Ms. Valerie DiMichele, a native of Silver Spring, MD, is a graduate of Virginia Tech, earning her B.A. in History with minors in Military Science and Leadership.  She earned a Master of Science degree in Environmental Policy and Management from American Military University.
  
Ms. DiMichele was previosly commissioned into the U.S. Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer and served in various afloat and shore commands.   
 
 Ms. DiMichele’s civil service began in 2015 as the Field Learning Standards Officer (FLSO) for Information Warfare Training Command San Diego (IWTC SD).  As FLSO, she was responsible for instructor certification and training, curriculum development and maintenance, student critique program management, and Internal and Formal Course Review (ICR/FCR) programs for more than 170 instructors and 60 courses at seven geographically dispersed sites. She was selected as Civilian of the Year in  2019.
  
Ms. DiMichele serves as the Executive Director for Mariner Skills Training Center, Atlantic (MSTCLANT).  Her duties include overseeing the day to day operational missions and tasks of the command, as well as providing leadership for the command’s civilian cadre. She assists in managing all issues relating to the command's organizational and functional interrelationships, performance goals and the successful accomplishment of its mission objectives. She is the command’s subject matter expert on training requirements and curriculum and led the efforts to move the command from temporary facilities into the new Mariner Skills Training Center Facility.

Last Updated: 8 March 2023