Ms. Elizabeth (Beth) McGrath is the Department of Defense Assistant Deputy Chief Management Officer and the Department’s Performance Improvement Officer. In these roles, Ms. McGrath leads the Department’s effort to better synchronize, integrate, and coordinate DoD business operations and serves as the Principal Staff Assistant (PSA) and advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense for matters relating to management and the improvement of business operations. Ms. McGrath is focused on achieving increased efficiency, greater effectiveness, and improved performance in the Department’s enterprise policies, processes, and systems. She is also responsible for the generation of the DoD Strategic Management Plan.
As part of her duties, Ms. McGrath executes the Department’s primary governance body for business transformation, the Defense Business Systems Management Committee (DBSMC), serves as the Capability Portfolio Co-Manager for the Corporate Management and Support Portfolio, establishes performance goals and measurements for the Department’s business operations, is responsible for implementing DoD’s Continuous Process Improvement/Lean Six Sigma efforts, and is co-leading, with the Director of National Intelligence, an initiative to reform the government-wide security clearance process. Additionally, Ms. McGrath was instrumental in the establishment of the Business Transformation Agency (BTA) in 2005. Her responsibilities require integration and coordination with the other PSA organizations as well as other inter-governmental agencies, such as the Office of Management and Budget and the Government Accountability Office. Preceding her current position, Ms. McGrath served as the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Business Transformation.
Previously, Ms. McGrath served as the Deputy Director for Systems Integration, Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS). At DFAS, she created financial migration strategy that was executed with a collective budget of approximately $1B over the lifecycle. She managed the entire financial architecture supporting DOD-wide standard financial systems, integrating it with the DoD’s evolving target, enterprise architecture. The project scope included logistics, personnel, medical, acquisition and financial missions including many information technology solutions.
Prior to joining DFAS, Ms. McGrath served in a variety of Program Management roles culminating in Program Executive Office (PEO) level oversight responsibility. She possesses extensive knowledge of acquisition-related statutes, regulations and policies with over 18 years applied acquisition experience with Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAP) and Major Automated Information Systems (MAIS). She served as the Business and Acquisition Manager on an international program with the United Kingdom and held numerous other financial, acquisition and program management positions within the US Department of the Navy.
Ms. McGrath holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from George Mason University and is a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute (FEI). She is certified Acquisition Level III in Program Management, Financial Management and Logistics, is a member of the DoD Acquisition Professional Community.
Colonel Troy Anthony Clay was commissioned as a Finance Corps Officer upon graduation from Monmouth University as a Distinguished Military Graduate and a Baccalaureate Degree in Accounting in 1984. His military education includes the Finance Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Planning, Programming, Budgeting, Execution Systems Course, Combined Arms Services Staff School, Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army War College, and Airborne School. Colonel Clay holds a Master of Accountancy from the University of South Carolina, a Masters in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Monmouth University.
In 1984, Colonel Clay was assigned as the Chief of Commercial Accounts and the Commander of a Finance Support Team for the 18th Area Finance Support Center in Frankfurt Germany. Additionally, he served as the Disbursing Officer for the 5th Finance Group in Frankfurt, Germany. After completing the Finance Officer Advanced Course, Colonel Clay served as the Finance Officer Basic Course Director at the United States Army Finance School at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana and the Aide De Camp for the Commander of the United States Army Soldier Support Center and Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Following his duties as Aide, he went on to serve as the Commander of the Finance Advanced Individual Training Company, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. After completing Advanced Civil Schooling at the University of South Carolina, he served as a Staff Finance Officer in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Resource Management at the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Monroe, Virginia from 1993-1995. Upon completion of Command and General Staff College, he was assigned to the 8th Finance Battalion in Baumholder, Germany where he served as the Battalion Executive Officer from 1997-1999. After returning from Germany, Colonel Clay was reassigned to the United States Army Finance School at its new home at Fort Jackson, South Carolina where he served as the Chief of the Finance Operations Division and Course Director for the Finance Captains’ Career Course. Colonel Clay went on to serve as the Director of the Finance Training Department and as the Finance School Chief of Staff until May 2002. Colonel Clay took command of the 4th Finance Battalion at Fort Carson, Colorado on 14 June 2002 and deployed his battalion in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Following command in 2004, he was assigned to the Pentagon where he served as the Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller. He later went on to serve as a Department of the Army Budget Analyst in the Army Budget Office where he managed the Army’s Operating Tempo program and the Military Personnel, Army appropriation. After leaving the Pentagon in 2006, Colonel Clay went on to attend the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. In 2007, he was assigned to the U.S. Army Soldier Support Institute where he served as the Director of Capabilities Development and Integration. In 2008 he went on to serve as the 37th Commandant of the Financial Management School and Chief of the Finance Corps. COL Clay currently serves as the 13th Commander of the United States Army Finance Command.
Colonel Clay’s awards and decorations include: the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (5 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Overseas Service Ribbon (2nd Award), the Army Staff Identification Badge and the Parachutist Badge.
Colonel Clay is married to the former Eunice Encarnacion of Long Branch, New Jersey. They have two children, Christina (16) and Stephen (14).
The United States Navy Auditor General of the Navy Richard A. Leach. Mr. Richard A. Leach was designated as Auditor General of the Navy on 5 May 2000, by the Under Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Jerry MacArthur Hultin.
As Auditor General, Mr. Leach is responsible for the internal audit of the Department of the Navy, which encompasses a $150 billion annual budget, and the activities of 546,000 Navy and Marine Corps military personnel and 195,000 civilian employees. Mr. Leach directs the efforts of about 400 employees of the Naval Audit Service and is directly responsible for its $41 million annual operating budget.
Mr. Leach has deep roots in the Department of the Navy and extensive experience in Defense auditing. He first served the Navy in 1968-1972 after enlisting and training to become an aviation ordnanceman. He served with Attack Squadron VA 144, a squadron of A-4 light attack aircraft. He deployed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard on two cruises off Vietnam and earned the Navy Achievement Medal for meritorious achievement during combat operations. Mr. Leach began his civilian career in 1975 with the Navy as an auditor trainee with the Naval Audit Service. Since then, he has acquired over 30 years of experience as an auditor, audit manager, and audit executive, primarily in the Department of the Navy and the Department of Defense (DoD).
Immediately prior to being selected Auditor General, Mr. Leach was the Director, Plans and Policy Directorate, with the Naval Audit Service. He was selected to that Senior Executive Service position in 1988. Since becoming the Auditor General, Mr. Leach has received two Presidential Rank Awards as a Meritorious Executive. He also received the Elmer Staats Award for outstanding contributions to auditing financial management. Mr. Leach has been awarded the Meritorious Civilian Service Medal and two Distinguished Civilian Service Medals by the Secretary of the Navy. The Secretary of the Navy awarded the 2004 and 2006 Nathaniel Stinson Award to Mr. Leach for exemplary leadership in promoting Equal Employment Opportunity.
Earlier in his career, after an initial 5 years with the Naval Audit Service, Mr. Leach joined the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), DoD in 1980. While employed at OIG DoD, he supervised audit teams and produced about 40 audit reports. In 1986, Mr. Leach was competitively selected and promoted into the position of Audit Director with the OIG, Department of the Interior. As an Audit Director, Mr. Leach was responsible for all audits of science, natural resources, and territorial issues, until accepting a Senior Executive Service position with the Naval Audit Service.
Mr. Leach is a Certified Internal Auditor and a Certified Fraud Examiner. He is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the Senior Executive Association, and serves as the DoD Audit Community Representative for the GAO Yellow Book Committee. He is also a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a member of the American Legion. After his military service, Mr. Leach earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration from the University of New Hampshire. He is married and has two sons.
J.D. Sicilia, a member of the Senior Executive Service, was appointed as Director, Department of Defense (DoD) Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Program Office on September 30, 2007. The LSS Office is tasked to oversee and direct the largest and most complex deployment of performance management ever attempted; drive DoD-wide performance management activities; rigorously track results; provide training; assist the Department in establishing and growing its program; and ensure the Office captures the best business practices Enterprise-wide.
Prior to joining the Office of the Secretary of Defense staff, Mr. Sicilia served as the Chief of Performance Management for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). In that capacity, Mr. Sicilia served as the Deployment Leader, Master Black Belt and primary trainer for Lean Six Sigma. He exercised central management and oversight of all performance management training, education, certification and related activities. He is certified as a Black Belt, Master Black Belt, and Master Black Belt Trainer. He has completed the Design for Six Sigma, Design of Experiment and Lean training. Mr. Sicilia earned a Master’s Degree in Education from Boston University.
Prior to joining the DIA, Mr. Sicilia served in the United States Army. He retired from active duty as a Lieutenant Colonel after 21 years of service. During this time, he served at the following levels: platoon, company, battalion, division, brigade, MACOM, Army Staff, Joint Staff, Combat Support Agency, and Joint Task Force. He conducted operations in the following type units: Military Intelligence, Infantry, Armor, Special Forces, and Special Mission Unit. JD Sicilia’s military qualifications include the Air Assault Badge, Airborne Wings, Ranger Tab, Army Staff Identification Badge, and Joint Staff Identification Badge.
Peggy Sherry is the Department of Homeland Security’s acting Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Sherry joined the Department in 2007 as the Director for OFM, and was responsible for developing department-wide financial management policy, leading the department’s financial audits, and preparing department-wide financial reports. Ms. Sherry moved to Deputy CFO before accepting the role of acting CFO during the administrative transition.
Prior to joining the Department, Ms. Sherry was the Deputy Chief Financial Officer for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Under her leadership, she oversaw the successful conversion to the Museum’s new financial management system and instituted processes to obtain seven unqualified audit opinions on the Museum’s financial statements. Ms. Sherry was an auditor with the Government Accountability Office for more than nine years and oversaw numerous financial audits, including leading segments of the financial statement audit of the U.S. government. Prior to her service in the public sector, she worked as a financial manager in the banking and construction industries.
Ms. Sherry has her Bachelors degree in Accounting from George Mason University and a Masters in Accounting and Finance from the University of Maryland (UMUC). Ms. Sherry is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Financial Government Manager.
Wendy Payne is the Executive Director of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB). As executive director, Mrs. Payne manages the research staff supporting Board deliberations and chairs the Accounting and Auditing Policy Committee of the FASAB. Prior to joining the FASAB staff in 1991, Mrs. Payne worked in the utility field. Her experience includes consumer advocacy and corporate financial planning. She served as an auditor, expert witness, and financial forecaster.
Mrs. Payne graduated with distinction from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce. She is a member of the Association of Government Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She has served on numerous committees for both organizations and has been published in their professional journals.
Mr. D. Mark Peterson, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Chief Financial Officer for U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. Mr. Peterson also serves as the Director, Center for Financial Management. He is the principal financial adviser to the USSOCOM Commander, and the chief spokesman for special operations budget and execution issues totaling more than $8 billion annually. His office provides fiscal direction and guidance to the five USSOCOM component commands, and regularly interfaces with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the military services and Congressional staffs.
Mr. Peterson entered the Navy in 1980 upon graduation from Virginia Tech. After receiving his officer commission he was designated a Naval Flight Officer in the E-2C Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft. As a combat information mission commander, he deployed aboard the USS Ranger and USS Kitty Hawk. He also completed numerous squadron deployments supporting counterdrug operations for U.S. Southern Command and the Joint Task Force Commander. Early in his career, he was selected into the Joint Chiefs of Staff intern program where he served in the Plans and Programs Directorate (J5). He was subsequently assigned to the Chief of Naval Operations staff where he was the Head of the Cryptology, Information and Electronic Warfare Branch. After completing his graduate education, Mr. Peterson served on the Chief of Naval Operations staff in various appropriation and resource sponsor assignments in the Pentagon. He completed a 20-year Navy career, retiring at the rank of commander in October 2000.
Mr. Peterson entered federal service in October 2000 as a program director in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. While in OSD he was the Director of Program Resources and Integration for the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Advanced Systems and Concepts, as well as Associate Director, Investment, Office of the Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). Prior to his current assignment, he was Associate Director, Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review, Office of the Air Force Vice Chief of Staff. In this position, he was responsible for the development of Air Force policy, concepts, analysis and strategy for the next QDR.
Mr. Todd L. Schafer, a member of the Senior Executive Service, currently serves as Executive Director of Resources and Assessments, United States Southern Command, Miami, Florida. He is the Command’s senior civilian leader. As the advisor to the Commander and as the Command’s principal official on all matters pertaining to resources and assessments, he leads a staff of military and civilian professionals in such fields as budgeting, contracting, manpower and personnel, assessments, programming and program management. He is responsible for the Command’s participation in the Joint Strategic Planning System, the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution System, the Joint Warfighting Capabilities Assessment process and the Joint Staff Requirements Process. He oversees a $1 billion annual budget that resources forces attached to the Command throughout its Area of Responsibility, including two Joint Task Forces and 25 Military Groups associated with American embassies. In addition, he provides the Command with strategic and readiness assessments, ensures proper contract and program management and provides manpower and personnel services to over 1,700 individuals.
Mr. Schafer began his financial management career in 1989 as an Air Force (PALACE Acquire) intern. He has over 19 years of experience in such disciplines as budget, cost, accounting and finance, human resources and organizational transformation at the base, command, combatant command and military department levels.
Mats Persson is the Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Enterprise Finance in the Defense Business Systems Acquisition Executive (DBSAE) at the Department of Defense (DoD) Business Transformation Agency (BTA). Mr. Persson joined the BTA from industry as highly qualified expert (HQE) in January 2007. As the PEO he is responsible for delivering the following engagements: Business Enterprise Information Services (Defense Corporate Database, Business Intelligence - Defense Corporate Warehouse, Defense Departmental Reporting System, and Defense Cash Accountability System) and Intragovernmental Value-Added Network projects and Defense Agencies Initiative project. On August 20, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Ms. Jonas presented the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Award for Outstanding Achievement to Mats Persson for his contribution to the Business Enterprise Information Services/Standard Financial Reporting Structure (SFIS) task force.
Mats has more than 30 years of information technology design, development, testing, implementation, operations and maintenance experience. Prior to joining the DoD, Mr. Persson worked for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) for more than 14 years including nine as a Partner. At CSC he worked primarily on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations for finance and human resources function in Fortune 500 and Government Agencies. Mr. Persson was nominated for the CSC Technical Excellence Award in December 2006, and his team received the award in May 2007. Mr. Persson has previously worked for Oracle Corporation, including implementing the Oracle Financials ERP suite.
Ken McLain has over 27 years of government service. He is currently serving as the A-76 Program Manager, Acquisition Programs Division, located in the Acquisition Management Directorate of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). He is responsible for the program management of commercial activity public-private competitions in DLA in accordance with the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 and Department of Defense competitive sourcing procedures. He has been involved in managing and coordinating the DLA A-76 Program since 1999, during which the Agency successfully completed nineteen competitions that resulted in $521 million in five-year net savings. Mr. McLain served as an officer in the US Army Corps of Engineers and graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a BS in civil engineering and an MS in structures. He is married and has three children.
Dr. Nayantara Hensel is the Chief Economist for the Department of the Navy. She provides economic guidance on growth projections, the federal budget, interest rates, unemployment, exchange rates, inflation, the financial health of defense contractors, as well as trends in the broader economy and in the defense sector. Dr. Hensel received her BA, MA, and Ph,D. from Harvard University, where she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa and specialized in finance and economics. She has taught at Harvard University, the Stern School of Business at New York University (NYU), and the US Naval Postgraduate School’s Graduate School of Business and Public Policy. In the private sector, Dr. Hensel previously served as Senior Manager and Chief Economist for Ernst & Young’s litigation advisory group, managing economist for the New York City office of the Law and Economics Consulting Group (LECG), and an economist in the economic consulting arm of Marsh & McLennan. Dr. Hensel has written over 30 articles and research reports. Her recent research has focused on globalization and the US defense industrial base (the USAF tanker competition), the role of defense mergers in improving weapons systems cost efficiency, efficiency in IPO auctions relative to traditional processes, the factors impacting discount rates for US Marine Corps personnel, and market structure-specific and firm-specific factors impacting economies of scale and density in European and Japanese banks. She has published in the International Journal of Managerial Finance, the Review of Financial Economics, Business Economics, the European Financial Management Journal, the Journal of Financial Transformation, and Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. She is the Chair of the Financial Roundtable for the National Association of Business Economists (NABE) and is one of 34 elected members to NBEIC, which is a group composed of the top corporate economists in the US. Dr. Hensel has given seminars at a number of institutions and has appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg Radio, and CNNMoney.
Asif A. Khan is a Director at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in the Financial Management and Assurance Team. His focus is financial management and audit readiness at the Department of Defense (DOD). Mr. Khan supports DOD’s financial management transformation efforts through financial and performance audits and recommendations for removing impediments to financial statement auditability, strengthening internal controls, and modernizing business processes
Mr. Khan joined GAO in January 2009, after almost 20 years in public accounting, most of it with major firms auditing and advising U.S. government agencies. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Information Systems Auditor, and Chartered Certified Accountant (UK). Recent speaking engagements have included presentations at the AGA and the AICPA and testimony before Congress.
Ms. Morrison is a certified acquisition professional with twenty five years experience in critical acquisition management and information technology positions. Ms. Morrison is currently assigned to the Business Transformation Agency (BTA) and is responsible for managing the Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI), a major financial management modernization program.
Prior to her current assignment, Ms. Morrison was assigned to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Supply Chain Systems Transformation, where she directed the development of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) acquisition business and systems architecture in support of the DoD Business Management Modernization Program. Ms. Morrison managed the establishment of the Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) Investment Review Board which is responsible for 122 business system investments valued at over $1.8 billion. Past assignments include Air Force and Navy positions with responsibility for managing information technology acquisitions and implementation, research and development, weapon systems production, command and control and combat systems, and intelligence support.
Ms. Morrison received a MPA in Public Administration from Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Ms. Morrison is a National Security Fellow (2003) and is Level III certified in Contracting, Systems Acquisition, and Program Management. Ms. Morrison was a 2005 Technology Partner with the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) Program.
Master Sergeant Noble joined the Marine Corps in early 1990. He attended the Marine Corps Financial Management School as Fiscal Budget Technician, and then the Advanced Resource Management Course in 1996. In October of 2009 he attended the pilot course for the Advanced Financial Management Resource Officer Course and the Enhanced Defense Financial Manager's Training Course. MSgt Noble has also attended several Federal Appropriation Law and other Resource Management seminars during his time in the Marine Corps.
MSgt Noble has served as the Comptroller Chief in many different aspects of the Marine Corps, such as: Marine Forces Command, 2nd Marine Air Wing, and II Marine Expeditionary Forces (forward) Fallujah, Iraq. MSgt Noble currently serves as the Staff Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge of the Comptroller Instruction Section, Financial Management School, Camp Lejeune, NC.
Bob Bleimeister is a Director of Business Strategy in the Office of the Under Secretary of the Army. He has 20 years experience helping commercial, healthcare, and government clients develop and implement new operating models and programs for HR, Finance and IT functions. He was a lead Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, consulting and managing multiple Business Transformation engagements. More recently he was the Americas Leader and Partner for IBM’s HR and Business Strategy consulting practice. In addition to his consulting work, Bob is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Management at Norwich University in Vermont. In his current role Bob is focused on transforming Army business functions (HR, IT, Finance, etc) to improve their adaptability and cost structure.
Mr. Dane Swenson is the Chief of the Strategic Planning and Policy Division, Defense Travel Management Office (DTMO). This division includes four branches: Strategic Planning, Policy, Allowance (e.g., COLA, BAH), and Regulatory (e.g., JFTR and JTR). Mr. Swenson has been in this position since January 2007.
Mr. Swenson serviced 25 years in the Army in various staff and command positions to include G1, 3rd Infantry Division and Pershing Missile Command and at Headquarters, Department of the Army Chief, Enlisted Personnel, Force Structure Officer, and Personnel Transformation Officer . After retiring from the Army, Mr. Swenson joined Booz Allen & Hamilton for eight years where he supported Army transformation, strategic planning, and IT systems modernization.
Mr. Swenson received a Bachelors degree from the Pennsylvania State University and a Masters degree from Webster University.
Mr. Little is the Executive Director for Business Affairs and Comptroller, responsible for the financial management of the Naval Postgraduate School, a Navy and Department of Defense university. He is the business and financial interface between the university and the Navy financial structure. Prior to coming to NPS in 2005, he was at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Health Affairs working on the design of the DoD Standard Financial Information Structure for the future DoD Integrated Financial Management Framework. Prior to that, he served as a Navy comptroller since 1992 at the Naval Medical Information Management Center, Naval Academy Medical Center and the Fleet Hospital Operations and Training Command.
Andy Schoenbach is the Chief of the Budget Systems Branch at the Office of Management and Budget, a position he has held since 1987. He is responsible for OMB's MAX systems that support the formulation and publication of the President's Budget including the automated publication of budget documents, analyses of budget data, and a wide variety of government-wide data collection, tracking, and decision support activities such as director's review scorekeeping, appropriations tracking, continuing resolutions, earmarks, the PART, and ad hoc policy support exercises.
He is the policy lead for the Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business (BFELoB) E-Government initiative that is enhancing the effectiveness of Federal budgeting under the auspices of the Budget Officers Advisory Council. The BFELoB is transforming government-wide collaboration and information sharing (thru the MAX Federal Community), inter and intra-agency data collection and tracking exercises (thru MAX Collect and MAX eBriefing), agency budgeting activities (thru shared systems and a budget systems decision matrix), budget human capital, knowledge management, document production, and the integration of Federal budgeting with financial management.
Prior to OMB, Andy held senior management positions with the New York State Department of Health in support of state-wide public health information, provider regulation, healthcare financing regulation, and service delivery. He also served as a senior legislative budget analyst for the New York State Assembly Ways and Means Committee.
Andy has an MS in Policy Sciences from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a BA with concentrations in physics, mathematics, and economics from the New York University College of Arts and Sciences.
He is a recipient of numerous performance awards, including the Distinguished Executive Presidential Rank Award in 2008 and the Meritorious Executive Presidential Rank Award in 2002.
Mark Dronfield serves as the Project Lead for the Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business (BFELoB), a collaborative effort of over 25 Federal Agencies to improve the budgeting capabilities of the Federal Government. Mark has worked in the BFELoB’s Program Management Office at the Department of Education since January 2008. He is responsible for overall management of the BFELoB and oversight of numerous working groups focused on improving budget formulation/execution processes, development of agency budgeting tools, human capital, technology implementation and information security.
Prior to joining the BFELoB, Mark held a number of program and project management positions at the Department of the Navy for over 18 years, where he was responsible for developing and implementing information technology policy for the Submarine Directorate and worked for the Naval Sea Systems Command CIO, managing multiple Enterprise Application and Information Assurance projects. He received the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service medal in 2000.
Mark is an honors graduate of James Madison University with Bachelor degrees in Management and Marketing, a graduate of the Defense Systems Management College’s Advanced Program Management School, has advanced certifications from the National Defense University, and is a GIAC Security Leadership Certificate (GSLC) Certified Professional in Information Security.