Shanna L. Travis currently serves as the advisor to the deputy director, Chief Technology Officer in a departmental office, U.S. Department of the Treasury, where she provides authoritative advice and analytical support on complex, key mission-critical initiatives and business processes. Prior to her current position she was the deputy secretary to the General Staff and Command Protocol Officer, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, where she was the key advisor to the Command Group regarding administration and coordination of operations, with responsibility for technical and administrative direction relating to policy, administration and coordination. Travis has over 24 years of experience in business administration and human resource (HR) management, strategic planning, and organizational operations. She is a veteran, having served honorably in the United States Army in several nominative leadership positions including secretary to the general staff, Chief Personnel Services Officer and Equal Employment Opportunity Advisor, receiving numerous accolades and awards throughout her military career. Her final military role was senior enlisted human resource manager in Fort Bliss, Texas, where she was responsible for developing and implementing personnel policies and overseeing the full range of HR management program areas across the Fort Bliss installation for over 25,000 military personnel. Travis has a B.S. in social science from the University of Maryland University College, a master’s degree counseling and psychology from Bowie State University, and a M.B.A. with a concentration in public administration from Columbia Southern University. Travis is also a graduate of the U.S. Army Sergeants’ Major Academy, the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, and holds a graduate certificate in professional human resource management from Columbia Southern University in partnership with the Society for Human Resource Management.