United States Department of Defense

Biographies of Senior Defense Officials

CHRISTINE S. ABIZAID
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia

CRAIG A ADAMS
Senior Enlisted Leader (EUCOM)

PATRICK Z. ALSTON
Command Senior Enlisted Leader (USSTRATCOM)

THOMAS ATKIN
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security

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

ANDREW E. BUSCH
Director, Defense Logistics Agency

STEVEN E. CALVERY
Director of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency

STEVEN W. CANTRELL
Master Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard

BRAD R. CARSON
Under Secretary of the United States Army

ASHTON B. CARTER
Secretary of Defense

REBECCA B. CHAVEZ
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Western Hemisphere Affairs

JAMES A. CODY
Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Air Force

PETER COOK
Pentagon Press Secretary

ELISABETH A. CORDRAY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Plans

MARTIN E. DEMPSEY
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

DAVID DEVRIES
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)

JOSEPH DUNFORD, JR.
Commandant of the Marine Corps

ALAN F. ESTEVEZ
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

ANDREW EXUM
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Policy

EVELYN N. FARKAS
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia

DANIEL P. FEEHAN
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Readiness)

GLENN A. FINE
Principal Deputy Inspector General

J. MICHAEL GILMORE
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation

FRANK J. GRASS
Chief, National Guard Bureau

CHRISTOPHER K. GRECA
Command Senior Enlisted Leader (USCENTCOM)

RONALD L. GREEN
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps

JONATHAN W. GREENERT
Chief of Naval Operations

KAREN GUICE
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs

TERRY HALVORSEN
Chief Information Officer

CECIL D. HANEY
Commander (USSTRATCOM)

HARRY HARRIS
Commander, U.S. Pacific Command

THOMAS H. HARVEY III
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities

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)

STEPHEN C. HEDGER
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs

PAIGE HINKLE-BOWLES
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Civilian Personnel Policy)

CARYN C. HOLLIS
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Global Threats

AARON HUGHES
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy

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 and Readiness

MARA E. KARLIN
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy & Force Development

JOHN F. KELLY
Commander, U.S. Southern Command

FRANK KENDALL
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

PAUL S. KOFFSKY
Deputy General Counsel for Personnel & Health Policy

CHARLES P. KOSAK
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Defense Continuity and Mission Assurance

ANTHONY M. KURTA
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Personnel Policy

MARCEL LETTRE
Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence

PETER LEVINE
Deputy Chief Management Officer

PAUL M. LEWIS
Special Envoy for Guantanamo Detention Closure

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
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian Pacific and Security Affairs

CHRISTOPHER P. MAIER
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism

VAHID MAJIDI
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters

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

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)

DAVID M. RODRIGUEZ
Commander, United States Africa Command

JAMES RODRIGUEZ
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Warrior Care Policy

ERIC ROSENBACH
Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary of Defense

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 M SCHER
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities

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
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

DAVID B. SHEAR
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs

ELISSA SLOTKIN
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

WENDIN SMITH
Assistant Secretary of Defense, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction

MIKE D. STEVENS
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy

JAMES D. SYRING
Director, Missile Defense Agency

ROBERT S. TAYLOR
Acting 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
Assistant 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

JOSEPH L. VOTEL
Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command

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.
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs)

ROSEMARY FREITAS WILLIAMS
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy

ANNE A. WITKOWSKY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stability and Humanitarian Affairs

JONATHAN WOODSON
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)

CARL WOOG
Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Communications

ROBERT O. WORK
Deputy Secretary of Defense

CHRISTINE E WORMUTH
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

EARL C. WYATT
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Emerging Capabilities & Prototyping

WILLIAM B. ZAISER
Command Senior Enlisted Leader (SOUTHCOM)

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