Brannan Villee currently serves a Strategic Program Manager for the Critical Infrastructure Security & Resilience Research (CISRR) program at DHS S&T. The CISRR program is funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and covers five focus areas: 1) Special Event Risk Assessments Rating; Electromagnetic Pulse and Geo-Magnetic Disturbance Resilience; Positioning, Navigation, and Timing; Public Safety and Violence Prevention/Soft Target Security; and Telecommunications Equipment, Industrial Control Systems, Open-Source Software. In early 2021, Brannan served on a DHS detail as the Executive Officer for Operation Vaccinate Our Workforce (OVOW), which worked to vaccinate front-line DHS employees against COVID-19 during a time of vaccine scarcity. This outstanding work resulted a 2021 DHS Peer-to-Peer Change Agent Award for Ms. Villee and a 2022 Secretary’s Gold Medal Award for the OVOW Team, which is the highest award for service granted by the Secretary of Homeland Security. From 2019 – 2021, Brannan served as Program Manager for the Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) program within the DHS S&T Office of Mission and Capability Support. Brannan has worked in DHS program management since 2010, with programs that range across process automation, workflow improvement, staffing, budget, event planning, and other areas. She is regarded as highly skilled in long-term planning and program effectiveness evaluation and administers complex, long-running contracts with performers. Prior to joining DHS, Brannan worked in Marketing, Advertising, and Account Management in the financial services, consumer packaged goods, and technology industries. Brannan earned her B.A. in Sociology and Business from the University of Virginia and is accredited as a Program Management Professional (PMP) and a DHS Acquisition Program Manager. She graduated from the DHS Next Generation Leadership Development Program in 2016 and the Partnership for Public Service’s Excellence in Government Program in 2019. She serves as a DHS Mentor and was a founding member of the S&T Employee Council. Brannan has been recognized for her outstanding work at the DHS Science & Technology Directorate with the Under Secretary’s Award for Program Support in 2015, the Under Secretary’s Award for Collaboration in 2016, the Under Secretary’s Award for Program Support and the Under Secretary’s Award for Collaboration in 2019, the Peer-to-Peer Change Agent Award in 2021, and the Under Secretary’s Award for Building Partnerships and the Under Secretary’s Award for Commitment to Service in 2021.