Jennifer Nevers, MSW, LCSW, is a clinical social worker and the Associate Director of the Subject Matter Expert Office with the Consortium for Defense Psychology (CDP) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, Maryland. In this role, she leads strategic oversight, resource allocation, and supervision of faculty across the organization to drive the development, implementation, and national dissemination of evidence-based training curricula. She also assists in the implementation and expansion of the Star Behavioral Health Providers (SBHP) program, where she trains and consults with civilian behavioral health providers to strengthen their clinical competence in working with service members, veterans, and their families.
Jennifer is a Major in the Indiana Army National Guard and serves as an embedded Behavioral Health Officer (BHO). Jennifer deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Spartan Shield in 2025 where she served as a Division Behavioral Health Officer. She also has extensive experience supporting Indiana’s State Partnership Program, where she has collaborated with partner nations to strengthen behavioral health systems of care in Niger, Slovakia, and Senegal.
Before joining CDP, Jennifer worked with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in the Veterans Justice Outreach Program. Jennifer has over 10 years of experience providing clinical services to veterans with co-morbid mental health and substance use disorders. She worked as a liaison with problem-solving courts with the goal of increasing access to care for justice-involved veterans.
Jennifer received her Bachelor of Social Work from Indiana University in 2008 and her Master of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis in 2009. Jennifer later received a postgraduate Certificate in Program Evaluation from Washington University in St. Louis in 2021 and is currently enrolled in the Global Health Engagement Certificate Program at USUHS. Jennifer specializes in addressing the unique needs of service members and veterans using evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Processing Therapy, EMDR, and Written Exposure Therapy.
