United States Department of Defense
Biographies of Senior Defense Officials
CHRISTINE S. ABIZAID
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia
CRAIG A ADAMS
Senior Enlisted Leader (EUCOM)
ANTHONY A. ALDWELL
Chief Operating Officer for the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
PATRICK Z. ALSTON
Command Senior Enlisted Leader (USSTRATCOM)
LLOYD J. AUSTIN III
Commander, U.S. Central Command
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
DARRIN J. BOHN
Command Senior Enlisted Leader (AFRICOM)
THOMAS BRADY
Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA)
PHILIP M. BREEDLOVE
Commander, U.S. European Command
DAVID BROWN
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Developmental Test & Evaluation
MITCHELL O. BRUSH
Senior Enlisted Advisor, National Guard Bureau
M. ELAINE BUNN
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy
STEVEN W. CANTRELL
Master Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard
BRAD R. CARSON
Under Secretary of the United States Army
RAYMOND F. CHANDLER III
Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army
REBECCA B. CHAVEZ
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Western Hemisphere Affairs
DANIEL Y. CHIU
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development
DEREK CHOLLET
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
JAMES A. CODY
Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Air Force
BRENT COLBURN
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
JOHN DAVIS
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy
MICHAEL H. DECKER
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight
MARTIN E. DEMPSEY
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
DAVID DEVRIES
Acting Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer
AMANDA J. DORY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs
MATTHEW P. DUBOIS
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs (Materiel & Facilities)
MICHAEL J. DUMONT
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict
JOSEPH DUNFORD, JR.
Commandant of the Marine Corps
ALAN F. ESTEVEZ
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
ERIC FANNING
Under Secretary of the Air Force
EVELYN N. FARKAS
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia
JASON W. FORRESTER
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs (Manpower & Personnel)
J. MICHAEL GILMORE
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation
FRANK J. GRASS
Chief, National Guard Bureau
CHRISTOPHER K. GRECA
Command Senior Enlisted Leader (USCENTCOM)
JONATHAN W. GREENERT
Chief of Naval Operations
KAREN GUICE
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
CHUCK HAGEL
Secretary of Defense
LYNNE M. HALBROOKS
Principal Deputy Inspector General
TERRY HALVORSEN
Acting Chief Information Officer
CECIL D. HANEY
Commander (USSTRATCOM)
MARK D. HARNITCHEK
Director, Defense Logistics Agency
D. CHRISTIAN HASSELL
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Chemical and Biological Defense
JOHN T. HASTINGS
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense For Reserve Affairs (Resources)
DAVID F. HELVEY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia
REBECCA K.C. HERSMAN
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
PAIGE HINKLE-BOWLES
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Civilian Personnel Policy)
CARYN C. HOLLIS
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Global Threats
DEBORAH LEE JAMES
Secretary of the Air Force
JOSEPH H. JEU
Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Defense Commissary Agency
CLARENCE A. JOHNSON
Director, Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity
LAURA JUNOR
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness
JOHN F. KELLY
Commander, U.S. Southern Command
FRANK KENDALL
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
ELIZABETH L. KING
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs
JOHN KIRBY
Pentagon Press Secretary
PAUL S. KOFFSKY
Deputy General Counsel for Personnel & Health Policy
CHARLES P. KOSAK
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Defense Continuity and Mission Assurance
MARCEL LETTRE
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
PAUL M. LEWIS
Special Envoy for Guantanamo Detention Closure
SAMUEL J. LOCKLEAR III
Commander, U.S. Pacific Command
DOUGLAS L. LOVERRO
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy
MICHAEL D. LUMPKIN
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict
RAY MABUS
Secretary of the U.S. Navy
KELLY E. MAGSAMEN
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense & Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for APSA
VAHID MAJIDI
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters
CHARLES W. MARTOGLIO
Chief of Staff (EUCOM)
MIKE MCCORD
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer
BETH M. MCCORMICK
Director, Defense Technology Security Administration
JOHN M. MCHUGH
Secretary of the U.S. Army
BRIAN P. MCKEON
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
CHARLES E. MILAM
Principal Director for Military Community and Family Policy
PAMELA S. MITCHELL
Director, Defense Human Resources Activity
TERRENCE I. MOLIDOR
Command Senior Enlisted Leader, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command
THOMAS EDWARD MOREHOUSE
Assistant Secretary of Defense, Operational Energy Plans and Programs (Acting)
JAMIE M. MORIN
Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation
KENNETH A. MYERS III
Director of Defense Threat Reduction Agency
PETER V. NEFFENGER
Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard
RAYMOND T. ODIERNO
38th Chief of Staff for the U.S. Army
PAUL D. PATRICK
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Reserve Affairs (Readiness, Training & Mobilization)
VIRGINIA S. PENROD
Chief of Staff, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
ARATI PRABHAKAR
Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
STEPHEN W. PRESTON
General Counsel of the Department of Defense
DANIEL B. PRIETO III
Director of Cybersecurity and Technology
MICHAEL L. RHODES
Director of Administration and Management (OSD)
JOSEPH W. RIXEY
Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)
JAMES RODRIGUEZ
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Warrior Care Policy
DAVID M. RODRIGUEZ
Commander, United States Africa Command
ERIC ROSENBACH
Assistant Secretary of Defense, Homeland Defense and Global Security
TODD M. ROSENBLUM
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security
THOMAS W. ROSS
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Security Cooperation
MARK W. RUDES
Senior Enlisted Advisor, U.S. Pacific Command
JON T. RYMER
Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Defense
ROBERT G. SALESSES
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Integration and DSCA
ROBERT SCHER
Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Forces
MIKE SCHULTZ
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs
AMY SEARIGHT
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia
PAUL J. SELVA
Commander, U.S. Transportation Command
DAVID B. SHEAR
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs
ELISSA SLOTKIN
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
MATTHEW SPENCE
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Policy
MIKE D. STEVENS
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
JAMES D. SYRING
Director, Missile Defense Agency
ROBERT S. TAYLOR
Principal Deputy General Counsel of the Department of Defense
WILLIAM F. THETFORD
Senior Enlisted Advisor, U.S. Special Operations Command
CHRISTOPHER E. THOMAS
Administrator of the Defense Technical Information Center
DAVID TILLOTSON III
Acting Deputy Chief Management Officer
JAMES J. TOWNSEND, JR.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy
WILLIAM W. TURNER
Command Senior Enlisted Leader, U.S. Transportation Command
PETER F. VERGA
Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
MICHAEL G. VICKERS
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
JOSEPH L. VOTEL
Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command
WILLIAM F. WECHSLER
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism
STEPHEN P. WELBY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering
MARK A. WELSH
Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force
BRYAN G. WHITMAN
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
RICHARD O. WIGHTMAN, JR.
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs
ROSEMARY FREITAS WILLIAMS
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy
W. MONTAGUE WINFIELD
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel
JAMES A. WINNEFELD
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
ANNE A. WITKOWSKY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stability and Humanitarian Affairs
JONATHAN WOODSON
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)
ROBERT O. WORK
Deputy Secretary of Defense
CHRISTINE E WORMUTH
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
JESSICA L. GARFOLA WRIGHT
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
EARL C. WYATT
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Emerging Capabilities & Prototyping
WILLIAM B. ZAISER
Command Senior Enlisted Leader (SOUTHCOM)
PAUL F. ZUKUNFT
Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard
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