Dr. Jacob (Jake) Lozada was nominated by
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
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Director to serve as the Human Resource Agency's special advisor to the Director of OPM for Diversity Strategy. He was nominated by President
George W. Bush
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as the Assistant Secretary of the
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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. Formerly a management consultant with Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in Herndon, Virginia. He is a 27-year veteran of the
United States Army
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, holds a Bachelor of Science from the
University of Puerto Rico
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, and received an Master of Health Administration from
Baylor University, and a Ph.D. from
Walden University
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.
Brief biography
Lozada was commissioned a U.S. Army second lieutenant through the
Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps
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(ROTC) Program from the
University of Puerto Rico
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. He served in the
United States Army Medical Corps
The Medical Corps (MC) of the U.S. Army is a staff corps (non-combat specialty branch) of the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD) consisting of commissioned medical officers – physicians with either an M.D. or a D.O. degree, at least one ye ...
for 25 years, attaining the rank of colonel.
On April 30, 2001, President
George W. Bush
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nominated him to be Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
On February 28, 2003, nominated by
United States Office of Personnel Management
The United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that manages the US civilian service. The agency provides federal human resources policy, oversight and support, and tends t ...
Director to serve as the Human Resource Agency's special advisor to the Director of OPM for Diversity Strategy.
Military career
Lozada held several commands in his 26 years in the Army, such as assistant I.G. Health Services Command,
Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 1980 to 1983. commander, 8th Evac. Hosp,
Fort Ord, California, 1983 to 1985. chief, Force Structure, Health Services Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 1986 to 1989, deputy commander admin., 121st Evac. Hospital, Seoul, Korea, 1989 to 1991, director C4, Joint Multinational Training Command (JMRTC), 1990–91, deputy chief of operations, Army Medical Research Development Command (USAMRDC), 1991 to 1993 in
Fort Detrick
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, Maryland.
Education
*BA,
University of Puerto Rico
The University of Puerto Rico ( es, Universidad de Puerto Rico, UPR) is the main public university system in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is a government-owned corporation with 11 campuses and approximately 58,000 students and 5,3 ...
, PR, 1966
*MHA,
Baylor University, Waco, TX, 1979
*PhD,
Walden University
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, 1995
Professional memberships and associations
Interamerican College of Physicians and Surgeons National Hispanic Youth Initiative, Former National Board Member for
AARP
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2006–2014 and past president of the Fort Detrick Chapter of the
Association of the United States Army (AUSA).
See also
*
List of notable Puerto Ricans
References
External links
Jacob Lozada Bio by Dr. A. David Mangelsdorff, Ph.D., M.P.H.
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Living people
AARP people
American politicians of Puerto Rican descent
Baylor University alumni
People from San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican Army personnel
Puerto Rican military officers
Recipients of the Legion of Merit
Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (United States)
University of Puerto Rico alumni
United States Army officers
United States Army colonels
United States Department of Veterans Affairs officials
Walden University (Minnesota) alumni
1944 births