Commanding Officer

Capt. Lepore is a midwesterner who now considers herself a native of Phoenix, Arizona. She graduated from Arizona State University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science and went on to earn her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from Western Michigan University in 1998. It was this same year she was commissioned as a direct accession into the Navy. She also earned a Master of Science degree in Organizational Leadership in 2016.
She served operationally as an Individual Augmentee to Alpha Surgical Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Forward at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan in 2010 and as the Executive Officer for the NATO Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit in Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2018.

During her ashore tours, Lepore served in various positions throughout Navy medicine to include occupational therapist at the Educational Developmental Interventions Services in Sasebo and Yokota Japan, the Director of Clinical Services at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, Medical Service Corps Policy and Planning Officer for the Office of the Corps Chief at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Falls Church, Virginia and Director of Branch Clinics at Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command, San Diego, California. She was assigned as Executive Officer in 2021 for the USNS MERCY (T-AH-19) in San Diego, California. In June 2023 she assumed the role of Deputy Corps Chief for the Navy Medical Service Corps at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Falls Church, Virginia.

Capt. Lepore is board-certified by the National Board of Occupational Therapists and by the Hand Therapy Certification Commission as a Certified Hand Therapist (CHT). She served as a Navy Occupational Therapy Specialty Leader and as a review board member on the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) as well as on the accreditation appeals board for the American Occupational Therapy Association. She is currently licensed as an Occupational Therapist in the state of California.

She assumed duties as Naval Hospital Bremerton director and Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton commanding officer, August 15, 2024.

Capt. Lepore’s personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (five awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (four awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, as well as the Fleet Marine Force Qualified Officer designation.