Tracey Hepner

Tracey Hepner-Smith is the wife of Army Brigadier General Tammy Smith and is a member of the Army Reserve senior spouse team. Tracey is a co-founder of the Military Partners and Families Coalition (MPFC). She is also founder of Rainbow Ribbon and the Rainbow Ribbon Project, organizations dedicated to raising visibility of LGBT military families prior to the repeal of Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell (DADT). That involvement led her to testify to the Pentagon’s Comprehensive Working Group on behalf of LGBT military families, informing the study that eventually led to the repeal of DADT. Tracey recently retired from the Department of Homeland Security where she served as a Master Behavior Detection Officer.