Heather Reesor

Hometown: Reading, PA

PSU Connection: Staff

School: Penn State Hershey

Department: Clinical Trials Office

Position: Research Compliance Specialist

Memorable moment in your Penn State career: I can’t say it’s any one moment, but working in clinical research with Penn State, any time I helped enroll a patient into a trial and seeing them clinically improve their quality of life has been incredibly rewarding.

Active Duty or Veteran: Veteran

Branch: Navy

Rank: Petty Officer

Rate/MOS: Aviation Electronics Technician

Where/when did you serve: Years in service: 2007 to 2011 Duty Stations: NS Mayport, Florida, NAS Whidbey Island, Washington

Awards: Sailor of the Quarter

What was your favorite military assignment/duty station and why? Jacksonville, Florida at NS Mayport because of the people I worked with there. It was a smaller base, and we were a close-knit group compared to the larger base at NAS Jacksonville.

Heather Reesor​, Navy, initially joined the Navy due to the recession and not being able to find a job in her initial career field after graduation. It was during her time in the service that she realized her overall career goal was to become a registered nurse which is what she decided to do after her time in service. Heather used her GI Bill and the Yellow Ribbon Program with Alvernia University to complete her studies. She currently works as a research compliance specialist with the Clinical Trials Office at Penn State Hershey.