CAPT Tami Rodriguez received her doctorate in pharmacy from West Virginia University in 2006 and her masters in pharmacy leadership from the University of Cincinnati in 2022. She began her career in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in 2009 and became a commissioned officer in the United States Public Health Services Commissioned Corps in 2010. She is board certified in pharmacotherapy and HIV management and worked for over a decade providing direct patient care for patients with viral hepatitis and HIV. Her career includes serving as the institution chief pharmacist in BOP facilities in West Virginia and South Carolina and the chief pharmacist for the southeast region from 2018 to 2022. In September of 2022, CAPT Rodriguez was promoted to BOP director of pharmacy programs, overseeing pharmacy operations for 121 institutions and 180 pharmacists providing pharmacy services to over 145,000 adults in custody within the BOP. She is a member of the National HIV/AIDs Strategy Committee and multiple federal interagency workgroups and policy councils focused on the treatment of opioid use disorders in the United States. She co-leads the BOP efforts to expand opioid use disorder treatment services within federal corrections. CAPT Rodriguez is a certified facilitator for Arbinger Outward Leadership programs and is passionate about developing leaders to realize exceptional patient outcomes and growth and retention of high-quality employees. CAPT Rodriguez is an avid gardener, passionate fan of West Virginia University and Steelers football, and currently resides in northwest Virginia with her husband and three very spoiled dogs.