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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 579-09
August 04, 2009

Senior Executive Service Appointments and Reassignments

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced the following Department of Defense senior executive service appointments and reassignments:
 
Appointments
 
Kenneth A. Myers III has been appointed to the Senior Executive Service and will be assigned as director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics), Washington, D.C. Myers previously served with the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C.
 
Reassignments
 
Virginia S. Penrod is assigned as principal director, military personnel policy, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Military Personnel Policy), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel & Readiness), Washington D.C. Penrod previously served as the director of military compensation, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Military Personnel Policy), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), Washington, D.C.