Krystle Burns

Serving within Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Talent Acquisition Center of Excellence (TACE), as the Regional Talent Manager for the Pacific Ocean Division, this role leads enterprise talent strategy across geographically dispersed districts in Korea, Japan, Alaska, and Hawaii. Strategic partnership with senior leaders and commands ensures alignment between workforce priorities and mission-critical hiring requirements across both OCONUS and OCONUS Non-Foreign environments. Through collaborative engagement with HR stakeholders and Civilian Human Resources Agency (CHRA), regional recruitment strategies are strengthened to enhance hiring efficiency, mitigate risk, and navigate evolving federal workforce policies. Oversight includes Talent Marketplace (TMP) strategy execution, Direct Hire Authority (DHA) utilization, requisition development, and announcement planning to maximize recruitment outcomes. By bridging headquarters level talent strategy with field execution, this role advances recruitment modernization, expands outreach through professional associations and career events, and strengthens workforce pipelines throughout the Indo-Pacific footprint, positioning USACE as an employer of choice in highly competitive markets.

Chief Workforce Management at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District. Responsible for advising the District Commander and the executive office staff on substantive procedural and policy matters for civilian workforce management functions and coordinates all aspects of district personnel actions with the servicing civilian personnel office. Performs ongoing analysis of workforce resources, organizational staffing requirements and recruitment strategies.

Provides strategic administrative advisement and management support to the Deputy Commander of Medicine Services, Department of Medicine (DOM) Chief, DOM Division Chiefs, and DOM Section Leadership & over 400 department staff for various multifaceted medicine specialty programs to include Allergy, Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hematology-Oncology, Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Pulmonary/Respiratory, Rheumatology, and Sleep Clinic. Serves as primary action officer/liaison between DOM personnel and Womack Army Medical Center (WAMC) HR Civilian Personnel Office/ WAMC Executive Leadership and oversees all aspects of department administrative activities to include civilian personnel management, strategic advisor on position management & realignment needs, workforce development, optimization of staff for civilian & military department needs, organization structuring, performance management, clinical data management, manpower utilization, training compliance for civilian & military personnel, in-processing/out-processing civilian & military staff, monitor civilian and military clinical staff credentialing, complete borrowed military manpower & military support requests from local and non- local agencies, and maintain budgetary control of the department’s operational objectives.

Provides administrative and management support to the Department of Public Health Director/Deputy Commander, Epidemiology & Disease Control (EDC) Clinic Chief & Department of Public Health Clinical Division Chief for the Army Public Health Nursing (APHN) and EDC Clinic serving as strategic advisor on various clinic administrative procedures, workforce processes & provide guidance on human resource policies IAW WAMC, MEDCOM, Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), State, DA, DoD, & OPM regulations. Serves as Practice Manager for the EDC Clinic and APHN, managing the daily operations of each practice and ensures proper manpower utilization and efficient workflow.