

Bob Jordan, a native of Lexington, KY, is an award-winning writer, photographer, artist and broadcaster with a successful history of increasing management responsibilities, including public affairs and investor relations executive; radio/TV station manager; chief operating officer; editorial director and group publisher for trade magazines, seminars and trade shows; and president of a financial industry publishing company. Jordan had a distinguished 30-year career in the U.S. Marine Corps, including a combat tour in Vietnam. He played a pivotal role handling international coverage of the deaths of 241 Marines in a truck bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, in October, 1983. Jordan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from the University of Maryland and graduated with an MBA magna cum laude from Orlando College (now Florida Metropolitan University).

Jeanine Kabrich has more than 25 years experience as a broadcaster and educator. She graduated from the Defense Information School's Basic Broadcast Journalist Course and then served in the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs Office where she earned a "Spot of the Year" award, and continued her commendable broadcast work at several American Forces Network stations in Germany including (what was then) West Berlin. After leaving the military, Kabrich worked as an award winning radio and television news reporter, anchor, writer and producer in Boston, Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County and Palm Springs, California. As an educator, Kabrich has taught numerous journalism, radio, television and film courses; most recently as a doctoral student at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Kabrich earned her B.S. in Mass Communication, Broadcast Journalism degree from Emerson College, Boston, Mass., a M.A. in Mass Communication, Cinema and Television Arts, Critical Studies from California State University, Northridge and completed a year of Ph.D. studies in Communication and Information at the University of Tennessee. She has also presented numerous academic research projects on women in military broadcasting and U.S. Army soldier's perceptions of media coverage of the War on Terror. Kabrich is married to former Marine and current Knoxville broadcaster Dave Burns. She joined team DINFOS in March 2008.

Stefo Lehmann joined the DINFOS faculty in December 2006 as part of a team hired to design the new senior-level public affairs program. His classes focus on post-conflict media relations, civil-military cooperation, and working with inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations. From 2002 to 2004 he served as Chief of the UN Public Information Section in Guatemala, where he led teams that implemented the UN's national communication strategy during the verification phase of the Guatemalan peace accords. From 1998 to 2002 he served with the UN Mission to Bosnia Herzegovina and was appointed chief spokesperson for the Mission in 2001. From 1994 to 1998 he worked in the UN peacekeeping and public information departments in Angola, Liberia, and at UN Headquarters in New York. In 1992 he worked with the U.S. Information Agency during the World's Fair in Seville, Spain. Lehmann earned a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University in 2005 and has a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Spanish Literature from the University of Vermont. He was raised in Verona, Italy, and speaks four languages. Lehmann was named a Team Leader of the MPRI (L3 Communications) contract with DINFOS in November 2008.

Lt. David Luckett enlisted in the Navy in 1989 and served 12 years as an enlisted Journalist, attaining the rank of Chief Petty Officer. After completing OCS in 2001, he reported to the Navy Office of Information (CHINFO) as a Navy Newsdesk Action Officer. His PA experiences include deputy PAO for U.S. Sixth Fleet in Gaeta, Italy; Navy Public Affairs Center Norfolk Action Officer; Naval Special Warfare Group TWO PAO in Norfolk, Va.; and U.S. Fleet Forces Command PA Communication Integration Branch Head. His operational deployments as a PAO include tours with U.S. Central Command Forward in Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar in 2003, and with a Special Operations Task Force in Balad, Iraq in 2006. He is now an instructor in the Public Affairs Leadership Department at DINFOS, and is married with two children.

Keith Oliver chairs the Public Affairs Leadership Department. A retired Marine colonel with some 30 years' enlisted and officer public affairs experience, he deployed as a PAO to Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom as well as to Somalia, Panama and Lebanon. Among his stateside assignments, he taught English at the U.S. Naval Academy and was director of DINFOS' former Department of Public Affairs, Journalism and Photojournalism. An Asbury College graduate, Oliver holds master's degrees from the University of Oklahoma, the Naval War College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He is an award-winning writer whose work has appeared in the Naval Institute Proceedings and the Marine Corps Gazette.

Dave Phillips, Ph.D., is an instructor in the Public Affairs Leadership Department. He served nine years as an Air Force NCO in the fields of public information and broadcasting. During nine years on active duty and three years as a reservist, he taught courses on how to survive nuclear, biological and chemical warfare, assignments that allowed him to travel to all seven continents. He then left the Air Force to pursue careers in the fields of commercial broadcasting, print media, corporate marketing and higher education. During his career, Mr. Phillips has held positions as an editor, publisher, TV reporter, disk jockey, professor of creative writing and photojournalism, and media and public relations management. An award-winning writer, he has had seven books published, and hundreds of his articles have appeared in numerous newspapers and periodicals. Before coming to DINFOS, Mr. Phillips was a strategic communications analyst at the Army Training and Doctrine Command. At DINFOS, Mr. Phillips was part of the team that developed the Public Affairs Qualification Course's Advanced Distributive Learning (ADL) course. He holds a doctorate in the field of educational communication from Bath University, U.K.

Chief Warrant Officer Paul Rhynard serves as the Coast Guard's Liaison Officer to the Defense Information School and is also an instructor in the Public Affairs Leadership Department. He has more than 10 years of public affairs experience responding to high-profile cases, including oil spills, airline crashes, natural disasters, migrant interdictions and search and rescue. Most notably, Rhynard was among the first responders to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the Gulf region, as well as the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 off the coast of Southern California. Before entering the public affairs field, he served as a deck seaman on the Cutter Sassafras out of Honolulu and at Station Fort Myers Beach, Fla. He holds a bachelor's degree in media production from the Florida State University.

Mr. Kelly P. Rowe is an Advanced Distance Learning Instructor in the Public Affairs Leadership Department. He has more than 20 years of military and civilian public affairs and broadcast experience. He retired from the Army in October 2005 after a 21-year career as a broadcast journalist. While on active duty, his assignments included Korea, Ft. Carson, Germany, Ft. Bragg, Ft. Meade, and Ft. Campbell. He served for five years as a radio instructor at DINFOS from 1999-2004. Mr. Rowe is a graduate of the Basic Broadcasting Course, Broadcast Manager's Course, Joint Public Affairs Supervisor Course, Instructor Training Course, and the University of Oklahoma's Joint Course in Communication. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies from the University of Maryland University College and is currently pursuing his Master of Science degree in Public Relations from the University of Maryland University College.

Mrs. Lisa I. Slappy is an instructor in the Public Affairs Leadership Department, teaching courses in public affairs and journalism. She served for 23 years in the U.S. Army. During her career she worked in a variety of positions, including editor, media relations specialist, and community relations specialist. During the early stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom she worked in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, where she developed talking points for senior Department of Defense officials. Before retiring from the U.S. Army, Master Sergeant Slappy was the noncommissioned officer in charge of the Public Affairs Department at the Defense Information School, Fort Meade, Maryland. She has a master's degree in administration from Central Michigan University, a bachelor's degree in communication from the University of Maryland and an associate's degree in business administration from the University of Alaska.

Don Smith is the Academic Director for the Public Affairs Leadership Department at the Defense Information School. A native of Washington, D.C he retired after 23 years in the Navy as a Senior Chief Photographer’s Mate and Mass Communications Specialist. During his military career, he served in support of Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Medusa. Mr. Smith has been assigned to a wide variety of positions throughout his career to include Graphic’s Leading Petty Officer, Lead Instructor for Periscope Photography and DINFOS’ Digital Multimedia Course, Career Counselor, Periscope Photography Officer, Assistant Public Affairs Officer and Public Affairs Officer. He has also served as the Academic Director for the Multimedia Department, and the Noncommissioned Officer in Charge to the Director of Training. He holds numerous job specialty classifications; he is a certified Master Training Specialist and a DINFOS Master Instructor.

Lt. Cmdr. Jon Spiers is an instructor in the Public Affairs Leadership Department at the Defense Information School, Fort George G. Meade, Md. He brings more than 20 years of military experience to the DINFOS team, one-third of which has been in Public Affairs. With a background as an enlisted cryptologist and a surface warfare officer, his Public Affairs assignments have been similarly diverse including assignments with the Chief of Naval Personnel, Chief of Information, U.S. Central Command and U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from The Ohio State University and a master’s degree in Education from TUI International.

Lieutenant Colonel Steve Stover has more than 12 years public affairs experience serving in multiple combat and operational deployments. A 1988 graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, he was commissioned an Armor officer and served in Germany. After a branch detail to the Ordnance Corps in 1991, he then served multiple assignments in Oklahoma, California and Alaska. Stover is a 1996 graduate of DINFOS, and has served as Public Affairs Officer and Deputy PAO for the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), PAO with Combined Joint Task Force - Afghanistan, team chief for the Personnel and Human Resources (PER) Team, Strategic Communications Division, and PER Team, Media Relations Division, both under the Office of the Chief of Public Affairs, Army Pentagon, commander, 20th Public Affairs Detachment and the brigade PAO for the 172nd Separate Infantry Brigade. Stover's combat and operational experience includes Desert Shield/Storm, Operation Joint Guardian II (Kosovo), Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom 05-07 and 07-09. He holds a Masters Degree in Communications from American University, D.C.

Frank Urben is a 22-year Air Force veteran with assignments in personnel, visual information, combat camera and public affairs. He was the first director of Public Affairs for Air Force Special Operations Command and director of PA for Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill AFB, Utah. He is an honors graduate of PAOQC. Frank has been a contract instructor at DINFOS since September 2002. He had a one-year break to help Army PA’s Executive Communication branch provide one-on-one media training workshops for GOs and SESs. Urben served a four-year tour at the White House dual-hatted as presidential communications officer and commander of the Visual Information Unit. Among his duties at the White House, Frank provided the sound, lighting and Press Filing Center at every venue the president attended worldwide for four years. He also provided cable TV services and internal channels on “the 18 acres.” He personally trained and certified those who were authorized to announce the president into an event. Following military retirement he was a communication consultant and worked in media relations for Carolina Power & Light Co. in his hometown, Raleigh, N.C., where he still resides and commutes to DINFOS weekly. Frank enjoys photography walking and bicycling. He majored in Speech-Communication at N.C. State University and was news director of the campus radio station. He also worked in commercial radio throughout college. He started a small network of radio stations that carry his NASCAR race reports as a way to break into radio. He and his wife Caroline (a 13-year Air Force vet) have two boys, Kevin and Matt, who attend N.C. State University.

Scott Woosley is a contract instructor with the Public Affairs Leadership Department. He is a retired Marine Corps master sergeant who began his career in 1983 as an armor crewman on M60 tanks. Mr. Woosley served as a recruiter in the 12th Marine Corps District from 1988 to 1991. He made a lateral move to the Public Affairs field in 1994, and served in a variety of positions, including Public Affairs Chief for the 24th and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Units and the 4th Marine Corps District. Mr. Woosley retired from the Marine Corps in February of 2005 after 22 years of service. After retiring, he worked as a civilian public affairs specialist for the U.S. Army Garrison at Fort Detrick, Md., and as a public affairs specialist for the Defense Distribution Center in New Cumberland, Pa., before coming to the Defense Information School in November of 2008. Mr. Woosley is a 2007 graduate of the Emergency Management Institute’s Advanced Public Information Officers course. He is also a 1995 graduate of the Editors Course, a 1997 graduate of the Joint Public Affairs Supervisors Course, a 2008 graduate of the Public Affairs Qualification Course and is currently pursuing a general studies degree from Thomas Edison State College.

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