President Barack Obama has nominated Vice Adm. Dixon Smith as deputy chief of naval operations for fleet and readiness at the U.S. Navy and Rear Adm. Mary Jackson as commander of the Navy Installations
Ken Brennan serves as the Defense Department’s deputy director for services acquisition within the office of procurement and acquisition policy, with responsibility in acquisition-related technical and programmatic evaluation efforts. Brennan is also
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Rodney Grandon serves as deputy general counsel for contractor responsibility and conflict resolution for the U.S. Air Force, with responsibility in giving legal advice to senior Air Force and Defense Department officials
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Camron Gorguinpour is the director of transformational innovation within the office of the assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for acquisitions, with responsibility in executing reform programs. Gorguinpour also serves as
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John Pescatore is the emerging security trends director at the SANS Institute, a cooperative research and development organization. He brings more than 35 years of experience to his position and began his
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Stuart Delery serves as the U.S. acting associate attorney general, with responsibility in helping the attorney general and the deputy attorney general to implement departmental policies and programs. Delery leads the Justice
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Katrina McFarland serves as assistant secretary for acquisition at the Defense Department, where she advises the defense undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics on acquisition-related matters. She was previously the president
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Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) serves on the armed services, budget, foreign relations and aging committees and is a ranking member of the armed services readiness subcommittee. Kaine first entered public service in
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Richard Ledgett is National Security Agency’s deputy director and senior civilian lead, with responsibility in directing studies, operations and policy as acting chief operating officer. Ledgett held operational, management and technical leadership
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Miranda  Ballentine serves as the assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force, with responsibility in the oversight, formulation, review and execution of plans, policies, programs and budgets for installations, energy, environment,
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Marcel Lettre serves as the principal deputy undersecretary for intelligence at the Defense Department, where he advises the defense secretary and Undersecretary Michael Vickers on intelligence affairs. Lettre is also the program
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