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Organizational Structure of the
Social Security Administration

Office of the Commissioner

Deputy Commissioner for:
Communications
Disability/Income Security
Finance and Management
Human Resources
Legislative Affairs
Operations
Policy
Systems

Office of the:
Actuary
Information Officer
Strategic Officer
General Counsel
Inspector General

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is headed by a Commissioner and has a staff of over 65,000 employees within an organizational structure of 13 offices. SSA's central office is located in Baltimore, Maryland. The field organization, which is decentralized to provide services at the local level, includes 10 regional offices, 6 processing centers, and approximately 1300 field offices. You may click on any of the office links to learn how these are organized and who is responsible for directing them. Please note that an asterisk (*) indicates the incumbent is serving in an acting capacity.
Each Office site also includes a starwhich is a LINK to its functional responsibilities published in the Organization Manual.

Updated October 4, 2004

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    Office of the Commissioner
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    Commissioner 
    Jo Anne B. Barnhart

    Deputy Commissioner 
    James B. Lockhart III

    Chief of Staff
    Larry W. Dye

    Senior Advisors
    Barbara M. Levering
    Philip Dulaney IV
    Michel N. Korbey


    Senior Executive Officer
    Nancy A. McCullough

    Counselor to the Commissioner
    Laurence J. Love

    Executive Secretary
     Veronica B.  Henderson

    Executive Director, Disability Service Improvement
    Mary B. Chatel

    Executive Counselor on Interagency Adjudication
    Rita S. Geier

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    Deputy Commissioner, Communications (DCCOMM)
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    Deputy Commissioner, Communications
    Jim Courtney

    Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Communications
    Philip A. Gambino

     

    Press Officerr
    (Vacant)

     

    Office of  Communications Planning and Technology
    Associate Commissioner

    Thomas Tobin
    Office of External Affairs
    Associate Commissioner

    Jean Venable
    Office of Public Inquiries
     
    Associate Commissioner 
    Annie White

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    Deputy Commissioner, Disability and Income Security Programs (DCDISP)

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    Deputy Commissioner, Disability and Income Security Programs
    Martin H. Gerry

    Assistant Deputy Commissioner,
    Disability and Income Security Programs
    (Program Policy)
    Frederick G. Streckewald

    Assistant Deputy Commissioner,
    Disability and Income Security Programs
    (Disability Operations)
    Patricia A. Jonas

    Office of  International Programs
    Associate Commissioner
    Rogelio Gomez

    Office of Income Security Programs
    Associate Commissioner

    Nancy G. Veillon

    Office of Disability Determinations
     
    Associate Commissioner 
    Lenore R. Carlson

         
    Office of  Hearings and Appeals
    Associate Commissioner

    A.  Jacy Thurmond

       Office of Program Development and Research
    Associate Commissioner
     
    Pamela Mazerski

    Office of Employment Support Programs
    Associate Commissioner

    Susan E. Suter

    Chief Administrative Law
    Judge

    David B. Washington

    Office of Disability Programs
     
    Associate Commissioner 
    Glenn Sklar

    Information Technology Support Staff
    Director
     
    Bruce C. Dull

     Regional Chief Administrative Law Judges

    Boston, Nancy J. Griswold*

    New York, G. Stephen Wright
    Philadelphia, Frank A. Cristaudo
    Atlanta, Ollie Garmon
    Chicago, Paul C. Lillios
    Dallas, Joan Parks Saunders
    Kansas City, James R. Rucker, Jr.*
    Denver, James R. Rucker, Jr.
    San Francisco, Arthur S. Cahn
    Seattle, David DeLaittre
     

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    Deputy Commissioner, Finance, Assessment and Management (DCFAM)
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    Deputy Commissioner, Finance, Assessment and Management
      Dale W. Sopper

    Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Finance, Assessment and Management
    Anthony F. DiNoto

    Office of Acquisition and Grants
    Associate Commissioner

    Stan March

    Office of Financial Policy
    and Operations

    Associate Commissioner
    Jeffrey C. Hild

    Office of Budget
     
    Associate Commissioner 
    Robert M. Rothenberg

         
    Office of Quality Assurance and Performance Assessment
    Associate Commissioner

    Thomas C. Evans

       Office of Facilities Management
    Associate Commissioner
     
    Donna Siegel

    Office of Publications
    and Logistics Management

    Associate Commissioner
     
    Gary G. Arnold

    Regional Directors

    Boston, Christine D. Tebbetts

    New York, Susan P. Pike
    Philadelphia, Larry Fureman
    Atlanta, Robert L. Raines
    Chicago, James B. Scagnelli
    Dallas, David H. Crawford
    Kansas City, Daryl Gray
    Denver, Ronald R. Miller
    San Francisco, Grace K. Williams
    Seattle, Rubie Toney

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    Deputy Commissioner, Human Resources (DCHR)
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    Deputy Commissioner, Human Resources
     
    Reginald F. Wells

    Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Human Resources
     
    Felicita Sola-Carter

    Office of  Personnel
    Associate Commissioner

    Sandra K. Eckert

    Office of Labor-Management
    and Employee Relations

    Associate Commissioner

    David L. Feder

    Office of Civil Rights
    and Equal Opportunity

     
    Associate Commissioner
    Mark A. Anderson

         
    Office of  Training
    Associate Commissioner

    Wayne Harmon

        Human Capital Planning Staff
    Director

    Lewis H. Kaiser

       Executive and Special
    Services Staff

    Director

    Bonnie Doyle*

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    Deputy Commissioner, Legislation and Congressional Affairs (DCLCA)
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    Deputy Commissioner Legislation and Congressional Affairs
    Robert M. Wilson

    Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Legislation and Congressional Affairs<
    Diane B. Garro

    Office of Legislative Development
    Associate Commissioner
    Webster P. Phillips

    Office of Legislative Relations
    Associate Commissioner

    (vacant)

        Office of Legislative Research and Congressional Constituent Relations Staff
     Director
    Sharon A. Wilson

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    Deputy Commissioner, Operations (DCO)
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    Deputy Commissioner, Operations
    Linda S. McMahon

    Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Operations
    Mary Glenn-Croft

      Office of Public Services and Operations Support     
     
    Associate Commissioner 
    Roger McDonnell

    Office of   Telephone Services
    Associate Commissioner
     
    Donnell Adams

       Office of Automation Support
    Associate Commissioner
     
    N. Mark Blatchford

         

    Office of Electronic Services
    Associate Commissioner

    James A. Kissko

    Regional Commissioners

    Office of Central Operations
    Associate Commissioner

    W. Burnell Hurt

    Boston, Manuel J. Vaz
    New York, Beatrice Disman
    Philadelphia,  Laurie Watkins
    Atlanta, Paul D. Barnes
    Chicago, James F. Martin
    Dallas, Horace Dickerson
    Kansas City, Ramona Schuenemeyer*
    Denver, James Everett
    San Francisco, Peter D.  Spencer
    Seattle,  Carl Rabun

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    Deputy Commissioner, Policy (DCP)

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    Deputy Commissioner, Policy
     
    Paul S. Hewitt

    Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Policy
     
    Paul N. Van de Water

    Office of Research, Evaluation and Statistics
    Associate Commissioner

    Edward DeMarco

    Office of Disability and Income Assistance Policy
    Associate Commissioner

    Vacant

    Office of Retirement Policy
     
    Associate Commissioner 
    Andrew G. Biggs

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    Deputy Commissioner, Systems (DCS)

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    Deputy Commissioner, Systems
      William E. Gray

    Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Systems
    G. Kelly Croft

    Office of Telecommunications and System Operations
    Associate Commissioner

    James E. Preissner

    Office of Enterprise Support, Architecture and Engineering
    Associate Commissioner

    Charles M. Wood

    Office of Disability & Supplemental Security Income Systems
     
    Associate Commissioner 
    Peter V. Herrera, Jr.

         
    Office of Retirement and Survivors Insurance Systems
    Associate Commissioner
    Peter J. Malinauskas

    Office of Earnings, Enumeration and Administrative Systems
    Associate Commissioner

    Ron Raborg

    Office of Systems Electronic Services
    Associate Commissioner

    Steve Kautsch

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    Office of the Chief Actuary (OCAct)

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    Chief Actuary
     
    Stephen C. Goss

    Deputy Chief Actuary, Long Range
    Alice H. Wade

    Deputy Chief Actuary, Short Range
      Eli N. Donkar


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    Office of the Chief Strategic Officer (OCSO)
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    Chief Strategic Officer
    Myrtle S. Habersham

    Deputy Chief Strategic Officer
    Susan A. Kennedy

    Office of Quality Management
    Director

    Vacant

    Office of Strategic Management
    Director

    Laraine Williams

    Office of Workforce Analysis
    Director
    Ethel Mymbs

    Office of Competitive Sourcing
    Director

    Jaime Fisher

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    Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)

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    Chief Information Officer
      Thomas P. Hughes 

    Deputy Chief Information Officer
      D. Dean Mesterharm

    Office of  Information Technology Systems Review
    Director

    Thomas D. Robinson

    Office of Information Technology Security Policy
    Director
    Arthur D. Mayhle

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    Office of the General Counsel (OGC)

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    General Counsel
      Lisa de Soto

    Deputy General Counsel
    Thomas W. Crawley

    Office of General Law
    Associate General Counsel

    Michael G. Gallagher

    Office Public Disclosure
    Executive Director

    Randolph W. Gaines

    Office of Program Law
     Associate General Counsel
    James A. Winn

     


    Regional Chief Counsels

    Boston, Robert J. Triba

    New York, Barbara L. Spivak
    Philadelphia, Donna L. Calvert
    Atlanta, Mary Ann Sloan
    Chicago, Kim Leslie Bright
    Dallas, Tina M. Waddell
    Kansas City, Frank V. Smith III
    Denver, Deana R. Ertl-Lombardi
    San Francisco, Janice L. Walli
    Seattle,  Lucille G. Meis

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    Office of the Inspector General (OIG)

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    Inspector General
      Patrick P. O'Carroll, Jr.*

    Deputy Inspector General
    Vacant

    Chief Counsel to the  Inspector General
    Chief Counsel to the Inspector General

    Kathy A. Buller

    Office of Executive Operations
    Assistant Inspector General

    Stephanie J. Palmer

    Office of Investigations
     Assistant Inspector General

    Richard A. Rohde*

    Office of Audit
    Assistant Inspector General
    Steven L. Schaeffer

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