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J. Anthony (Tony) Poleo, CDFM, CGFM
On January 4, 2007, Mr. Tony Poleo was selected to be the Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
of the Defense Logistics Agency.
The Defense Logistics Agency, headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, is responsible
for providing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and other Federal agencies with
a variety of logistics, acquisition and technical services in peace and war. These
services include logistics information, materiel management, procurement, warehousing
and distribution of spare parts, food, clothing, medical supplies and fuel,
reutilization of surplus military materiel and document automation and production.
This worldwide mission is performed by approximately 21,300 civilian and military
personnel with an annual budget of approximately $35 billion.
Mr. Poleo began his DLA career as an undergraduate cooperative education student in
1981, and returned full-time to the DLA Financial Operations Directorate upon graduation
in 1984. From 1984 to 2001, he held various and progressively more responsible
positions in the DLA Financial Operations Directorate. In 1986, he interned as
the Defense legislative aide to Senator J. Bennett Johnston, United States Senate.
From 2001 to his selection as CFO, Mr. Poleo served as the Principal Deputy
Comptroller, DLA Directorate of Financial Operations.
Mr. Poleo received his B.S. in Business (Finance) degree from Virginia Tech in 1984.
In 1989, he earned a Masters Degree in Public Financial Management from American
University. He holds Defense Financial Management and Government Financial Management
certifications. Mr. Poleo has also completed the Program for Senior Executive Fellows
at Harvard University and the Leadership for a Democratic Society program at the
Federal Executive Institute.
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