Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller)


The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller is a civilian official in the United States Department of the Air Force.

Responsibilities

According to U.S. law, there are four civilian Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force appointed by the President of the United States upon the advice and consent of the United States Senate. They assist the United States Secretary of the Air Force and the United States Under Secretary of the Air Force. One of the four assistant secretaries is the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, who is responsible for "the exercise of the comptroller functions of the Department of the Air Force, including financial management functions." The duties expressly given to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force include determining the Department of the Air Force's budget estimates, supervising the department's financial management system, and overseeing the department's asset management system. The assistant secretary is also responsible for developing a five-year plan for improving the department's financial management, which plan must be updated annually. The Assistant Secretary also must submit an annual report to the Secretary of the Air Force detailing the state of the department's financial management.

Subordinates

The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force is supported by a principal deputy as well as senior leaders responsible for budget, cost and economics, and financial operations. The following are the key positions on the assistant secretary's staff.
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, a civilian member of the Senior Executive Service
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, a major general
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cost and Economics, a civilian member of the Senior Executive Service
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Operations, a civilian member of the Senior Executive Service
The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force also oversees the Air Force Financial Services Center, the Air Force Cost Analysis Agency, and the Financial Management Center of Expertise.

List of Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller)

The first three appointees served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force . That office was re-designated as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force on 1 August 1954. The office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force was disbanded on 27 March 1987. At that time, all Air Force financial management functions were consolidated under the Air Force Comptroller. The office of the Air Force Comptroller was disbanded on 1 July 1989 when the position of Assistant Secretary of the Air Force was re-established. Since that date, all Air Force financial management and comptroller functions have been directed by a presidentially appointed assistant secretary.
ImageAppointeeAssumed OfficeLeft OfficePresident Appointed BySecretary Served Under
Eugene M. Zuckert26 September 19472 July 1952Harry S. TrumanW. Stuart Symington;
Thomas K. Finletter
James T. Hill, Jr.5 July 195220 January 1953Harry S. TrumanThomas K. Finletter
H. Lee White16 February 19532 July 1954Dwight D. EisenhowerHarold E. Talbott
Lyle S. Garlock23 August 195415 October 1961Dwight D. Eisenhower;
John F. Kennedy		Donald A. Quarles;
Dudley C. Sharp;
Eugene M. Zuckert
Neil E. Harlan3 January 196215 April 1964John F. Kennedy;
Lyndon Johnson		Eugene M. Zuckert
Leonard Marks, Jr.26 June 196431 December 1967Lyndon JohnsonEugene M. Zuckert;
Harold Brown
Thomas H. Nielsen1 January 196823 June 1969Lyndon JohnsonHarold Brown;
Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
Spencer J. Schedler24 June 19691 April 1973Richard NixonRobert C. Seamans, Jr.
William W. Woodruff2 April 197331 July 1975Richard NixonRobert C. Seamans, Jr.;
John L. McLucas
W. Francis Hughes17 March 197614 September 1976Gerald FordThomas C. Reed
Everett T. Keech15 September 197631 August 1977Gerald FordThomas Reed;
John C. Stetson
John A. Hewitt, Jr.27 February 19784 November 1979Jimmy CarterJohn C. Stetson;
Hans Mark
Charles W. Snodgrass18 June 198020 January 1981Jimmy CarterHans Mark
Russell D. Hale18 June 198129 February 1984Ronald ReaganVerne Orr
Richard E. Carver3 October 198426 March 1987Ronald ReaganVerne Orr;
Russell A. Rourke;
Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.
Michael B. Donley1 December 198919 January 1993George H. W. BushDonald Rice
Robert F. Hale29 March 19942001Bill ClintonSheila Widnall;
F. Whitten Peters
Michael Montelongo6 August 200124 March 2005George W. BushJames G. Roche
John H. Gibson19 December 200820 January 2009George W. BushMichael Wynne;
Michael B. Donley
Jamie M. Morin19 June 200925 June 2014Barack ObamaMichael B. Donley;
Deborah Lee James
Lisa S. Disbrow31 July 201420 January 2016Barack ObamaDeborah Lee James
Ricardo A. Aguilera1 February 2016April 2017Barack ObamaDeborah Lee James
John P. Roth2 January 2018IncumbentDonald TrumpHeather Wilson