Ms. Jennifer C. Buck
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs
Resources Deputate
Jennifer C. Buck was selected to be
the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs (Resources) in July
1994. Ms. Buck serves as the key advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Reserve Affairs in all financial management and resourcing matters relating
to the Reserve components. In this capacity, she oversees Military Personnel,
Operations & Maintenance, Military Construction, and Procurement appropriations
which total nearly $38.8 billion in FY 2007. She is also responsible for managing
the resources of the Reserve Affairs staff.
Since 1985, Ms. Buck has been a member of the Reserve Affairs staff, serving
as Coordinator, Guard and Reserve Programs, and as the Director, Program &
Budget. Prior to her assignment to the Office of the Secretary of Defense staff,
she served as the Budget Officer for the Defense Contract Audit Agency from
November 1983 to March 1985. Ms. Buck was the Chief, Civilian Manpower Budget
Branch for the Naval Material Command from March 1981 to November 1983, coordinating
the manpower budgets of more than 200,000 Navy civilians. She also was the Budget
Officer for the Army National Guard from September 1979 to March 1981, responsible
for all aspects of programming, budgeting and execution for the Army National
Guard pay and operations appropriations. Ms. Buck began her federal career as
a Management Intern (a precursor to the Presidential Management Intern program)
at the Naval Sea Systems Command in July 1974. She served as a civilian manpower
analyst at NAVSEA and at the Joint Cruise Missiles Project Office until September
1979.
Born in Bethesda, Maryland, Ms. Buck
is a rare native of the Washington metropolitan area. She graduated from the
University of Virginia, and has done graduate work at George Washington University
and George Mason University. She is the 2004 recipient of the Roger W. Jones
Award for Executive Excellence from American University, and a 2000 Presidential
Rank Award, Meritorious Executive.
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