CDR Zenja Woodley (Retired) is a highly accomplished Registered Nurse and Consumer Safety Officer with extensive experience in the United States Navy and the United States Public Health Service, whereshe was assigned to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). With a distinguished career spanning 30 years, she has demonstrated exceptional leadership, regulatory expertise, and healthcare proficiency in both military and civilian sectors.

As a Consumer Safety Officer at the FDA from 2002 to 2022, CDR Woodley played a key role in inspecting and investigating FDA-regulated manufacturer facilities and their products, ensuring compliance with required federal safety standards at various locations throughout Southern California. She also served as a Supervisory Consumer Safety Officer and a Compliance Officer, leading a team of 10 civil service staff and collaborating with agencies such as U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Fish & Wildlife (USFWL), U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) to oversee critical recalls, investigations, and compliance operations.

CDR Woodley’s military service includes three decades as a Commissioned Officer in the United States Navy and the U.S. Public Health Service. In this role, she supervised 15 staff members and provided comprehensive nursing care to military personnel and their families, led health education and disease prevention programs, and collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to enhance community health initiatives.

CDR Woodley holds a Master of Public Health from Walden University (2009), where she earned high honors with a 3.9 GPA, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Southern California (1994).

CDR Trimeka Smith commissioned into the U.S. Public Health service March 2007. Her career started in Phoenix, AZ with Indian Health Services (IHS), Phoenix Indian Medical Center (PIMC) where she was awarded the opportunity to serve as a Medical-Surgical Nurse caring for American Indians and Alaska Natives. 

In April 2009, CDR Smith transferred to IHSC Houston Contract Detention Facility (HCDF) in Houston, TX, working under the ICE Health Services Corps (IHSC). CDR Smith swiftly advanced from junior to senior clinical nurse, Facility Healthcare Program Manager to becoming Assistant Health Service Administrator. At HCDF, CDR Smith was instrumental in obtaining excellent ratings for all accrediting bodies such as PBNDS, ACA, NCCHC and ODO, to name a few. Her many years at HCDF helped streamline workflows and workloads in response to numerous challenging situations helping the facility to accomplish excellence. September 2021, CDR Smith was selected and joined the IHSC Medical Case Management Unit (MCMU), as the Field Medical Coordinator (FMC) for the ICE St. Paul Area of Responsibility located in Omaha, Nebraska. CDR Smith graduated with a Master of Science in Nursing Administration from the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley and holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Southern University Agricultural and Mechanical College in Baton Rouge, LA.