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KATHY L. WATERN
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Selected for reassignment as Deputy Director, Financial Management, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Kathy L. Watern, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cost and Economics, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, Washington, D.C. Mrs. Watern is responsible for assisting the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Cost and Economics) in directing and supervising Air Force cost, economic and business case analysis. She also assists in managing the activities of the Air Force Cost Analysis Agency and is Deputy Chair of the Air Force Cost Analysis Improvement Group.
Mrs. Watern began her career in private industry and entered federal civil service in 1984. She has served in a variety of financial management and acquisition assignments at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, in the F-15, F-22 and Air Combat System Program Offices as well as the Acquisition Cost Division. Prior to her current position, she worked as the Director, Cost and Economics Analysis Division, Financial Management and Comptroller Directorate, Aeronautical Systems Center. She was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 2010.
EDUCATION
1981 Bachelor of Science degree in accounting, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
1984 Master of Business Administration degree, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
2000 Master of Science degree in national resource strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2001 Leadership for a Democratic Society, Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Va.
2003 Civilian Advanced Management Program, Center for Creative Leadership Colorado Springs, Colo.; Stanford Executive Education, Palo Alto, Calif.; and Darden Business School Charlottesville, Va.
2008 Defense Leadership and Management Program, Washington, D.C.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. June 1981 - August 1990, various assignments
2. August 1990 - February 1993, Chief, Cost Management Branch, Financial Management Directorate, F-15 System Program Office, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
3. February 1993 - October 1993, Chief, Resources Management Branch, Human Resources Development Division, ASC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. October 1993 - August 1999, Chief, Estimating and Research Branch, Acquisition Cost Division, ASC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
5. August 1999 - June 2000, student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
6. June 2000 - July 2001, Chief, Estimating and Scheduling Branch, Acquisition Cost Division, ASC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
7. July 2001 - November 2003, Chief, Financial Management Division, Air Combat SPO, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
8. November 2003 - August 2009, Director, Financial Management Division, F-22 SPO, ASC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
9. August 2009 - May 2010, Director, Cost and Economics Analysis Division, Financial Management and Comptroller Directorate, ASC/Financial Management and Costing Office, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
10. May 2010 - present, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cost and Economics, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, Washington, D.C.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2003 and 2007 Financial Management/Comptroller Organization of the Year
2008 Donna J. Back Leadership Award
2009 Meritorious Civilian Service Award
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Financial Management/Comptroller, Level III
(Current as of May 2010)
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