Krista Brodie

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Brigadier General
Krista Brodie
CD
Vice President Logistics and Operations of the Public Health Agency of Canada
Assumed office
May 17, 2021
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byDany Fortin
Personal details
Born (1970-07-29) July 29, 1970 (age 51)
Alma materRoyal Roads Military College
OccupationSoldier
Military service
Allegiance Canada
Branch/service Canadian Army
Years of servicecirca 1990–Present
RankCanadian Army OF-6.svg Brigadier-General
CommandsCO, 1 Service Battalion, April 21, 2011

OC 1 Service Battalion, 2003

Second in Command, Canadian Parachute Centre 1999

Krista Brodie CD is a Canadian Armed Forces officer serving as a Brigadier General in the Canadian Army. She is currently serving as the Public Health Agency of Canada's (PHAC) vice president of logistics and operations leading the federal government's COVID-19 vaccination distribution program.

Military career[]

Brodie holds degrees in Military Strategic Studies, Defence Studies, National Resource Strategy and a certificate in Global Supply Chain Management. She has been the Quartermaster of the Third Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, and was the first woman to command 1 Service Battalion, the largest unit in the Canadian Field Force. She participated in an exchange with the 75th Ranger Battalion. Brodie went to Washington DC, where she was on the faculty of the Strategic Leadership Department at the Eisenhower School of National Security and Resource Strategy, National Defence University.

In 2013, then Colonel Brodie, was named to the WXN Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 list.[1]

In February 2020, Brodie served briefly as the Commander of Military Personnel Generation Group.[2]

Public Health Agency of Canada[]

Brodie was appointed to the position of Vice President Logistics and Operations with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on May 17, 2021, succeeding Major General Dany Fortin, who fell under investigation. Brodie worked in the program with Fortin at its inception in November 2020, before becoming the commander of the Military Personnel Generation Group in February 2021.[3]

Awards and decorations[]

Brodie's personal awards and decorations include the following:

General Campaign Star Ribbon.pngMaple leaf -- Independent.svgCPSM Ribbon.pngUNPROFOR Medal bar.gif
QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.pngCD-ribbon and 2 bars.png


Ribbon Description Notes
General Campaign Star Ribbon.pngMaple leaf -- Independent.svg General Campaign Star
  • South West Asia Ribbon
  • 1 Rotation Bars
Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal
UNPROFOR Medal bar.gif UNPROFOR
NATO Medal for the former Yugoslavia
  • with FORMER YUGOSLAVIA clasp
Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal
  • Decoration awarded in 2012[4]
  • Canadian version
Canadian Forces Decoration (CD)
  • with two Clasp for 32 years of services

References[]

  1. ^ "Colonel Krista Brodie | Human Library". Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  2. ^ https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/statement-from-the-public-health-agency-of-canada-871144482.html
  3. ^ MacCharles, Tonda (May 17, 2021). "Brigadier-General Krista Brodie to lead Ottawa's vaccine delivery operation". St. Catharines Standard. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  4. ^ "The Diamond Jubilee Medal List". The Governor General of Canada.
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