House Armed Services Committee Staff Member Dr. Glendon Diehl Named New USU Vice President
USU names Dr. Glendon Diehl, House Armed Services Committee staff member, as the new Vice President for External Affairs
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Dr. Glendon Diehl, staff member for the House of Representative, House Armed Service Committee, visits U.S. Naval Hospital Guam, Apr. 7. (Photo credit: Naval Hospital Guam) |
April 26th, 2023 by Sharon Holland
Dr. Glendon B. Diehl, the staff lead and professional staff member for the Military Personnel Subcommittee of the House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services, was named as the new Vice President for External Affairs at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), effective April 24, 2023.
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Rear Adm. Mark Melson, Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific/Task Force 73, left, and Dr. Glendon Diehl, take time for a photo during a visit to COMLOG WESTPAC/CTF 73 in Singapore, Feb. 13. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brandon Parker/Released) |
Diehl brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the role. As a member of the professional staff for the HASC, he was responsible for policy and oversight of DoD issues related to military personnel programs to include the Active and Reserve Components of the Services and Space Force, compensation and pay raises, military education and training, recruiting, military health, USU, TRICARE, environmental health, COVID-19 and Operation Warp Speed, PTSD and mental health, suicide prevention, veteran transition, Defense Commissary and Exchanges, DoD Education, Defense Media, Congressional Budget Office scoring and reprogramming, Commissaries and Exchange System, Defense Media Activity, General/flag officers, Non-appropriated Fund Instrumentalities (NAF), Morale, Welfare and Recreation Programs (MWR), Religious accommodation and chaplains, values action, diversity, transgender policy, sexual assault and sexual harassment, and POW-MIA issues. Diehl also had oversight of roughly 30% of the DoD budget estimated at more than $200 billion.
Diehl entered active Naval service in 1992, spending several tours of duty assigned to the USS Nassau, USS Theodore Roosevelt, and USS John C. Stennis. Among other assignments, he later served as the Legislative Liaison officer in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, before being assigned to USU to develop the Master of Healthcare Administration and Policy degree program and serve as its program director. He transferred to the Naval Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, where he was the director of Navy Global Health Engagement, and following that assignment, he returned to USU to found its Center for Global Health Engagement.
Diehl earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in 1991 from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. In 1998, he was awarded a Master of Health Administration from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. In 2005, he received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Public Administration and Economics Concentration from American University in Washington D.C., and immediately followed with a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, in 2007.
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On Diehl's trip to U.S. Naval Hospital Guam, he met with the hospital's executive leadership, Board of Directors, and Commander, Joint Region Marianans, Rear Adm. Benjamin Nicholson, during his U.S. Pacific congressional oversight tour of Navy and Air Force programs. (Photo credit: Naval Hospital Guam) |
He holds academic appointments as Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics at USU and as Adjunct Faculty in the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, DC. He has published and lectured extensively in the area of global health engagement and national security strategies. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
“Dr. Diehl’s depth of experience in legislative affairs, international relations, communications, as well as his significant expertise within the Military Health System and on our campus, make him uniquely qualified to fill this role for USU,” said Woodson. “He is a highly respected, experienced leader who understands our mission, and will be a valuable champion for advancing our strategic priorities. We look forward to welcoming him back to the University.”
