OUSD A&S Leadership

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Acquisition & Sustainment Leadership

Dr. William A. LaPlante

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment

Dr. Radha I. Plumb

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Acquisition)

Gary A. Ashworth

Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition

John M. Tenaglia

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition

David S. Cadman

Director, Acquisition Data and Analysis, Vice Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Acquisition Enablers

Dr. Todd A. Sriver

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategic, Space, and Intelligence Portfolio Management

Brent G. Ingraham

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Platform and Weapon Portfolio Management

Lisa Swan

Executive Director, Joint Rapid Acquisition Cell

James P. Woolsey

President, Defense Acquisition University

LTG David G. Bassett

Director, Defense Contract Management Agency

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Sustainment)

Christopher J. Lowman

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment

Steven J. Morani

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment

Leigh E. Method

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics

Lisa P. Smith

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Product Support

Dr. Vic S. Ramdass

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Materiel Readiness

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Energy, Installations, and Environment)

Brendan Owens

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment

Paul D. Cramer

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment

Michael McAndrew

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Construction

Ron Tickle

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Real Property

Michael F. McGhee, P.E.

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment & Energy Resilience

Patricia Coury

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Housing

Patrick O’Brien

Director, Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs)

Deborah G. Rosenblum

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs

Dr. Brandi C. Vann, PhD

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs

Drew Walter

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters (NM)

Ian Watson

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Chemical and Biological Defense (DASD (CBD))

Kingston A. Reif

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Threat Reduction and Arms Control (TRAC)

Rebecca K.C. Hersman

Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Industrial Base Policy)

Dr. Laura D. Taylor-Kale

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy

Michael J. Vaccaro

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy

Halimah Najieb-Locke

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Resilience

Justin K. McFarlin

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Development & International Engagement

Farooq A. Mitha

Director, Office of Small Business Programs

Joint Production Accelerator Cell (JPAC)

Dr. Erin Simpson

Executive Director, Joint Production Accelerator Cell

Executive Director for Special Access Program Central Office

Maj. Gen. David Abba

Director of Special Programs and the Department of Defense Special Access Program Central Office

Business Operations

Clothilda (Clo) Taylor

Director of Business Operations