Dr. Kass serves as the Senior Military Medical Advisor for Creative Forces. She earned her BS in Biology from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA and her MD degree from George Washington University in Washington, DC. She is a retired Navy Family Physician who dedicated the last decade of her 23-year military career to designing and implementing novel care programs for Wounded Warriors and served as the Officer in Charge of the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) from 2011 to 2015. While serving in this capacity she developed an understanding and appreciation for the healing impacts of Creative Arts Therapies. Realizing the need to increase access, awareness and evidence of the impact of these therapies, Dr. Kass partnered with the National Endowment of the Arts to develop and expand Creative Forces.