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Director's Office

  • John Berry

    Director

    John Berry is the Federal Government's Chief People Person. As the Director he is responsible for recruiting, hiring, and setting benefits policies for 1.9 million Federal civilian employees...View Bio

  • Liz Montoya

    Chief of Staff

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    Ms. Montoya serves as the Chief of Staff. Prior to being appointed to OPM, she served on the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team as an advisor to the Department of Energy...View Bio

  • Jen Mason

    Deputy Chief of Staff

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    Jen Mason serves as the Deputy Chief of Staff. Ms. Mason's primary responsibility includes overseeing the Government-wide Veterans Employment Initiative. This initiative underscores to...View Bio

  • Justin Johnson

    Deputy Chief of Staff

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    Justin R. Johnson has a variety of public service experience. He has served in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government, in the non-profit sector, and in the private sector...View Bio

  • Michael Grant

    Counselor to the Director

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  • Victor Basile

    Counselor to the Director

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    Vic Basile believes this appointment is "the perfect cap to a long career of government and non-profit service." Mr. Basile’s initial work as a VISTA Volunteer in the rural south set him on a...View Bio

  • Matthew W. Collier

    Senior Advisor to the Director

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    As a Senior Advisor to the Director, Matt Collier advises Director John Berry on matters relating to the recruitment and retention of students and recent grads, and spurring innovation and...View Bio

  • Kathryn M. Medina

    Executive Director, CHCO Council

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    Kathryn Medina serves as the Executive Director of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council (CHCOC). The Council is charged with advising and coordinating the activities of members' agencies on... View Bio

  • Tania A. Shand

    Director, Congressional and Legislative Affairs

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    Tania A. Shand advocates for the legislative and policy priorities of the Director and the Administration. She is responsible for educating, responding to, interacting with, and advising Congress...View Bio

  • Jennifer Tyree

    Deputy Director, Congressional and Legislative Affairs

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    Jennifer advocates for the legislative and policy priorities of the Director and the Administration. She is responsible for educating, responding to, interacting with, and advising Congress...View Bio

  • Thomas J. Richards

    Director, Communications & Public Liaison

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    Thomas coordinates a comprehensive effort to inform the public of the President's and the Director's goals, plans, and activities through various media outlets; provides the American people...View Bio

  • Catherine Hand

    Deputy Director, Communications & Public Liaison

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    Catherine comes from a long career in TV production. She has served as Executive Producer for the ABC/Miramax film based on the children's classic, A Wrinkle in Time, which won "Best Feature"...View Bio

Program Directors

  • Angela Bailey

    Associate Director, Employee Services & Chief Human Capital Officer

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    Angela Bailey has dedicated 31 years to public service, with 25 of those years in human resources. She serves as Associate Director, Employee Services & Chief Human Capital Officer...View Bio

  • Kenneth Zawodny, Jr.

    Associate Director, Retirement Services

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    Kenneth J. Zawodny, Jr. directs the activities of multiple staff and line organizations in administering the Civil Service and Federal Employees Retirement Systems with annual disbursement of...View Bio

  • Mark Lambert

    Associate Director, Merit System Audit & Compliance

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    Mark W. Lambert carries out the Office of Personnel Management's statutory oversight of the Federal Governments human resources progrand and direct field operation in various U.S. cities...View Bio

  • John O'Brien

    Director, Healthcare and Insurance

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    John O'Brien oversees the insurance programs for Federal employees including the Federal Employees Health Benefit (FEHB) program, which provides health insurance to over eight million Federal...View Bio

  • Merton W. Miller

    Associate Director, Federal Investigative Services

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    Merton W. Miller serves as the Associate Director of Investigations. OPM's Federal Investigative Services is the Federal Government's largest provider of background investigations...View Bio

  • Joseph Kennedy

    Associate Director, Human Resources Solutions

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    Joe has spent 30 years in the field of human resources management. He is responsible for formulating and implementing human capital management strategies and policies to support Federal...View Bio

  • Colleen Crowley

    Deputy Associate Director, Federal Investigative Services, External Affairs

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    M. Colleen Crowley is the Deputy Associate Director, Federal Investigative Services, External Affairs (EA) for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Federal Investigative Services (FIS)...View Bio

  • Daniel A. Green

    Deputy Director, Healthcare & Insurance

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    Dan oversees health, life, and other insurance programs for Federal employees. The $42 billion Federal Employee Health Benefits Program is...View Bio

  • George L. Price

    Assistant Director, Human Resources Solutions, Accounts Management Group

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    George exercises executive leadership of OPM’s Training and Management Assistance offerings. Annually, this group provides Federal Agencies over $500 million in direct acquisition assistance and...View Bio

  • Kathleen McGettigan

    Deputy Associate Director, Human Resources Solutions

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    As Deputy Associate Director for Human Resources Solutions Kathy provides reimbursable human resources products and services to meet the needs of the Federal government...View Bio

  • Leslie Pollack

    Assistant Director, Human Resources Solutions, HR Strategy and Evaluation Solutions

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    Dr. Pollack oversees reimbursable programs Federal agencies need to develop high performing organizations, including competency modeling, selection and promotion...View Bio

  • Joseph Donald

    Deputy Assistant Director, Human Resources Solutions, Center for Leadership Development

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    Mr. Donald joined OPM in February 2004, as Assistant Director, Retirement Service Program. In 2009, he joined the Center for Talent Services which joined with the...View Bio

  • Maureen B. Higgins

    Assistant Director, Human Resources Solutions, Center for Leadership Development

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    Maureen oversees interagency leadership and management development programs which offer high-quality learning experiences at residential learning environments and through programs customized to...View Bio

  • Reginald Brown

    Deputy Associate Director, Human Resources Solutions, Center for Management Services

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    Reggie Brown is responsible for implementing interoperable solutions/initiatives to enhance the performance of operational human resources processes...View Bio

  • Tim Curry

    Deputy Associate Director, Employee Services, Partnership and Labor Relations

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    Mr. Curry provides policy direction and leadership in designing, developing and promulgating Government-wide programs for labor and employee relations. This includes working with Federal...View Bio

  • Thomas Forman

    Deputy Associate Director, Federal Investigative Services, Administrative Services

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    Thomas is responsible for contract development and oversight, OPM-FIS’s adjudication program, and resources management. Prior to this position, Mr. Forman served as the Assistant Director for...View Bio

  • Stephen Shih

    Deputy Associate Director, Employee Services, Executive Resources & Employee Development

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    As Deputy Associate Director for Executive Resources and Employee Development Steve leads OPM’s office responsible for managing the overall Federal personnel program relating to the Senior Executive Service (SES) and other senior professionals...View Bio

  • Shirley Patterson

    Assistant Director, Healthcare & Insurance, Federal Employee Insurance Operations

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    Shirley has responsibility for the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), Federal Dental and Vision Program, Flexible Spending Accounts Program, Federal Group Life Insurance and the...View Bio

  • Quinta Spear

    Deputy Assistant Director, Retirement Services

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    Dr. Spear oversees retirement operations in DC with a staff of 260 full-time employees impacting nearly 2.5 million retirees and survivors...View Bio

  • Robert H. Shriver

    Assistant Director for National Healthcare Operations

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    Rob is responsible for implementing and administering OPM’s responsibilities under the Affordable Care Act, including the Multi-State Plan Program, under which OPM will enter contracts...View Bio

  • Kimberly Holden

    Deputy Associate Director, Employee Services, Recruitment & Hiring

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    Kimberly leads and directs the Federal government’s efforts to recruit and develop America’s “best and brightest” to meet the challenges of the 21st century government...View Bio

  • Sydney Smith-Heimbrock

    Assistant Director, Employee Services, Center for Strategic Workforce Planning

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    Sydney leads Employee Services’ Center for Strategic Workforce Planning. Her team develops forecasts and strategies to position the Federal workforce for future requirements...View Bio

  • Ray Decker

    Assistant Director, Employee Services, Veterans Services

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    Ray leads the Veterans Services group directly supporting the Veterans Employment Initiative outlined in E.O. 13518. In partnership with federal agencies, Veterans...View Bio

  • Suzanne Logan

    Director, Federal Executive Institute

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    Dr. Suzanne Logan heads the U.S. government’s development program for senior leaders as the Director of the Center for Leadership Development and Federal Executive Institute...View Bio

Support Function Leaders

  • Chuck Grimes

    Chief Operating Officer (COO)

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    Chuck provides overall organization management to improve agency performance and achieve OPM's mission and goals through strategic and performance planning...View Bio

  • Jonathan Foley

    Director, Planning and Policy Analysis (PPA)

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    Jonathan is director, Planning and Policy Analysis, Office of Personnel Management (OPM). In that role, he manages a team that provides advice to the OPM Director on human resources...View Bio

  • Charles (Chuck) Simpson

    Acting Chief Information Officer

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    Mr. Simpson was selected as the Acting Chief Information Officer (CIO) for OPM in February 2013. He is responsible for the information technology and innovative solutions...View Bio

  • Dennis D. Coleman

    Chief Financial Officer

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    Dennis is responsible for managing OPM’s financial systems, budget, accounting and internal controls as they relate to financial matters. This includes financial oversight and...View Bio

  • Tina B. McGuire

    Director, Facilities, Security and Contracting (FSC)

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    Tina is responsible for oversight and leadership of OPM’s facilities management, publications, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, physical security, continuity...View Bio

  • Lorna Strothers-Lewis

    Director, Equal Employment Opportunity

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    Lorna was selected as the Director, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), on December 5, 2009. She is responsible for the oversight of the OPM's internal EEO Complaints Processing...View Bio

  • Veronica E. Villalobos

    Director, Office of Diversity and Inclusion

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    Veronica was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in October 2010. She currently holds the position of Director, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, with OPM...View Bio

  • Dean Hunter

    Deputy Director, Facilities, Security & Contracting

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    Dean is responsible for oversight of OPM’s contracting, facilities management, publications, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, physical security, continuity, emergency...View Bio

  • Anne S. Easton

    Deputy Director, Planning & Policy Analysis

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    Anne has been employed at the office of Personnel Management since 1999. She has a broad policy background, with particular emphasis on health insurance and the Federal Health...View Bio

  • Daniel K. Marella

    Deputy Chief Financial Officer

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    As the Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Dan is responsible for the full array of financial activities, both governmentwide for the OPM administered, employee earned benefit programs (assets...View Bio

  • Emily Dean

    Associate Chief Financial Officer, Financial Services

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    Emily leads and directs OPM’s financial management activities involving payment, billing, receipt, reporting, and analysis of the Federal government employees’ retirement, health and life...View Bio

  • Janet Barnes

    Director, Internal Oversight and Compliance

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    Janet is responsible for holding program managers accountable for operating efficiently and effectively in accordance with applicable policy, regulations and standards...View Bio

  • Joy S. Fairtile

    Deputy Chief Information Officer, Operations

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    As the Deputy CIO for Operations, Joy is responsible for oversight of all matters related to Records Management, benefits Systems, EHRI, Application Systems and general administration of the OCIO and the programs it supports...View Bio

  • Keith Willingham

    Director, Combined Federal Campaign

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    Keith develops policies, strtegies and provides oversight over a program that has grown to include nearly 25,000 charities world-wide. Since its inception, the program has helped raise almost $7 billion dollars...View Bio

  • Rochelle S. Bayard

    Associate Chief Financial Officer, Financial Systems Management

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    Rochelle has served more than 17 years in management and financial systems development positions supporting several federal agencies and institutions of higher learning. She has managed...View Bio

  • Margaret Ponds

    Associate Chief Financial Officer, Budget & Performance

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    Margaret leads the budget function and supports the performance management system. Her responsibilities include development, execution and reporting of appropriated, revolving and earned...View Bio

  • Christine Hunter

    Chief Medical Officer, Healthcare & Insurance

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    Dr. Hunter brings OPM over 30 years of experience in federal health care. As a Navy Rear Admiral and Deputy Director of TRICARE Management Activity from 2009-2011, she coordinated... View Bio

  • Sheldon Friedman

    Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC)

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    Sheldon advises the Director of OPM on policy matters pertaining to the Federal Wage System (FWS)—the pay plan that covers the Federal Government’s 230,000 hourly employees...View Bio

  • Steve M. Niu

    Actuary

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    Steve supervises and manages the Office of the Actuaries to perform risk analysis and actuarial services for the Federal employee benefit and retirement programs. His office assists in the annual...View Bio

  • Bernhard Kluger

    Deputy Performance Improvement Officer

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    As Deputy Performance Improvement Officer, Bernie Kluger supports the PIO in the development of stategies for OPM's achievement of its agency priority goals...View Bio

  • Barbara Malebranche

    Ombudsman

    Barbara joined OPM in January 2010 and serves as our first Ombudsman...View Bio

General Counsel

  • Elaine Kaplan

    General Counsel

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    Elaine has appeared frequently at national and international conferences to speak on issues related to the merit-based Federal Service and on whistleblower protection; she has authored several...View Bio

  • Kathie Ann Whipple

    Deputy General Counsel

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    Kathie Ann Whipple serves as the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) Deputy General Counsel, where she oversees legal matters for the agency...View Bio

  • Alan Miller

    Associate General Counsel

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    Alan has extensive experience as a trial attorney defending government contract claims against the United States before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and various appeals from lower tribunals...View Bio

  • Mauro Albert Morales

    Policy Counsel

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    As Policy Counsel, Morales works to ensure missions are accomplished within the letter and spirit of all Federal statutes, regulations, and Executive Orders. The General Counsel has two core goals...View Bio