Biographies of Senior Defense Officials

 
JOHN R. ALLEN
Commander, International Security Assistance Force, and Commander, United States Forces-Afghanistan
PATRICK Z. ALSTON
Command Senior Enlisted Leader (USSTRATCOM)
JAMES F. AMOS
Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
RENÉ C. BARDORF
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Community and Public Outreach
MICHEAL P. BARRETT
Sergeant Major of the U.S. Marine Corps
BRYAN B. BATTAGLIA
Senior Enlisted Advisor to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
SHARON E. BURKE
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs
JOHN R. CAMPBELL
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Wounded Warrior Care & Transition Policy)
ASHTON B. CARTER
Deputy Secretary of Defense
RAYMOND F. CHANDLER III
Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army
PETER W. CHIARELLI
Vice Chief of Staff for the U.S. Army
SHARON H. COOPER
Director for Defense Human Resources Activity
MADELYN R. CREEDON
Assistant Secretary for Global Strategic Affairs (GSA)
JANINE DAVIDSON
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Plans
MICHAEL H. DECKER
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight
MARTIN E. DEMPSEY
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
MICHAEL B. DONLEY
Secretary of the U.S. Air Force
AMANDA J. DORY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy
JOSEPH F. DUNFORD, JR.
Assistant Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
LOUIS M. ESPINAL
Command Senior Enlisted Advisor, U.S. Southern Command
ALAN F. ESTEVEZ
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Logistics & Materiel Readiness)
THOMAS A. FERGUSON
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
MARILEE FITZGERALD
Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity
MICHÈLE FLOURNOY
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
CHRISTINE H. FOX
Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation
DOUGLAS FRASER
Commander, U.S. Southern Command
J. MICHAEL GILMORE
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation
JOHN D. GIPE
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs
ROBERT L. GORDON, III
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Military Community and Family Policy)
WILLIAM E. GORTNEY
Director, Joint Staff
JONATHAN W. GREENERT
Chief of Naval Operations
FRANK A. GRIPPE
Command Sergeant Major (USCENTCOM)
KAREN GUICE
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
ROBERT F. HALE
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer
CARTER F. HAM
Commander, United States Africa Command
KENNETH B. HANDELMAN
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Strategic Affairs (GSA)
JOHN T. HASTINGS
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense For Reserve Affairs (Resources)
TOMÀS R. HAWKINS
Senior Enlisted Leader, U.S. Transportation Command
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
MARVIN L. HILL
Command Senior Enlisted Leader, International Security Assistance Force & U.S. Forces-Afghanistan
PAIGE HINKLE-BOWLES
Principal Director Assistant Secretary of Defense for Civilian Personnel Policy
JAMES A HURSCH
Director of the Defense Technology Security Administration
JOSEPH H. JEU
Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Defense Commissary Agency
JEH C. JOHNSON
General Counsel
JACK JOHNSON, JR.
Command Senior Enlisted Leader, U.S. AFRICOM
LAURA JUNOR
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness
COLIN KAHL
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East
C. ROBERT "BOB" KEHLER
Commander, U.S. Strategic Command
FRANK KENDALL
Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
ELIZABETH L. KING
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs
JOHN KIRBY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Media Operations
PAUL S. KOFFSKY
Deputy General Counsel for Personnel & Health Policy
WILLIAM E. LANDAY III
Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency
PETER R. LAVOY
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs
MICHAEL P. LEAVITT
Master Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard
ZACHARY J. LEMNIOS
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering for Department of Defense
MARCEL J. LETTRE
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs
WILLIAM K. LIETZAU
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Rule of Law and Detainee Policy)
GEORGE LITTLE
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Pentagon Press Secretary
MICHAEL D. LUMPKIN
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Special Operations/Low-Intensity and Interdependent
RAY MABUS
Secretary of the U.S. Navy
ROY M. MADDOCKS JR.
Senior Enlisted Leader (EUCOM)
CHARLES W. MARTOGLIO
Chief of Staff (EUCOM)
JAMES N. MATTIS
Commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM)
JOSE MAYORGA
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Homeland Defense Strategy and Force Planning
MIKE MCCORD
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
DAVID L. MCGINNIS
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs
ELIZABETH A. MCGRATH
Deputy Chief Management Officer for Department of Defense
JOHN M. MCHUGH
Secretary of the U.S. Army
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
CHARLES E. MILAM
Principal Director for Military Community and Family Policy
JAMES N. MILLER
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
FRANK O. MORA
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere
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
RAYMOND T. ODIERNO
38th Chief of Staff for the U.S. Army
LEON E. PANETTA
Secretary of Defense
ROBERT J. PAPP
Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard
PAUL D. PATRICK
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Reserve Affairs (Readiness, Training & Mobilization)
VIRGINIA S. PENROD
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Military Personnel Policy)
GARRY REID
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations & Combating Terrorism
MICHAEL L. RHODES
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
JO ANN ROONEY
Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
ERIC ROSENBACH
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy
TODD M. ROSENBLUM
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs
JAMES A. ROY
Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Air Force
ROBERT G. SALESSES
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Integration and Defense Support of Civil
JAY G. SANTEE
Principal Deputy for Space Policy
IUNIASOLUA T. SAVUSA
Senior Enlisted Leader, U.S. Pacific Command
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
GREGORY L. SCHULTE
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy
NORTON A. SCHWARTZ
Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force
DAVID S. SEDNEY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia
MICHAEL A. SHEEHAN
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict
LYNN C. SIMPSON
Chief of Staff for the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
THOMAS H. SMITH
Senior Enlisted Leader for USSOCOM
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
TERESA M. TAKAI
Chief Information Officer
PASQUALE (PAT) M. TAMBURRINO, JR
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Civilian Personnel Policy)
ROBERT S. TAYLOR
Principal Deputy General Counsel of the Department of Defense
ALAN S. THOMPSON
Director of the Defense Logistics Agency
JAMES J. TOWNSEND, JR.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy
W. ALLEN USRY
Command Senior Enlisted Leader (USNORAD/USNORTHCOM)
PETER F. VERGA
Chief of Staff for the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
ALEXANDER VERSHBOW
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
MICHAEL G. VICKERS
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
CELESTE A. WALLANDER
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia
ANDREW C. WEBER
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs
WILLIAM F. WECHSLER
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Global Threats
DAVID M. WENNERGREN
Assistant Deputy Chief Management Officer (DoD)
RICK D. WEST
Master Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Navy
JOSEPH W. WESTPHAL
Under Secretary of the U.S. Army
THERESA M. WHELAN
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Continuity and Crisis Management
ANTHONY WHITEHOUSE
Director, Human Resources Operations & Advisory Services Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service
BRYAN G. WHITMAN
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
RICHARD O. WIGHTMAN, JR.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs (Materiel and Facilities)
ROBERT F. WILLARD
Commander, U.S. Pacific Command
DOUGLAS B. WILSON
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
JAMES A. WINNEFELD
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
JONATHAN WOODSON
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) & Director of TRICARE Management Activity
JESSICA L. WRIGHT
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs