BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11550-b4ab57402b0ca0fcbf0a587b856fc7a2@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260601T122251Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T130000 SUMMARY:Policy Profile: Heather Bupp DESCRIPTION:\nHeather C. Bupp is a senior ethics and compliance consulta nt with Strategic Analysis\, Inc.\, supporting ARPA-H Ethics.  Immediate ly prior\, she was the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) alternate des ignated agency ethics official (ADAEO)\, and most recently she served as the acting chief ethics counsel for the Office of General Counsel\, ove rseeing VA’s Ethics program—the largest single ethics program within the federal executive branch. Previously\, Heather was VA OGC deputy chief ethics counsel\, where she led the VA ethics team of attorneys and paral egals to provide advice and training to over 450\,000 employees\, includ ing 12\,000 confidential filers and almost 1000 public filers. In additi on\, she guided and supported the work of VA deputy designated agency et hics officials (DDAEOs) and compliance officers acting as agency ethics advisors throughout Veterans Health Administration. The ethics issues ra nged from research\, the criminal conflict of interest statutes\, the St andards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch\, the H atch Act\, FOIA\, the Federal Advisory Committee Act\, the U.S. Constitu tion Emoluments Clause\, and various Office of Government Ethics\, Offic e of Inspector General\, and VA financial disclosure reports.\n\nHeather transferred to VA from U.S. Department of Interior where she was an act ing deputy ethics counsel in the Interdepartmental Ethics Office. Previo usly while in private practice\, Heather served as the ethics director a nd counsel to the Board of Ethics for a national professional\, scientif ic\, and credentialing\, healthcare association\, ASHA. She is a former Fellow of the National Institute for Teaching Ethics and Professionalism in Atlanta\, Georgia. Earlier in her career\, Heather was legal ethics counsel for the District of Columbia Bar in Washington\, D.C.\, where sh e provided guidance to Bar members\, law firms\, clinics\, and the publi c on a broad scope of ethical issues. Heather is a graduate of Washingto n College of Law at American University in Washington\, D.C\, where she subsequently taught Professional Responsibility as an adjunct faculty me mber. Heather also taught Legal Ethics and Legal Technology as adjunct f aculty for Georgetown University. Heather graduated from Penn State Univ ersity with a bachelor of arts degree in Political Science\, where she c urrently is an advisory board member at the Rock Ethics Institute\, prom oting engaged ethics research and leadership.\n\nFor more details: https ://events.la.psu.edu/event/policy-profile-heather-bupp/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Heather C. Bupp is a senior ethics and compliance consultant with Strategic Analysis, Inc., supporting ARP A-H Ethics.  Immediately prior, she was the Department of Veterans Affai rs (VA) alternate designated agency ethics official (ADAEO), and most re cently she served as the acting chief ethics counsel for the Office of G eneral Counsel, overseeing VA’s Ethics program—the largest single ethics program within the federal executive branch. Previously, Heather was VA OGC deputy chief ethics counsel, where she led the VA ethics team of at torneys and paralegals to provide advice and training to over 450,000 em ployees, including 12,000 confidential filers and almost 1000 public fil ers. In addition, she guided and supported the work of VA deputy designa ted agency ethics officials (DDAEOs) and compliance officers acting as a gency ethics advisors throughout Veterans Health Administration. The eth ics issues ranged from research, the criminal conflict of interest statu tes, the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Bra nch, the Hatch Act, FOIA, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. C onstitution Emoluments Clause, and various Office of Government Ethics, Office of Inspector General, and VA financial disclosure reports.

Heather transferred to VA from U.S. Department of Interior where she was an acting deputy ethics counsel in the Interdepartmental Ethics Office. Previously while in private practice, Heather served as the ethics dire ctor and counsel to the Board of Ethics for a national professional, sci entific, and credentialing, healthcare association, ASHA. She is a forme r Fellow of the National Institute for Teaching Ethics and Professionali sm in Atlanta, Georgia. Earlier in her career, Heather was legal ethics counsel for the District of Columbia Bar in Washington, D.C., where she provided guidance to Bar members, law firms, clinics, and the public on a broad scope of ethical issues. Heather is a graduate of Washington Col lege of Law at American University in Washington, D.C, where she subsequ ently taught Professional Responsibility as an adjunct faculty member. H eather also taught Legal Ethics and Legal Technology as adjunct faculty for Georgetown University. Heather graduated from Penn State University with a bachelor of arts degree in Political Science, where she currently is an advisory board member at the Rock Ethics Institute, promoting eng aged ethics research and leadership.

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