Ms. Alicia M. English is the Director of Personnel and Administration (J-1) for the Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, Virginia.
Prior to joining DHA, she served as the MEDCOM Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, Resource Management for the Office of the Surgeon General / U.S. Army Medical Command in Falls Church, Virginia. In this role she served as the Deputy and key advisor to the Deputy Chief of Staff, providing direction and oversight to successfully accomplish all facets of the DOD and Army Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution processes, and represented the Surgeon General and Commanding General to integrate and synchronize Army Medicine requirements and resources across HQDA, Army Commands, the Joint Staff, OSD and the Defense Health Agency.
English was the Army Liaison Officer, MHS Governance/Defense Health Agency and served as the Surgeon General's special advisor and primary representative to Joint and Army forums for coordination of information and decisions for Military Health System reform of authorities, policy, plans and resourcing. From 2017 – 2018, she was a Senior Analyst in the G8/9 and the Acting Army Representative to the Military Health System Transition Team, and advisor supporting the Surgeon General for strategy and plans related to the FY17 through Y19 National Defense Authorization Acts.
She began her career as an Army Civilian serving as the Administrative Assistant for the U.S. Army Europe Liaison Office to U.S. Air Forces Europe, Ramstein, Germany. English attended University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business while working in the private sector and state government as a business strategist for Northrop Grumman, Newport News Shipbuilding Systems and the Office of the Secretary of Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia. Ms. English is a proud Air Force brat and an Army spouse of 30 years.
Her awards include the Meritorious Civilian Service Award, Superior Civilian Service Award, Commander’s Award for Civilian Service, Army Achievement Medal for Civilian Service, and Special Act Awards for performance.