Deputy Director Jiri Crowder

Ms. Jiri Crowder is the Deputy Director of Air Force Resilience under the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.  She ensures the development of policies and evidence-based programs that maximize resilience and normalize help-seeking behaviors as strengths through violence prevention (suicide, domestic violence, sexual harassment/assault, workplace violence, and child maltreatment), and response education.     

Prior to her current position, Ms. Crowder was the Chief, Airman & Family Care Division, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. She was responsible for developing and executing policies and procedures relating to Casualty and Mortuary, Warrior and Survivor Care, Honor Guard, Protocol, Airman & Family Readiness, and the Deployment Transition Center at Ramstein Air Base.  She provided expert consultation and advisement for Airman and Family Readiness Center personnel, leadership, and Spouse initiatives including Transition Assistance, Air Force Wounded Warriors, Financial Literacy, Deployment Support, Spouse Employment, Exceptional Family Member Programs, and Gold Star Family Members, to name a few. She impacted a workforce of over 300,000 Total Force Airmen and their family members and managed a portfolio of over 160 million dollars.

Ms. Crowder entered federal civil service in 1983 at RAF Alconbury, England.  She has held numerous positions at the Installation, Center, Major Command and Headquarter levels.  Her diverse background includes staffing and recruitment, Airmen and Family Programs, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, Force Support Career Field Management, and the Air Force Personnel Center’s Commander’s Action Group. 

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science in Management of Human Resources, Summa Cum Laude, Faulkner University

Master of Arts in Psychology/Counseling, University of West Florida

Master of Science in Military Operational Arts & Sciences, Air Command & Staff College, Air University, Maxwell AFB

ASSIGNMENTS:

1994 - 2002, Family Support Center, various positions – Maxwell, Elmendorf, and Eglin

Dec 02 - Oct 04, Career Broadening Assignment, HQ Air Force Personnel Center

Oct 04 - Dec 05, Flight Chief, Airman & Family Readiness Center, Buckley AFB

Dec 05 - Apr 08, Flight Chief, Airman & Family Readiness Center, Eglin AFB

May 08 - Apr 10, Chief, Airman & Family Readiness Center, Kadena AB 

Apr 10 - Apr 11, Chief, Airman & Family Readiness Center, Eglin AFB

Apr 11 - Sep 13, Force Support Career Field Team Administrator, HQ Air Force Personnel Center

Oct 13 - Aug 15, Sexual Assault Prevention & Response Program Manager, HQ ACC 

Aug 15 – Oct 17, Chief, Airman and Family Readiness Policy, Pentagon

Oct 17 – Mar 19, Chief, Airman and Family Care Division, Pentagon

Mar 19 – Present, Deputy Director of the Air Force Resilience, Pentagon

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS: 

Exemplary Civilian Service Award, 1996 & 2010

AF Outstanding Senior Family Support/Family Readiness Individual of the Year, 2007

AFMC Outstanding Senior Family Support/Family Readiness Individual Award of the Year, 2007

Civilian of the Year, 96^th Mission Support Squadron, 2008

AFMC Outstanding Airman & Family Readiness Program of the Year, 2008 and 2009

Civilian Meritorious Service Award, 2015

Multiple selections as Civilian of the Quarter and Civilian of the Year at Squadron and Group levels

(Current as of March 2019)