Lily Wagner
Palm Beach Gardens,FL
Summary
Accomplished leader in the US Navy Culture & Force Resilience Office, skilled in project management and interpersonal communication. Proven track record of enhancing team collaboration and operational planning, leading to improved primary prevention strategies and increased workforce resilience. Expertise in training and mentoring has significantly driven organizational improvement and effective personnel management. Aiming to leverage these skills to foster high-performing teams and streamline operations in future roles.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Chief Petty Officer/Primary Prevention & Response Branch
OPNAV N17/ NAVY CULTURE & FORCE RESILIENCE OFFICE, USN
10.2024 - Current
- Updates, revises, and collaborates on the Command Resiliency Team (CRT) Guide to enhance the effectiveness of primary prevention methods utilized by command CRTs
- Evaluates, collaborates, and updates Primary Prevention Policy
- Collaborates in Primary Prevention data collection and analysis and makes data-informed recommendations
- Meets with stakeholders to discuss best practices for Integrated Primary Prevention Workforce (IPPW)
- Meets with strategic, operational, and tactical levels to assess IPPW promoting positive working relationships and communication flow
- Assists in prevention workforce implementation and training
- Develop supplemental material for both CRTs and IPPW to include one-pagers and roadmaps to enhance education, learning, and the use of prevention strategies
- Contributes to the tactical, strategic, and operational development of the Integrated Prevention System by regular participation in strategy meetings
- Advises senior leaders on primary prevention activities and the public health approach to preventing harmful behaviors
- Identify and integrate data, research, and evaluation findings from various sources
- Coordinates with personnel across prevention disciplines to ensure consistent messaging and unified efforts within the organization
- Educates IPPW on Navy Integrated Primary Prevention (N-CIPP) Plan that includes population-based and targeted primary prevention activities that span across the socio-ecological model to address potential risk factors and bolster protective factors
- Supports ongoing prevention policy development and refinement at the tactical level that clearly defines the roles and responsibilities of the prevention workforce and leadership
- Aligns policies to facilitate collaboration and integration across stakeholders to improve holistic well-being and prevent inter-related problem behaviors
- Educates leaders on integrated primary prevention and enhances overall leader knowledge of integrated primary prevention
Administrative Office Supervisor
United States Navy Reserve
01.2011 - Current
- Supervises Administrative Staff as the Admin Director
- Supervises team of 120 individuals, evaluating performance, approving individual requests, identifying individual needs, resolving issues, and taking disciplinary actions when necessary
- Identifies destructive behaviors (substance abuse, self-harm, domestic violence) and connects Sailors to resources
- Ensures delivery of prevention programs, fosters individual, team, and unit performance to identify harmful behaviors and prevent suicide, sexual harassment/assault, substance misuse, family and workplace violence, and ensures equal opportunity treatment
- Works with command leadership and Command Resilience Teams (CRTs) to identify existing or potential risk factors that can lead to destructive behaviors and recommends preventive measures to the Officer in Charge (OIC), and works with the OIC to addresses potential risk factors
- Maintains reports and administrative materials, documents, and policies
- Recommends individuals for assignments, awards, recognition, and retention
- Provides transition and adjustment services and knowledge to those Sailors preparing to transition into civilian life
- Serves as a non-clinical trainer/educator and is responsible for collaborating with the DRC and the command leadership in assessing training needs and ensuring the delivery of a wide variety of educational programs and services
- Executes core functions of an optimized prevention system, such as engagement, implementation, evaluation, and integration
- Identifies and implements prevention activities at the command and unit level, to include determining goals, objectives, measures of performance, and effectiveness, assessments
- Skilled in program analysis to identify problems and opportunities for corrective measures
- Assistant to the Legal Officer and Equal Opportunity Advisor
- Departmental Drug and Alcohol Advisor
- Expert in tracking training hours delivery of instruction, prepares supporting documentation for weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports for the Navy
- Indoctrination Training Supervisor conducting and overseeing training for all incoming employees
- Ensures and provides continued education to 10 training facilitators to ensure current education is distributed
- Maintains security and confidentiality for 280 employee records and data
- Responsible for the planning of quarterly leadership meetings to include logistical aspects
- Generates, updates, reviews and revises letters, forms, directives, memorandums, and other informational material and ensures quality control
- Delivers ongoing primary prevention training and education, as needed, to build and sustain prevention capacity and capability
Chief Petty Officer/ Expanded Operational Stress Control Training Facilitator
OPNAV N175/ NAVY CULTURE & FORCE RESILIENCE OFFICE, USN
06.2021 - 10.2024
- Senior Enlisted Leader and technical expert within the Navy Culture & Force Resilience Office delivering the Expanded Operational Stress Control curriculum to the fleet
- Subject matter expert in CBT founded resiliency skills to include mindfulness, valued living, problem solving, flexible thinking, and healthy behaviors
- Evaluates Navy programs (Expanded Operational Stress Control; Mind, Body, Mental Fitness; Warrior Toughness) and proposed concepts, programs and policies
- Integrates these programs by identifying and simplifying redundancies and efficiencies between the programs, concepts, and policies
- Maintains technical proficiency through professional interaction with technical and professional experts, associations, academia, symposia, contractors, research and development organizations, and participation in formal training programs
- Identifies an overarching framework for how we develop Great People, Great Leaders, and Great Teams (focus on Great People)
- Makes recommendations that support a Sailor-focused view of toughness and resilience that is taught from day one throughout the arc of a Sailor’s career with iterative periods of reemphasis at key touch-points depending on rank/paygrade
- Excellent group facilitator providing presentation skill building and train-the-trainer facilitation to service members who then train their commands
- Expert in referrals and information resources while connecting Sailors to appropriate levels of care
- Coordinates with key stakeholders on issues related to integrated prevention methodologies and practices
- Evaluates and updates course curriculum, worksheets and supplemental materials to improve and streamline training
- Conducted 10 beta-tests of 'Stress-O-Meter' tool and debriefed with primary stakeholders, leading to improved quality control
- Direct impact on Sailor mental health and wellbeing fleetwide
- Improved command climates and readiness throughout the entire Navy as a result of E-OSC implementation
- Facilitates prevention classes that focuses on building resiliency, enhancing adaptation to the unique challenges of military life, decreasing destructive behaviors and reduce unplanned losses
- Advises leadership on data-informed actions, prevention methodologies, assessment, and prevention training
- Identifies efficiencies in the development of and delivery of primary prevention, and ensures that occupational health, social and organizational psychology, public health, and/or other behavioral and social science perspectives are considered in prevention planning
Mental Health Therapist
Center for Trauma Counseling
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Conducted intake assessments and completed biopsychosocial assessments
- Provided intensive individual therapy for children identified with mental health concerns
- Coordinated community services and make outside agency referrals
- Acted as the mental health expert during monthly staff meetings, provided knowledge of mental health best practices and modalities and made recommendations and referrals for treatment
- Made the appropriate adjustments in treatment as derived by client’s individual response to treatment and other influencing factors that affect treatment
- Assisted in the oversight of 14 clinical staff members to ensure proper documentation, therapeutic deliveries and continued education
- Worked independently as a practitioner and also as a member of a mental health team
- Created, developed and provided school-wide training on trauma informed care
- Developed individualized treatment plans
- Maintained, updated and reviewed all client files
- Expert in discharge planning
Mental Health Therapist
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Conducted biopsychosocial intake assessments to assess the psychosocial functioning and needs of individuals and families from various socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, educational, and other diversified backgrounds
- Provided crisis intervention, de-escalation and coordination of emergent care as a Crisis Team Member
- Provided treatment recommendations and facilitated care
- Skilled in Primary Prevention activities and resiliency skill building
- Established individualized treatment plans
- Conducted both individual and group psychotherapy, and integrated behavioral couple therapy
- Developed and executed discharge planning
- Performed Suicide Safety Plans, Mental Status Exams, Advanced Directives, Slums reporting and other military or Veteran related documentation
- Worked with Primary Care Mental-Health Integration team (PCMHI), Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT), Substance Abuse Treatment Program (SATP), Emergency Department (ED), Housing and Urban Development- Veteran Affairs Supported Housing (HUD-VASH), among others to coordinate care, make referrals, and ensure continuity of care and patient centered, team-based care
- Facilitated direct admittance to inpatient psychiatric care facilities
- Developed comprehensive treatment plans with Veterans addressing mental health concerns and other co-occurring issues such as homelessness, substance use and family/marital issues
- Applied various therapeutic modalities including motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, distress tolerance, anger management, acceptance and commitment, and mindfulness stress reduction
- Participated in outreach activities and built connections within the community
- Assessed and revised Veteran goals for treatment as indicated by engagement in treatment
- Coordinated and collaborated with community-based services and agencies, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs and community agency programs
Mental Health Care Coordinator (Intern)
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
01.2017 - 12.2017
- Conducted biopsychosocial assessments of clients
- Co-facilitated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Groups
- Experience co-facilitating Mindfulness Therapy Groups
- Familiarization and use of the Emergency Department and its operations
- Maintained excellent verbal and written communication skills through administrative duties such as phone calls, emails and Microsoft Applications
Behavioral Health Technician
The Mark Intensive Outpatient Program
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Conducted initial psychosocial comprehensive client assessments and intakes
- Made program eligibility determinations
- Assisted in the development of individual rehabilitation treatment plans
- Facilitated group therapy to groups of 3 to 25 patients
- Provided psychoeducation related to substance use disorders and anger management
- Conducted group therapy with both adult and adolescent groups
- Provided education and family treatment for clients experiencing difficulties related to substance abuse and chemical dependency
- Applied Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Family & Marital, Family Systems, Motivational Interviewing and Anger Management
Education
Doctor of Behavioral Health -
Arizona State University
05.2026
Masters of Social Work -
Arizona State University
08.2017
Bachelors of Science - Psychological Sciences, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Northern Arizona University
12.2014
Skills
- Training and mentoring
- Materials accountability
- Personnel management
- Safety procedures
- Project management
- Operational planning
- Continuous improvement
- Organizational skills
- Conflict resolution
- Crew leadership
- Team collaboration
- Interpersonal communication
- Teamwork and collaboration
Certification
- SPARX, 2024
- Advanced Warrior Toughness Trainer, 2023
- Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW 21831, 2023
- Clinical Supervisor Course, 2021
- Expanded Operational Stress Control Lead Training Facilitator, 2021
- Integrated Behavioral Couples Therapy (IBCT), 2018
- Career Management Equal Opportunity Advisor, 2018
- Navy Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention Advisor, 2016
Timeline
Chief Petty Officer/Primary Prevention & Response Branch
OPNAV N17/ NAVY CULTURE & FORCE RESILIENCE OFFICE, USN
10.2024 - Current
Chief Petty Officer/ Expanded Operational Stress Control Training Facilitator
OPNAV N175/ NAVY CULTURE & FORCE RESILIENCE OFFICE, USN
06.2021 - 10.2024
Mental Health Therapist
Center for Trauma Counseling
01.2020 - 01.2021
Mental Health Therapist
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
01.2017 - 01.2019
Mental Health Care Coordinator (Intern)
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
01.2017 - 12.2017
Behavioral Health Technician
The Mark Intensive Outpatient Program
01.2016 - 01.2017
Administrative Office Supervisor
United States Navy Reserve
01.2011 - Current
- SPARX, 2024
- Advanced Warrior Toughness Trainer, 2023
- Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW 21831, 2023
- Clinical Supervisor Course, 2021
- Expanded Operational Stress Control Lead Training Facilitator, 2021
- Integrated Behavioral Couples Therapy (IBCT), 2018
- Career Management Equal Opportunity Advisor, 2018
- Navy Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention Advisor, 2016
Doctor of Behavioral Health -
Arizona State University
Masters of Social Work -
Arizona State University
Bachelors of Science - Psychological Sciences, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Northern Arizona University
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