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)

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