About Artemis
We help federal agencies improve performance, streamline delivery and strengthen mission execution.
Whether it’s improving how teams communicate, hiring the right people or using data to make confident decisions, we focus on what works. Our team brings practical tools, sharp analysis and hands-on experience to help agencies meet their goals, support their workforce and deliver on their mission, efficiently and effectively.
Artemis ARC is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.
Meet Our Leaders
Luke Sturges
Luke Sturges is the founder and managing partner at Artemis ARC. Prior to starting Artemis, he served as an Explosive Detection Canine Handler and Security Professional. He has more than 10 years of experience training and caring for assigned working dogs; searching facilities, mail, cargo and people for the presence of explosives; and conducting antiterrorism operations. In this role, he performed explosive detection searches alongside Secret Service for U.S. Presidents, Vice Presidents and Secretaries of State. It was these experiences and the desire to continue making a public impact that led him to establish a Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business.
Inspired by his military experience, Luke founded Artemis with the goal of advancing the health, wellness and achievement of our nation’s Veterans. To successfully accomplish this objective, Artemis leverages innovative marketing techniques, technology and data science to educate Veterans and service members and drive awareness about available benefits and resources. Luke’s experience enables him to provide tailored guidance based on clients’ unique goals and objectives.
Aly Glick
With 15 years of experience in all facets of communications, project management and strategic planning, Alyson leads the daily operations of Artemis. She is a proven problem solver and leader who applies data analysis and human-centered design approaches to engineer processes and create more functional organizations and more cohesive teams. She leads project teams and collaborates with partners to implement innovative strategies for federal clients, including the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), among others. Alyson is passionate about her client’s missions and viewed as a trusted advisor. Under her leadership, clients have won more than 50 industry awards including Hermes Platinum and Gold Awards; Bronze Anvil Awards; the G2Xchange Disruptive Tech Program Award; and Gold Communicator Awards.
Alyson’s experience includes standing up program management offices, overseeing large-scale recruitment marketing and benefits campaigns, aiding change management transformations, documenting effectiveness and developing innovative print and electronic materials.
Leigh Starr, MHA, FACHE, LSSBB, Prosci® CCMP
Leigh Starr leads Artemis’s federal health portfolio, advancing strategies and solutions that help agencies achieve mission-driven transformation. She brings three decades of experience driving organizational excellence, continuous improvement and high reliability across complex health care systems. She also serves as Deputy Program Manager for Artemis’s VA Integrated Healthcare Transformation 2.0 portfolio.
Before joining Artemis, Leigh served as the National Director for High Reliability Enterprise Support at the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), where she led enterprise-wide transformation initiatives impacting 170+ medical centers and more than 1,300 VA facilities. Her leadership spanned strategic execution, program operations and workforce engagement, guiding one of the nation’s largest integrated health care systems toward sustainable culture change.
Leigh’s career also includes senior-level leadership roles within VHA’s Systems Redesign and Improvement office within the Office of Quality and Patient Safety, VISN and VA medical center-level quality and operations roles, and well over two decades of service in the U.S. Air Force Medical Service Corps. In the Air Force, she served on active duty and as an Air Force Reserve leader in facility, MAJCOM and joint service roles. Whether in VA or in the military, her work has consistently focused on improving outcomes, optimizing performance and empowering teams to deliver safe, reliable care to those who serve.
Select Honors and Credentials:
- Master of Health Administration (MHA), Virginia Commonwealth University
- Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE)
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB)
- Prosci® Certified Change Management Professional (CCMP)
- ACHE Service Award (2019)
- Partnership for Public Service Excellence in Government Fellows Graduate (2023–2024)
- Veteran, U.S. Air Force
Publications and Presentations
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ACHE Congress on Healthcare Leadership: “Approaches to HRO Implementation Across Two Federal Health Care Systems” (2025)
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“Striving to be the Safest Health Care System for All” (2024); “Building a Movement for Change: Implementing HRO” (2023)
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IHI Forum: “Approaches to HRO Implementation Across Two Federal Health Care Systems” (2024)
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National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) Next: “Advancing High Reliability Across VHA” (2023)
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Stanford Medicine Center for Improvement Faculty, HRO Implementation (2023, 2024)
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Leonard, Gilmartin, Starr, Anderson (2024) “Leadership and the High Reliability Transformation: A Qualitative Study at Truman VA Medical Center,” Journal of Healthcare Risk Management, Vol. 44
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Cox, Starr (2023) “VHA’s Movement for Change: Implementing High Reliability Principles and Practices,” Journal of Healthcare Management, Vol. 68
Jess Overbeck
Jess Overbeck is an expert communications and marketing professional with more than 15 years of experience leading large-scale federal communications campaigns for the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Defense Health Agency and Department of Homeland Security. As Vice President, Jess leads the communications and marketing business line, overseeing contract management and portfolio growth. She also focuses on expanding Artemis’ presence across federal agencies and enhancing relationships with existing clients.
Over the course of Jess’s career, she has been instrumental in the development of the National Strategy for Preventing Veteran Suicide, the creation and rollout of a new brand identity for VA’s Vet Centers and VBA’s campaign encouraging Veterans to file claims for disability compensation related to toxic exposures. Under her leadership, the VBA team won a total of 28 Hermes and MarCom awards for a variety of print, digital, video, social media and human-centered design research products.
- M.S., Project Management, Walden University
- B.A., Communication, Public Relations, George Mason University
- Certified Human-Centered Design Facilitator, LUMA Institute
- Certified Human-Centered Design Practitioner, LUMA Institute
- Prosci Certified Change Management Practitioner (CCMP)
Claire Brunette
Claire brings a decade of experience in capture and proposal development within the professional services sector. She leads Artemis’s growth strategy and oversees proposal management operations. Using a human-centered design approach, Claire has a passion for identifying growth opportunities coupled with a proven ability to cultivate innovative partnerships across industry and the Federal government.
Her extensive experience spans various agencies, including Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Interior, Department of Labor, Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Science Foundation. Demonstrating her success, Claire has excelled in identifying, capturing, managing proposals and securing multimillion-dollar contracts in marketing communications, project management, strategic planning and IT enterprise operations.
Claire’s expertise extends to researching and analyzing market trends, deciphering unspoken client needs, and leveraging this insight to guide her team in developing innovative solutions. Her strategic approach aims to expand the organizational portfolio and drive growth across the entirety of the organization.
Background
- B.A., Catholic University of America
Brett Sheats, JD
Brett Sheats is a tactical leader with over 10 years of experience leading and supporting Veteran and disability initiatives in the consulting, government and non-profit sectors. At Artemis, Brett utilizes his strategic planning and project management skills to create course curricula and weekly materials and conduct classes for health employees.
Over the past several years, Brett has worked with federal clients including the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Labor and FBI. He strives to incorporate leadership and management lessons learned from the military, non-governmental organizations, consulting, government and private sectors into crafting innovative solutions for his federal government clients.
A certified professional coach, Brett believes in the power of diverse teams and enjoys the challenge of cultivating and implementing effective workforce development initiatives. Before Artemis, he was a finance attorney for the law firm of Schulte Roth & Zabel in New York City and a commercial fisherman in Alaska (ask him about salmon recommendations).
Outside of work, Brett serves on the board of directors for an outdoor recreational therapy non-profit focused on kayak fishing for Veterans, first responders and their families. He is a Veteran of the United States Army, serving as an airborne Field Artillery Officer from 2001 to 2005.
- Member, New York State Bar
- J.D., The George Washington University Law School
- B.S., Business Administration, Wake Forest University
- Board of Directors, Heroes on the Water
- Veteran, U.S. Army Veteran (Operation Enduring Freedom)
Artemis Cares
Engaging with our Communities
We invest in our communities by supporting our employees’ philanthropic passions through our Artemis Cares program. The program is reflective of our culture and a heartfelt employee engagement strategy.
Together, we are assisting underserved populations, helping nonprofits provide critical services, supporting research for life-threatening conditions and much more.
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