Colonel Scot S. Spann serves as the Commander, 21st Medical Group, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. He is the senior medical advisor to two wing commanders at Air Force Space Command’s largest medical group with a team of more than 550 medical professionals providing healthcare and mission-readiness support for more than 26,000 active duty, retired and family members while collaborating regional healthcare delivery for over 174,000 Department of Defense beneficiaries in the Colorado Springs community and 59 geographically separated units around the globe. Additionally, he leads public health, environmental surveillance and medical contingency and disaster response for Peterson Air Force Base, Schriever Air Force Base and Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station serving a workforce of more than 12,000 employees. Colonel Spann oversees a $25 million operating budget, a 10-building medical campus and an Aerospace Physiology Unit that provides 1800 chamber sorties for more than 100 agencies per year, while also being responsible for the Air Force's largest Area Dental Laboratory which supports 350 tri-Service and Veterans Affairs dental facilities worldwide.
Colonel Spann entered the Air Force after receiving his regular commission in 1994 upon graduation from the United States Air Force Academy. He has held various leadership positions in Medical Logistics, Resource Management, Health Facilities and Medical Operations at the Flight, Squadron, Group and Staff level. He commanded the 460th Medical Support Squadron and served as the Deputy Group Commander & Administer for the Buckley Clinic, which included a Joint Venture with the Veterans Affairs, Eastern Colorado Healthcare System. Prior to assuming his current role, he was the Defense Health Agency’s Deputy Director for Health Facilities, responsible for planning, programming, budgeting and executing a $4 Billion annual facility life cycle management program to support a $34 Billion asset portfolio ensuring facilities performance aligned with Military Health System strategy.
Colonel Spann deployed to Afghanistan in 2007, where he developed a healthcare facility master plan for the Combined Joint Operating Area and worked extensively with foreign governments regarding healthcare infrastructure development and healthcare capacity building.
Colonel Spann holds a Master’s of Business Administration and a Master’s of Science in Information Systems and is board certified in healthcare management. He is married to the former Jennifer Melisa Sinko of Wayzata, Minnesota; they have two sons and one daughter: Andrew, Benjamin & Alexis.
EDUCATION
1994 – BS, Behavioral Sciences; United States Air Force Academy, CO
1995 – Medical Logistics Intern; Andrews AFB, MD
1999 – Squadron Officers School – BDE, In-Residence & Correspondence
2002 – MS, Information Systems; University of Colorado, Denver, CO
2002 – MBA; University of Colorado, Denver, CO
2005 – Air Command & Staff College – IDE, Correspondence
2006 – Resource Management Fellowship – IDE, In-Residence
2009 – Air War College – SDE, Correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS
1. Jun 1994 - Nov 1995; Medical Logistics Intern, 89th Medical Group, Andrews AFB, MD
2. Nov 1995 - Jun 1998; Medical Logistics & Resource Management Flight Commander, 92d Medical Group, Fairchild AFB, WA
3. Jun 1998 - Jul 2000; Logistics Flight Commander, 52d Medical Group, Spangdahlem AB, GE
4. Jul 2000 - May 2002; Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Denver, CO
5. May 2002 - Jun 2005; Chief of Modernization, Health Facilities Division, San Francisco, CA
6. Jun 2005 - Jun 2006; Resources Fellow, HQ Air Force Material Command, WPAFB, OH
7. Jun 2006 - June 2009; Medical Resource Management Flight Commander & Medical Operations Squadron Operations Officer, 88th Medical Group, WPAFB, OH
8. Jun 2009 - Jul 2012; Commander, 460th Medical Support Squadron, Deputy Commander & Administrator, 460th Medical Group, Buckley AFB, CO
9. Jul 2012 - Aug 2014; Facilities Division Chief, AF Medical Support Agency, JB San Antonio, TX
10. Aug 2014 - Jun 2016; Dep Director, Health Facilities, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, VA
11. Jun 2016 - Present; Commander, 21st Medical Group, Peterson AFB, CO
DEPLOYMENTS
Operation ENDURING FREEDOM – Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan: Dec 2007 – Jun 2008
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with four devices
Air Force Commendation Medal with two devices
Air Force Achievement Medal with one device
National Defense Service Medal with one device
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Medal
EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant 1 June 1994
First Lieutenant 1 June 1996
Captain 1 June 1998
Major 1 July 2004
Lieutenant Colonel 1 November 2008
Colonel 1 July 2015