BRIGADIER GENERAL LISA K. SNYDER
Brig Gen Lisa “SWAT” Snyder currently serves in the National Guard Assistants Program as the Air National Guard assistant to Defense Health Agency reporting to the Chief of Staff and also serves as the Defense Health Agency Reserve Affairs Office Director. Previous to this position, she served as the State Air Surgeon for Indiana Air National Guard, Stout Field, Ind. She was a senior advisor to The Adjutant General on matters pertaining to the 2000 Indiana Airmen’s fit for duty and readiness status at the 122nd Fighter Wing and 181st Intelligence Wing as a Traditional Guardsman as well as the multiple State Partnership lead for medical efforts. Previously, while full time, Brig Gen Snyder served as the Director of the Medical Directorate of the Secretary of the Air Force’s Medical Review Board. Her duties included leading a team of 15 personnel supporting over 550 appeal cases and ensuring timely response to over 200 case advisories for the Board of Corrections for Military Records. Currently, continuing her expertise in Air National Guard medical case realm and the Disability Evaluation System, she is Medical Director for the National Guard Bureau Surgeon General as a contractor. In 2016, she also founded and is executive director of a central Pennsylvania cat rescue.
Brig Gen Snyder commissioned into the Indiana Air National Guard in 2001 as a Captain due to credit for her medical training at Eastern Virginia Medical School and Indiana University, Methodist Hospital from 1991 to 2001. Additionally in 2001, she graduated from the Aerospace Medicine Primary at Brooks Air Force Base, TX. Brig Gen Snyder served as the Flight Surgeon for the continent of Antarctica in 2005 in service to Operation Deep Freeze. Having already completed a Master's in Public Health, she was selected to attend a residency in Aerospace Medicine (a rare privilege for a Guardsman) which propelled her to become the Chief of the Aerospace Medicine, Standards Branch at the National Guard Bureau. In 2014, she assumed command of the 181st Medical Group in Terre Haute, Ind. Brig Gen Lisa K. Snyder and then again continued her national level influence serving in 2016 as the Chief of Aerospace Medicine for the Air National Guard, Joint Base Andrews and then the Director for the Secretary of the Air Force, Medical Review Board, Medical Directorate in 2018.
EDUCATION
1990 Bachelor of Science, Biology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk Va.
1995 Doctor of Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk Va.
1999 Emergency Medicine, Eastern VA Graduate School of Medicine, Norfolk Va.
2003 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., by correspondence
2006 FEMA Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS 100, 200, 800, 900, AFIMS, Exec Course
2006 Master of Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
2007 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2012 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2013 Advanced Joint Professional Military Education Graduate
2015 Joint Domestic Operations Course
2016 Air National Guard Commander Development Course
2022 Senior Leader Orientation Course, Joint Base Andrews, Md.
2023 National Security Studies Management Course, Syracuse University, N.Y.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 2001 - June 2002, General Practice Physician, 181st Medical Group, Terre Haute Air National Guard, Ind.
2. June 2002 - May 2003, Emergency Medicine Physician, 181st Medical Group, Terre Haute ANG, Ind.
3. May 2003 - April 2006, Squadron Medical Element & Chief, Aerospace Medicine, 181st Medical Group, Terre Haute ANG, Ind, (May 2005, Operation Deep Freeze, Flight Surgeon for Continent, Antarctica) (August 2005 - October 2005, Subject Matter Expert, Air Expeditionary Force deployment, 113th Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan)
4. May 2006 - June 2007, Student, Residency of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks City Base, San Antonio, Texas
5. July 2007 - July 2010, Chief, Headquarters ANG, Aerospace Medicine Branch, Andrews AFB, Md.
6. March 2011 - November 2014, Chief Aerospace Medicine, 181st Medical Group, Terre Haute ANG, Ind.
7. November 2014 - December 2016, Commander, 181st Medical Group, Terre Haute ANG, Ind.
8. January 2016 - September 2017, Chief of Aerospace Medicine, National Guard Bureau, JB Andrews, Md.
9. January 2017 - April 2019, State Air Surgeon for the State of Indiana, Joint Force Headquarters, Indianapolis, Ind.
10. September 2017 - October 2019, Director, Medical Directorate, JB Andrews, Md.
11. August 2021 - Present, Air National Guard Assistant to the Defense Health Agency J-3, Falls Church, Va.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Senior Flight Surgeon
Flight hours: 527
Aircraft flown: C-5, C-17, C-32, C-38, C-40, C-130H, C-130J, C-141, E-08 (JSTARS), F-15, F-16B, F-16D, HH-60, KC-10, KC-135, T-1, T-6, T-37, T-38, UH-1H
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air and Space Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air and Space Achievement Medal
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1999 Emergency Medicine, Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine, Norfolk Va.
2001 Toxicology Fellowship, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind.
2001 Aerospace Medicine Primary, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas
2006 Residency in Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Captain Aug. 7, 1996
Major March 2, 2003
Lieutenant Colonel April 13, 2007
Colonel Jan. 1, 2013
Brigadier General Aug. 23, 2021
(Current as of September 2024)
