Lieutenant Colonel Jason P. Richter is the Medical Support Squadron Commander and Medical Group Administrator, Aviano Air Base. He leads the medical group’s largest squadron of 143 personnel in eight flights, and is responsible for a $52 million budget that supports 8,400 beneficiaries.
Jason joined the Air Force as a direct commission in 2002, after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with degrees in business administration and accounting. Since then, he has held various assignments in squadron command, resource management, health plans management, patient administration, and as a professor and deputy program director. He also deployed as a mentor to the Afghan National Police Surgeon General. He was a two-time selection for Air Force Institute of Technology degree programs and has authored 29 publications in leading peer-reviewed healthcare journals.
Jason holds a MBA and MHA from Baylor University and a PhD from Ohio State University.
Major awards and decorations include:
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
2019 U.S. Air Forces in Europe Medical Service Corps Commitment to Service Award
2018 Air Force Surgeon General Clinic of the Year (MDSS/CC & Gp Administrator)
2018 Air Force Senior Level Healthcare Executive of the Year, American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
2017 Joint Federal Sector Military Excellence in Healthcare Management Award, ACHE
2016, 2014 Researcher of the Year, Army-Baylor University
2016 Distinguished Faculty of the Year, Army-Baylor University
