Dr. Noël Lipana, DSW - Resiliency Trainer

LTC Noël Lipana (ret.) is a Regional Prevention Coordinator performing community-level social work to prevent targeted violence and terrorism for US Department of Homeland Security. Noel is a combat veteran, who deployed three times serving as a Counter Improvised Explosive Device Officer in Afghanistan.

After twenty years of service, he earned his Doctor of Social Work at the University of Southern California, where he did work-study at their Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families..  Noël uses performing arts to educate communities about moral injury and trauma among veterans and marginalized populations. He is a founding board member and current president of the DJD Art Foundation.

An Air Force Academy Graduate, Noel holds a Masters from the Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Postgraduate School. The California DAV named him Veteran of the Year three years in a row.  Noël is an adjunct instructor for the University of Kentucky’s College of Social Work doctoral program.