Office
of the Commissioner
Deputy
Commissioner:
Communications
Disability Adjudication/Review
Budget, Finance, Management
Human Resources
Legislative Affairs
Operations
Retirement/Disability Policy
Quality Performance
Systems Office
of:
Actuary
Information Officer
General Counsel
Inspector General
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The Social Security
Administration (SSA) is headed by a Commissioner and has a staff of approximately 62,000 employees within an organizational structure of 15 offices. SSA's
central office is located in Baltimore, Maryland. The field organization,
which is decentralized to provide services at the local level, includes
10 regional offices, 6 processing centers, and approximately 1300 field
offices. You may click on any of the office links to learn how these are
organized and who is responsible for directing them. Please note that an
asterisk (*) indicates the incumbent is serving in an acting capacity.
Each Office site also includes a which
is a LINK to its functional responsibilities published in the Organization
Manual.
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Office
of the Commissioner
Functions
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Commissioner
Michael J. Astrue
Deputy Commissioner
Jason J. Fichtner*
Chief of Staff
David V. Foster
Deputy Chief of Staff
James A. Winn
Senior Advisor to the
Deputy Commissioner
Michel N. Korbey |
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Executive Secretary
Robin F. Kaplan* |
Office of International Programs
Rogelio Gomez, Jr. |
Office of Regulations
Dean S. Landis
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Deputy
Commissioner, Communications (DCCOMM)
Functions
Deputy Commissioner, Communications
Jim Courtney
Assistant
Deputy Commissioner, Communications
Philip A. Gambino
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Press
Officerr
Mark Lassiter
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Office
of Communications Planning and Technology
Associate Commissioner
Thomas J. Tobin |
Office
of External Affairs
Associate Commissioner
Cherilyn A. Arnott |
Office
of Public Inquiries
Associate Commissioner
Sheryll T. Ziporkin |
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Deputy Commissioner, Disability Adjudication and Review (DCDAR)
Functions
Deputy Commissioner, Disability Adjudication and Review
Lisa de Soto
Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Disability Adjudication and Review
Frank V. Smith III
Office of Appellate Operations
Director
Patricia A. Jonas* |
Office of Management
Associate Commissioner
Eileen C. McDaniel |
Office of the Federal Reviewing Official
Chief FedRO
Reginald J. Jackson* |
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Chief Administrative Law
Judge
Frank A. Cristaudo |
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Regional Chief Administrative Law Judges |
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Boston, Carol Sax |
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New York, Mark Sochaczewsky |
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Philadelphia, Jasper J. Bede |
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Atlanta, Ollie Garmon |
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Chicago, Paul C. Lillios |
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Dallas, Joan Parks Saunders |
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Kansas City, John H. Fraze |
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Denver, Marsha R. Stroup |
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San Francisco, Marsha R. Stroup* |
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Seattle, David DeLaittre |
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Deputy
Commissioner, Budget, Finance and Management (DCBFM)
Functions
Deputy Commissioner, Budget, Finance and Management
Mary E. Glenn-Croft
Assistant
Deputy Commissioner,
Budget, Finance and Management
Michael G. Gallagher
Office
of Acquisition and Grants
Associate Commissioner
Dianne L. Rose |
Office
of Financial Policy
and Operations
Associate Commissioner
Jeffrey C. Hild
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Office
of Budget
Associate Commissioner
Bonnie Kind |
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Office of Facilities
Management
Associate Commissioner
Donna L. Siegel |
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Office
of Publications
and Logistics Management
Associate Commissioner
Gary G. Arnold |
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Deputy
Commissioner, Human Resources (DCHR)
Functions
Deputy
Commissioner, Human Resources
Reginald F. Wells
Assistant
Deputy Commissioner, Human Resources
Felicita
Sola-Carter
Office
of Personnel
Associate Commissioner
Lewis H. Kaiser
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Office
of Labor-Management
and Employee Relations
Associate Commissioner
Milton R. Beever |
Office
of Civil Rights
and Equal Opportunity
Associate Commissioner
Michelle D. Noel*
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Office
of Training
Associate Commissioner
Steven Patrick |
Human
Capital Planning Staff
Director
Fred Glueckstein |
Executive and Special
Services Staff
Director
Bonnie L. Doyle |
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Deputy
Commissioner, Legislation and Congressional Affairs (DCLCA)
Functions
Deputy Commissioner, Legislation and Congressional Affairs
Margaret Hostetler
Assistant
Deputy Commissioner, Legislation and Congressional Affairs
Vacant
Office of Legislative Development
Associate Commissioner
Thomas M. Parrott
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Office
of Legislative Relations
Associate Commissioner
Angela J. Arnett
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Legislative Research and Congressional Constituent Relations
Staff
Director
Sharon A. Wilson |
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Deputy Commissioner, Operations (DCO)
Functions
Deputy
Commissioner, Operations
Linda S. McMahon
Assistant Deputy Commissioner,
Operations
Roger P. McDonnell
Office of Public Services and Operations Support
Associate Commissioner
N. Mark Blatchford |
Office
of Telephone Services
Associate Commissioner
Donnell Adams |
Office of Automation Support
Associate Commissioner
Debbi Russell |
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Office
of Electronic Services
Associate Commissioner
Jo M. Armstrong |
Office
of Disability Determinations
Associate Commissioner
Ruby D. Burrell |
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Office
of Central Operations
Associate Commissioner
Carolyn L. Simmons
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Regional
Commissioners |
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Boston, Manuel J. Vaz
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New
York, Beatrice Disman |
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Philadelphia,
Laurie Watkins |
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Atlanta,
Paul D. Barnes |
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Chicago,
James F. Martin |
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Dallas,
Ramona Schuenemeyer |
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Kansas
City, Michael Grochowski
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Denver,
Nancy A. Berryhill |
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San
Francisco, Peter D. Spencer
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Seattle, Donald Schoening |
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Deputy Commissioner, Quality Performance (OQP)
Functions
Deputy Commissioner, Quality Performance
G. Kelly Croft
Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Quality Performance
Ronald T. Raborg
Office of Quality Review
Associate Commissioner
Martin Hansen
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Office of Quality Improvement
Associate Commissioner
Daryl X. Wise |
Office of Quality Data Management
Associate Commissioner
Pamela A. Mazerski |
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Office of Quality Performance
Field Sites |
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Directors |
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Baltimore, Patricia A. Biggers |
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Boston, Christine D. Tebbetts |
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New York, Vera Bostick-Borden |
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Philadelphia, Gail B. Davis |
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Atlanta, Robert L. Raines |
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Chicago, Thomas R. Zimmer |
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Dallas, Ethel A. Mymbs |
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Kansas City, Daryl A. Gray |
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Denver, Ronald R. Miller |
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San Francisco, Michael R. Gerber |
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Seattle, Rubie J. Toney |
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Deputy Commissioner, Retirement and Disability Policy
Functions
Deputy Commissioner, Retirement and Disability Policy
David A. Rust
Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Retirement and Disability Policy
Marianna LaCanfora
Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Retirement and Disability Policy
Linda Drazga Maxfield
Executive Director, Notice Improvement and Authentication
H. Alan Lane
Office of Disability Programs
Associate Commissioner
Glenn E. Sklar |
Office of Income Security Programs
Associate Commissioner
JoEllen Felice* |
Office of Program Systems and Innovation Management
Director
John A. Chlumsky |
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Office of Medical and Vocational Expertise
Associate Commissioner
Robert E. Emrich, Jr.* |
Office of Program Development and Research
Associate Commissioner
Richard E. Balkus* |
Office of Employment Support Programs
Associate Commissioner
Susan E. Suter |
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Office of Research, Evaluation and Statistics
Associate Commissioner
Manuel de la Puente |
Office of Disability and Income Assistance Policy
Associate Commissioner
Vacant |
Office of Retirement Policy
Associate Commissioner
Jason J. Fichtner
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Deputy Commissioner, Systems (DCS)
Functions
Deputy Commissioner, Systems
William E. Gray
Assistant
Deputy Commissioner, Systems
Jerry L. Berson
Office
of Telecommunications and System Operations
Associate Commissioner
Philip H. Becker, Jr. |
Office
of Enterprise Support, Architecture and Engineering
Associate Commissioner
Thomas G. Grzymski |
Office
of Applications & Supplemental Security Income Systems
Associate Commissioner
Peter V. Herrera, Jr. |
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Office
of Retirement and Survivors Insurance Systems
Associate
Commissioner
Peter J. Malinauskas |
Office
of Earnings, Enumeration and Administrative Systems
Associate Commissioner
John W. Simermeyer |
Office
of Systems Electronic Services
Associate Commissioner
Steve A. Kautsch |
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Office
of Disability Systems
Associate Commissioner
Phillip Dulaney IV |
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Office of
the Chief Actuary (OCACT)
Functions
Chief Actuary
Stephen C. Goss
Deputy
Chief Actuary, Long Range
Alice H. Wade
Deputy
Chief Actuary, Short Range
Eli N. Donkar
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Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
Functions
Chief
Information Officer
Thomas P. Hughes
Deputy
Chief Information Officer
Gregory C. Pace
Office
of Information Technology Investment Management
Associate Chief Information Officer
Lester P. Diamond
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Office
of Information Technology Security Policy
Chief Information
Security Officer
John T. Smith |
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Office of
the General Counsel (OGC)
Functions
General Counsel
David F. Black
Deputy
General Counsel
Thomas W. Crawley
Office of General Law
Associate General Counsel
Tina M. Waddell |
Office
Public Disclosure
Executive Director
Jonathan R. Cantor |
Office
of Program Law
Associate General Counsel
Gwen Jones Kelley* |
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Regional Chief Counsels
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Boston,
Robert J. Triba
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New
York, Barbara L. Spivak |
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Philadelphia,
Eric P. Kressman* |
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Atlanta,
Mary Ann Sloan |
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Chicago,
Donna L. Calvert |
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Dallas,
Michael McGaughran |
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Kansas
City, Kristi Schmidt* |
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Denver,
Deana R. Ertl-Lombardi |
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San
Francisco, Lucille Gonzales Meis |
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Seattle,
David F. Morado |
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Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
Functions
Inspector
General
Patrick P. O'Carroll, Jr.
Deputy
Inspector General
James A. Kissko
Office of the Counsel to the Inspector General
Counsel to the
Inspector General
Vacant |
Office
of Technology and Resource Management
Assistant Inspector
General
Rona M. Lawson* |
Office
of Investigations
Assistant Inspector
General
Richard A. Rohde |
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Office of Audit
Assistant Inspector
General
Steven L. Schaeffer |
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Office of External Relations
Assistant Inspector
General
Vacant |
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