Stephanie M. Fast

About Stephanie M. Fast

Champion for solutions making global and domestic government crisis operations more efficient, effective, and responsive. In the wake of 9/11, where I served with relief efforts, I set aside a doctoral studies admission to a fine school in Boston and served in the earliest days of Homeland Security\'s stand-up.Serving in national security at a time of massive realignment and innovation, and enhanced oversight and transparency, my passion became the continuous improvement of civil service, especially in interagency and stakeholder relations processes.My career advising has led federal department, interagency, and state public service transformation initiatives (in coordination, accessibility, humane treatment, and operational integrity) during 15 yrs. of public- and private-sector service. Federally, this has included four years as an Associate at the Council on Foreign Relations. I have served entities and offices in Congress and the Executive branch with operations both domestic and abroad. I have worked with UNHCR, NSC, DOS, interagency partners, FEMA, and DOD, state officials and executives in private industry examining or resolving organizational problems, growing visionary programs, enhancing ethical compliance, and achieving programming excellence. I spot liabilities before they become problems or help resolve them if they do. I help organizations grow in keeping with their values, objectives, statutes, or mandates.Specialized Knowledge Areas : Federal Oversight, Program Evaluation, Advising, Change Management, Enhancing Interagency Global Interoperability, Humanitarian Migration (SIV (translators) and SIJ, Refugees, Asylees), Equititable Access, Disaster and Protection Program Refinement, and Federal Relationship Management.Committed to serving in Board roles and Chaplaincy in the community.**Views expressed on Linkedin are my own and not that of my employer.

Experience

1. Coach

   Indiana University Health

   Nov 2025 — Present

   Member of clinical team, serving outpatient recovery in group and individual coaching.

Education

• University of Oxford

  Ethics Certificate, Christ Church College Summer Programmes

• Yale University

  M.Div., (Ethics, Politics)

• Saint Michael's College

  BA

• Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies

  International Migration Policy (Humanitarian) Certificate Studies

  2014 — 2017

Skills

• Higher Education
• Research
• Legal Research
• Analysis
• International Relations
• Public Policy
• Bioethics
• Policy Analysis
• Public Speaking
• Policy
• Refugee Law
• Strategic Planning
• Immigration Law
• Political Asylum
• Leadership Development
• Leadership
• Program Management
• Politics
• Coaching
• Non-Profits
• International Humanitarian Law
• Government
• Nonprofits
• Immigration Policy
• Teaching