United States Program Manager
Resume:
Brandon J. Waters, CNA
**** **** ***** ****, ******, NC 28645
*****************@*****.***
Profile
Highly efficient, self-motivated, personable, leader, military experienced, professional ordained chaplain. Specializing in palliative, hospice, trauma, psychiatric, grief counseling pastoral care.
Work Experience
Supervisory Chaplain-United States Penitentiary Lee-October 2016 to April 26, 2023
Responsible for the Religious Services Department at the United States Penitentiary Lee, which consisted of a USP and a Satellite Camp.
Provide grief counseling and emergency notification to inmates for death and serious illness in their family, as well as routine support and counsel.
Lead weekly Protestant Chapel Service, including preaching, teaching and engaging inmates to actively participate.
Provide memorial services for inmate’s family members that passed.
Provide crisis debriefing to staff members during a protracted crisis.
Manage materials, resources and schedules necessary for all religious services, including recruitment and training of volunteers.
Oversee six-month faith-based reentry program, including individual mentoring, group processing and teaching goal-setting for various aspects of inmates’ lives.
Managed a crisis support team to debrief staff in crisis.
Worked as Federal Contract Technical Representative for government contracts. Ensure contracts are within the guidelines of the Department of Jusitce.
Acted as the Warden in his absence. Ensure all operations of the prison are running during normal operations and all inmates are accounted.
Developed Federal policy for enacting religious participation within the prison according to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 1993.
Served as the volunteer coordinator for Religious Services. This includes training new volunteers with a four hour block of training and for a 2 hour block of training for renewals. Conduct background checks on volunteer using the NCIC database.
Affirmative Action Program Manager for Asian Pacific Islander
Volunteer Chaplain-Ballad Health, Kingsport, TN-2002-2023
Visited new admissions and conducted spiritual assessments
Worked with oncology, palliative, general surgery and trauma patients
Veterans Affairs Medical Center-Asheville, NC-1998-2000
Provided pastoral care to veterans with mental health problems, addiction problems, acute, palliative and worked in the long-term nursing center.
Conduced a 12 Step program for veterans with addiction problems.
Developed an outpatient spiritual assessment.
Staff Chaplain-United States Penitentiary Lee-January 2002-2016
Staff Chaplain –Federal Correctional Institution Cumberland, MD 2000-2002
Supply Pastor, Western Baptist Association (Western Md/West Virginia), 2000-2002
Interim Pastor, First Baptist Church of Keyser, WV, May-July 2001
Chaplain Resident, VA Medical Center, Asheville, NC (CPE) 1998-1999
Student Evangelist, International Mission Board (SBC), Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct 96-Oct 98
Military Experience
Disabled Combat American Veteran
1450th Army National Guard, Heavy Vehicle Operator, North Carolina, 1988-1996
Persian Gulf War, Saudi Arabia, 1990-1991
oParticipated in maneuvers during the ground assault during the Persian Gulf War. Provided fuel support to tanks, helicopters during the ground assault.
Platoon Leadership Directional Course, NC Army National Guard Training
Center, Asheville, NC 1992
United States Army Advanced Individual Training, Fort Dix, NJ 1988
United States Army Basic Training, Fort Dix, NJ 1988
Education
Caldwell Community College, Lenoir, NC
Certified Nurse Assistant, 2024
Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA
Doctor of Ministry, 2016,
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC
Master of Divinity, 1996
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Bachelor of Science, Applied Communications, 1993
Professional Memberships
Board Certified Chaplain, Association of Professional Chaplains (APC)
Ordained and Licensed with the Southern Baptist Convention
Endorsed as a Chaplain through the North American Missions Board
Endorsed as a Chaplain through North American Christian Ministers
Clinical Member, Association of Clinical Pastor Education, Inc. (ACPE)
Pastoral Care Specialist, American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC)
Professional Chaplain Member, National Association of Veterans Affairs Chaplains
Honors & Skills
Congressional Recognition as a Chaplain at the VA Medical Center, Asheville, NC
Presented by Congressman Charles Taylor, 1999
540th Quartermaster Battalion National Guardsman of the Year, 1989
Clinical Pastoral Education
Foreign Languages: Conversational Spanish and Bahasa Indonesian
CPR Certified
Proficient in Microsoft applications
References
Chaplain J.B. Broome, Phone: 912-***-****, Email: ******.******@*****.***
Chaplain M. Henebry, Phone, 276-***-**** x 1109, Email: ********@***.***
Dr. M. Merrill, 4208 Captain Perry Court, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772, Phone: 301-***-****, Email: **********@*****.***
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