Dr. Stacie Kalvels is a clinical psychologist with the Veterans Affairs Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention. She currently serves as a Clinical Care Coordinator with the Veterans Crisis Line and is on special assignment with the Suicide Prevention Program. She began her VA career in the Northern Indiana Healthcare System as the Local Recovery Coordinator, Chronic Inpatient Unit Psychologist and Disruptive Behavior Committee Chair where she expanded and improved the use of patient-driven care and recovery-oriented services to Veterans. Prior to joining the VA, she served as a federal law enforcement officer in multiple roles for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) including staff psychologist, Specialty Program Psychologist and Drug Abuse Program Coordinator. Additionally, she was a national Crisis Support Team (CST) trainer, the Southeast Regional CST psychologist, and the local CST Team Leader where her main role was offering support services to staff and their families and training staff on mental health wellbeing. Dr. Kalvels has developed significant expertise in crisis support, suicide prevention in law enforcement, law enforcement mental health, breaking the silence and stigma in law enforcement and improving law enforcement outcomes and training in Veteran mental health needs. She has received multiple awards for her contributions including a Special Act Award for contributions made to the development of a BOP program designed to reduce inmate suicide risk and self-harm which resulted in the Director's Award. Dr. Kalvels is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. She received her bachelor's degree from Western Washington University, and her master's and doctorate degrees from Pacific University School of Professional Psychology. She completed her doctoral internship at the Metropolitan Detention Center - Los Angeles.

Cameron Burden entered federal law enforcement in 2016 with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Police Service, serving at VA facilities in El Paso, Texas, Omaha, Nebraska, and Corpus Christi, Texas. During these assignments, he served as a Defensive Tactics Instructor, Field Training Officer, and Lead Police Officer (Sergeant). Since 2020, Cameron has served as a Law Enforcement Specialist (Instructor) with the VA Law Enforcement Training Center in North Little Rock, Arkansas. In this role, he instructs VA POST, delivers a Veteran Suicide Prevention training program to non-federal law enforcement, teaches multiple advanced-level law enforcement courses, and supports national initiatives on behalf of VA. Since 2024, he has presented at national conferences, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the National Tactical Officers Association, and the VA/DoD Suicide Prevention Conference. Cameron began his military service in 2009 with the United States Army, serving with the 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss, Texas, as an Infantry Team Leader. He deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Cameron holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration, completed in 2017, and completed a FLETA-accredited Instructor Development Course in 2017.