Jack Martin, Chief Financial Officer
U.S. Department of Education Biography

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Jack Martin was sworn in as chief financial officer of the U.S. Department of Education on Feb. 20, 2002. In this post, he advises the secretary of education on financial management, internal control and audit resolution, financial systems, contracts and procurement, and grants policy issues. He was formally nominated as chief financial officer on Nov. 5, 2001, and confirmed by the Senate on Jan. 25, 2002. He was directed by President George W. Bush to accept an additional duty assignment as acting director of the U.S. Selective Service System from April through November 2004.

Previously, Martin was managing director and chief executive officer of Jack Martin & Co. P.C., Certified Public Accountants, and chairman and acting chief executive officer of Home Federal Savings Bank of Detroit. In 1991, he left the private sector to accept an appointment as chairman of the Provider Reimbursement Review Board at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he remained until 1994.

Martin began his career at General Motors Corporation in Detroit. After leaving General Motors, he joined Control Data where he held a number of management positions in the U.S. and Canada, including manager of product planning in the Advanced Products Development Division, controller of the Canadian Development Division, and operations controller for the company's Canadian Computer Manufacturing and Development Operation. He commenced his public accounting career on the consulting staff of Touche Ross & Co. (now Deloitte and Touche).

Long committed to public service, Martin has served as chairman of the board of Health Alliance Plan (HAP), Michigan's largest health maintenance organization; board member of the Henry Ford Health System; member of the Investment Committee of the Mercy Health System (now Trinity Health); chairperson of the Michigan Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission; vice president of the Merrill Palmer Institute at Wayne State University; treasurer of the Alzheimer's Association; board member of the Detroit Athletic Club; and in numerous other positions.

A certified public accountant in several jurisdictions, Martin served on the Practice Standards Subcommittee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

A native of Ferndale, Mich., Martin holds B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich., and did postgraduate work in labor economics at the University of Minnesota. He and his wife, Bettye, reside in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and Washington, DC, and have two adult children, Randy and Ingrid.

Martin is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.

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