Please welcome Stacey James to the Veterans Assistance Planner position.

Stacey is a 32-year Air Force veteran (active duty, and Air National Guard/Reserves). Her last duty assignment before retiring in 2011 was the mobilized Director of U.S. Central Command’s Joint Reserve Intelligence Center on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Since 9/11, she served in Qatar, Pakistan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, with travels throughout Persian Gulf Region.

In the civilian sector, James worked in the criminal justice field as a Program Manager and Specialist, adjunct instructor and Work and Family Consultant with the Fleet and Family Support Center on Bangor. She is a graduate of Texas State University and holds a masters of science in education from Eastern Illinois University.

Stacey volunteers at the Silverdale YMCA’s Life University, co-facilitates suicide intervention training on Bangor and is a trainer for Ombudsmen Basic Training. She and Jack James, a retired Navy veteran, met while deployed with Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force and have been married for 11 years. They have four sons, one serving in the Army, and one granddaughter. In addition to community outreach, her passions include kayaking, hiking, gardening, reading, biking and travel.

Stacey can be reached at 360-337-4811 or via email at sjames@co.kitsap.wa.us.

Doug Washburn, Director
Kitsap County Department of Human Services
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