The secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is a statutory officer and the head of the Department of the Navy,a military department within the United States Department of Defense.
The White House Fellows program is a non-partisan federal fellowship established via executive order by President Lyndon B. Johnson in October 1964. The fellowship is one of America’s most prestigious programs for leadership and public service,offering exceptional Americans first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government. The fellowship was founded based upon a suggestion from John W. Gardner,then the president of Carnegie Corporation and later the sixth secretary of health,education,and welfare.
William Hedgcock Webster is an American retired attorney and jurist who most recently served as chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council from 2005 until 2020. He was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit before becoming director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1978 to 1987 and director of Central Intelligence (CIA) from 1987 to 1991. He is the only person to have held both positions.
The United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the primary investigative law enforcement agency of the U.S. Department of the Navy. Its primary function is to investigate major criminal activities involving the Navy and Marine Corps,though its broad mandate includes national security,counterintelligence,counterterrorism,cyberwarfare,and the protection of U.S. naval assets worldwide. NCIS is the successor organization to the former Naval Investigative Service (NIS),which was established by the Office of Naval Intelligence after the Second World War.
Robert Rand Brittingham Beers is an American government official. He served as Deputy Homeland Security Advisor to the President of the United States during the Barack Obama administration. He also served as acting Secretary of Homeland Security following the resignation of Secretary Janet Napolitano on September 6,2013 until Jeh Johnson assumed that office on December 23,2013.
The Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School is a private graduate school associated with the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica,California. The school offers doctoral studies in policy analysis and practical experience working on RAND research projects to solve current public policy problems. Its campus is co-located with the RAND Corporation and most of the faculty is drawn from the 950 researchers at RAND.
Executive Schedule is the system of salaries given to the highest-ranked appointed officials in the executive branch of the U.S. government. The president of the United States appoints individuals to these positions,most with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. They include members of the president's Cabinet,several top-ranking officials of each executive department,the directors of some of the more prominent departmental and independent agencies,and several members of the Executive Office of the President.
Richard A. Falkenrath Jr. served as deputy commissioner of counter-terrorism of the New York City Police Department from 2006 to 2010. He was the third person to hold this position. His predecessors were Frank Libutti and Michael A. Sheehan.
Paul Allan Schneider is a former United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. He had previously served as the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management. He was responsible for all the department's budget,appropriations,expenditure of funds,accounting and finance;procurement;human resources and personnel;information technology systems;facilities,property,equipment,and other material resources;and identification and tracking of performance measurements.
Donald Blessing Rice,Jr. is an American businessman and senior government official. He has been president and chief executive officer of several large companies including RAND Corporation,and has sat on numerous boards of directors,including Wells Fargo &Company. Rice also served as the 17th Secretary of the Air Force,from 1989 to 1993.
John Patrick White was an American university professor and a government official who served in the Clinton Administration.
Jane Holl Lute is an American diplomat and security analyst currently serving as the UN special envoy on the Cyprus dispute. She served as the deputy secretary of homeland security from 2009 through 2013,after having been confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 3,2009. Previously,Lute was the United Nations assistant secretary-general for peacebuilding support. Before that she was assistant secretary-general for mission support in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations since August 2003. She is the president and CEO of the Arlington-based Council on CyberSecurity and senior advisor to Measure,a drone-as-a-service company. On January 5,2014,she was appointed special adviser for relocation of Camp Hurriya residents outside of Iraq by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. On February 8,2016,she was appointed special coordinator on improving the United Nations response to sexual exploitation and abuse. In 2020,Lute was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
Robert J. Murray was United States Under Secretary of the Navy in 1980–81.
Bernard Daniel Rostker was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1977 to 1979;Director of the United States Selective Service System from 1979 to 1981;Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1994 to 1998;Under Secretary of the Army from 1998 to 2000;and Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness in 2000–2001. From 1996 to 2001,he also served as Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Gulf War Illnesses.
Dr. Paul N. Stockton is the President of Paul N Stockton LLC,a strategic advisory firm in Santa Fe,NM. From 2009 to 2013,Dr. Stockton served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs,where he helped lead the department's response to Hurricane Sandy. He was responsible for Defense Critical Infrastructure Protection,Western Hemisphere security policy,domestic crisis management,continuity of operations planning,and a range of other responsibilities. While Assistant Secretary,Dr. Stockton also served as executive director of the Council of Governors. After serving as Assistant Secretary,Dr. Stockton was the managing director of Sonecon LLC,an advisory firm in Washington,DC,from 2013 to 2020.
Major General (Retired) Bruce M. Lawlor is a retired United States Army officer. He is prominent as the first commander of Joint Task Force-Civil Support. In addition,he was one of five White House staff members who wrote the plan to create the Department of Homeland Security,and he was the first DHS Chief of Staff.
Rajesh "Raj" De is an American lawyer and former U.S. government official who later became the managing partner for the Washington,D.C.,office of the law firm Mayer Brown. During the presidency of Barack Obama,he served in three significant government roles—as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Policy,as White House Staff Secretary,and finally as general counsel of the U.S. National Security Agency.
Christine Elizabeth Wormuth is an American defense official and career civil servant who serves as the United States Secretary of the Army since 2021. She is the first female United States Secretary of the Army.
John P. Stenbit is an American engineer and public official who served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information (NII) (2003-2004) and Assistant Secretary of Defense (C3I) (2001) during the Presidency of George W. Bush.
