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Biographies of Senior Defense Officials

PATRICK Z. ALSTON
Command Senior Enlisted Leader (USSTRATCOM)

JAMES F. AMOS
Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps

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

PHILIP M. BREEDLOVE
Commander, U.S. European Command

M. ELAINE BUNN
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy

SHARON E. BURKE
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs

JOHN R. CAMPBELL
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Wounded Warrior Care & Transition Policy)

ROBERT J. CAREY
US Department of Defense Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer

ASHTON B. CARTER
Deputy Secretary of Defense

RAYMOND F. CHANDLER III
Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army

DANIEL Y. CHIU
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy

DEREK CHOLLET
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

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

SHARON H. COOPER
Director for Defense Human Resources Activity

MADELYN R. CREEDON
Assistant Secretary for Global Strategic Affairs (GSA)

MICHAEL H. DECKER
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight

MARTIN E. DEMPSEY
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

AMANDA J. DORY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs

MICHAEL J. DUMONT
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Afghanistan, Pakistan & Central Asia

LOUIS M. ESPINAL
Command Senior Enlisted Advisor, U.S. Southern Command

ALAN F. ESTEVEZ
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Logistics & Materiel Readiness)

ERIC FANNING
Acting Secretary of the Air Force and Under Secretary of the Air Force

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

MARILEE FITZGERALD
Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity

JASON W. FORRESTER
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs (Manpower & Personnel)

CHRISTINE H. FOX
Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation

J. MICHAEL GILMORE
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation

FRANK J. GRASS
Chief, National Guard Bureau

JONATHAN W. GREENERT
Chief of Naval Operations

FRANK A. GRIPPE
Command Sergeant Major (USCENTCOM)

KAREN GUICE
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs

CHUCK HAGEL
Secretary of Defense

LYNNE M. HALBROOKS
Principal Deputy Inspector General

ROBERT F. HALE
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer

KENNETH B. HANDELMAN
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Strategic Affairs (GSA)

MARK D. HARNITCHEK
Director, Defense Logistics Agency

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

KATHLEEN HICKS
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

MARVIN L. HILL
Command Senior Enlisted Leader, International Security Assistance Force & U.S. Forces-Afghanistan

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

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

KARL HORST
Chief of Staff, U.S. Central Command

JAMES A HURSCH
Director of the Defense Technology Security Administration

JOSEPH H. JEU
Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Defense Commissary Agency

CLARENCE A. JOHNSON
Director, Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity

JACK JOHNSON, JR.
Command Senior Enlisted Leader, U.S. AFRICOM

LAURA JUNOR
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness

C. ROBERT "BOB" KEHLER
Commander, U.S. Strategic Command

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

MARTIN S. KLUKAS
Senior Enlisted Advisor, U.S. Transportation Command

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

CHARLES P. KOSAK
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Defense Continuity and Crisis Management

WILLIAM E. LANDAY III
Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency

PETER R. LAVOY
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs

MICHAEL P. LEAVITT
Master Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard

WILLIAM K. LIETZAU
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Rule of Law and Detainee Policy)

GEORGE LITTLE
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs and Pentagon Press Secretary

SAMUEL J. LOCKLEAR III
Commander, U.S. Pacific Command

DOUGLAS L. LOVERRO
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy

RAY MABUS
Secretary of the U.S. Navy

ROY M. MADDOCKS JR.
Senior Enlisted Leader (EUCOM)

CHARLES W. MARTOGLIO
Chief of Staff (EUCOM)

JOSE MAYORGA
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Homeland Defense Strategy and Force Planning

MIKE MCCORD
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

DAVID L. MCGINNIS
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Reserve Affairs

ELIZABETH A. MCGRATH
Deputy Chief Management Officer for Department of Defense

JOHN M. MCHUGH
Secretary of the U.S. Army

CHARLES E. MILAM
Principal Director for Military Community and Family Policy

JAMES N. MILLER
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

DAVID A. OCHMANEK
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Development

RAYMOND T. ODIERNO
38th Chief of Staff for the U.S. Army

ROBERT J. PAPP
Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard

PAUL D. PATRICK
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Reserve Affairs (Readiness, Training & Mobilization)

VIRGINIA S. PENROD
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Military Personnel Policy)

ERIC PIERCE
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs

GARRY REID
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations & Low-Intensity Conflict

MICHAEL L. RHODES
Director of Administration and Management (OSD)

DAVID M. RODRIGUEZ
Commander, United States Africa Command

ERIC ROSENBACH
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy

TODD M. ROSENBLUM
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs

MARK W. RUDES
Senior Enlisted Advisor, U.S. Pacific Command

ROBERT G. SALESSES
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Integration and DSCA

JAMES A. SCHEAR
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Partnership Strategy and Stability Operations

KEVIN J. SCHEID
Assistant Deputy Chief Management Officer for Department of Defense

ROBERT SCHER
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Plans

MIKE SCHULTZ
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs

VIKRAM J SINGH
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia

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

TERESA M. TAKAI
Chief Information Officer

PASQUALE (PAT) M. TAMBURRINO, JR
Chief of Staff for the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

ROBERT S. TAYLOR
Principal Deputy General Counsel of the Department of Defense

JAMES J. TOWNSEND, JR.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy

PETER F. VERGA
Chief of Staff for the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

MICHAEL G. VICKERS
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence

FREDERICK E. VOLLRATH
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness and Force Management

ANDREW C. WEBER
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs

WILLIAM F. WECHSLER
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism

MARK A. WELSH
Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force

JOSEPH W. WESTPHAL
Under Secretary of the U.S. Army

ANTHONY WHITEHOUSE
Director, Human Resources Operations & Advisory Services Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service

BRYAN G. WHITMAN
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs

RICHARD O. WIGHTMAN, JR.
Principal Deputy 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

ROBERT A. WINZENRIED
Command Senior Enlisted Leader, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command

JONATHAN WOODSON
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) & Director of TRICARE Management Activity

CHRISTINE E WORMUTH
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Force Development

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