Biographies of Senior Defense Officials

 
SUMIT AGARWAL
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (PA) for Citizen Dialogue & New/Social Media
THAD W. ALLEN
Commandant of the Coast Guard
CHARLES W. BOWEN
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard
NANCY E. BOYDA
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs (Manpower and Personnel)
PAUL A. BRINKLEY
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Director Task Force for Business and Stability Operations
ROBERT J. BUTLER
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber and Space Policy
BILL CARR
Deputy Under Secretary for Military Personnel Policy
ASHTON B. CARTER
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics
JAMES E. CARTWRIGHT
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
GEORGE W. CASEY
Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
KEVIN P. CHILTON
Commander, United States Strategic Command, Offut Air Force Base, Neb.
JAMES R. CLAPPER
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
JAMES T. CONWAY
Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps
SHARON H. COOPER
Executive Director for Defense Human Resources Activity
JANINE DAVIDSON
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Plans
MICHAEL H. DECKER
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight
MICHAEL B. DONLEY
Secretary of the U.S. Air Force
AMANDA J. DORY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy
ELLEN P. EMBREY
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and Acting Director of TRICARE Management Activity
THOMAS A. FERGUSON
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
DAVID M. FISHER
Director of the Business Transformation Agency
MARILEE FITZGERALD
Director of Workforce Issues and International Programs
MICHÈLE FLOURNOY
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
PRICE B. FLOYD
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
DOUGLAS FRASER
Commander, U.S. Southern Command
ROBERT M. GATES
Secretary of Defense
J. MICHAEL GILMORE
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation
WALLACE “CHIP” GREGSON
Assistant Secretary of Defense, Asian and Pacific Security Affairs
JOHN G. GRIMES
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration / CIO
ROBERT F. HALE
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer
KENNETH B. HANDELMAN
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Strategic Affairs (GSA)
JOHN G. HATHAWAY
Director, Civil-Military Policy Deputate
GORDON S. HEDDELL
Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Defense
REBECCA K.C. HERSMAN
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
KATHLEEN HICKS
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Forces
VICKI HUDDLESTON
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa in the Office of the Secretary of Defense
JEH C. JOHNSON
General Counsel
CLARENCE A. JOHNSON
Principal Director and Director, Civilian Equal Employment Opportunity
COLIN KAHL
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East
TIMOTHY J. KEATING
Commander, U.S. Pacific Command
CARLTON W. KENT
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
ELIZABETH L. KING
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs
SAMUEL D. KLEINMAN
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Readiness
NOEL KOCH
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for the Office of Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy
PAUL S. KOFFSKY
Deputy General Counsel for Personnel & Health Policy
ZACHARY J. LEMNIOS
Director, Defense Research & Engineering for Department of Defense
MARCEL J. LETTRE
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs
WILLIAM J. LYNN
Deputy Secretary of Defense
RAY MABUS
Secretary of the U.S. Navy
ROBERT C. MARTINAGE
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Special Operations/Low-Intensity and Interdependent
JAMES N. MATTIS
NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Transformation & Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command
DENNIS M. MCCARTHY
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs
MIKE MCCORD
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
MICHAEL C. H. MCDANIEL
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Homeland Defense (HD) Strategy, Prevention & Mission Assurance
GAIL H. MCGINN
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Plans
DAVID L. MCGINNIS
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs
ELIZABETH A. MCGRATH
Assistant Deputy Chief Management Officer for Department of Defense
JOHN M MCHUGH
Secretary of the Army
KAREN I. MCKENNEY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs for Readiness, Training and Mobilization
CRAIG R. MCKINLEY
Chief, National Guard Bureau
JOSEPH MCMILLAN
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
DUNCAN J. MCNABB
Commander, U.S. Transportation Command
ALLEN W. MIDDLETON
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
SHIRLEY A. MILES
Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity
JAMES N. MILLER
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
DEREK J. MITCHELL
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian & Pacific Security Affairs
FRANK O. MORA
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere
GEOFFREY S. MORRELL
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Pentagon Press Secretary
MICHAEL G. MULLEN
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
ARTHUR J. MYERS
Principal Director for Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy
MICHAEL NACHT
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs
BOB NEWBERRY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Affairs
DAVID A. OCHMANEK
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Development
DAVID H. PETRAEUS
Commander, U.S. Central Command
KENNETH O. PRESTON
Sergeant Major of the Army
GARRY REID
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations & Combating Terrorism
VICTOR E. RENUART
Commander, U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command
MICHAEL L. RHODES
Acting Director of Administration and Management (OSD)
BRADLEY H. ROBERTS
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy
DOROTHY ROBYN
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment
GARY ROUGHEAD
Chief of Naval Operations
JAMES A. ROY
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
PHILIP E. SAKOWITZ
Director & Chief Executive Officer, Defense Commissary Agency
JAMES A. SCHEAR
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Partnership Strategy and Stability Operations
ROBERT SCHER
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia
MICHAEL SCHIFFER
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian & Pacific Security Affairs, East Asia
NORTON A. SCHWARTZ
Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force
DAVID SAMUEL SEDNEY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia
JAMES G. STAVRIDIS
Commander, U.S. European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe
PAUL N. STOCKTON
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs
ROBERT S. TAYLOR
Principal Deputy General Counsel of the Department of Defense
TOMMY T. THOMAS
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy
ALAN S. THOMPSON
Director of the Defense Logistics Agency
JAMES JOYE TOWNSEND JR.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy
PETE VERGA
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Integration and Chief of Staff
ALEXANDER VERSHBOW
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
MICHAEL (“MIKE”) G. VICKERS
Asst Sec of Defense for Spec Ops/Low-Intensity Conflict And Interdependent Capabilities
CELESTE A. WALLANDER
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia
WILLIAM E. ("KIP") WARD
Commander, United States Africa Command
ANDREW C. WEBER
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear & Chemical & Biological Defense Programs
WILLIAM F. WECHSLER
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Global Threats
RICK D. WEST
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
THERESA MARIE WHELAN
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Domains/Support of Civil Authorities
BRYAN G. WHITMAN
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
JEFFREY A. WIERINGA
Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency
CHRISTINE E. WORMUTH
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs

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