Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)


The Assistant Secretary of the Navy is a civilian office of the United States Department of the Navy. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy is responsible for managing and directing all of the financial matters, including the annual budgets, of the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy is also the Comptroller of the Department of the Navy. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy reports to the Under Secretary of the Navy.
The office was established in 1954; disestablished in 1958; and then re-established in 1961. In June 1981, the office was re-designated as Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy , but in March 1984, the name switched back to Assistant Secretary of the Navy .

Assistant Secretaries of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller), 1954—Present

NameAssumed OfficeLeft OfficePresident Appointed BySecretary Served Under
William B. FrankeOctober 4, 1954April 16, 1957Dwight D. EisenhowerCharles Thomas
J. Sinclair ArmstrongMay 28, 1957January 2, 1959Dwight D. EisenhowerThomas S. Gates, Jr.
Victor M. LongstreetSeptember 14, 1962December 31, 1965John F. KennedyFred Korth, Paul Nitze
Charles F. BairdMarch 7, 1966August 1, 1967Lyndon B. JohnsonPaul Nitze
Charles Arthur BowsherDecember 18, 1967June 30, 1971Lyndon B. JohnsonPaul Robert Ignatius, John Chafee
Frank P. SandersAugust 2, 1971May 5, 1972Richard NixonJohn Chafee
Robert D. NesenMay 31, 1972May 15, 1974Richard NixonJohn Warner
Gary D. PenistenOctober 15, 1974May 20, 1977Gerald FordJ. William Middendorf
George A. PeapplesNovember 3, 1977September 1980Jimmy CarterW. Graham Claytor, Jr., Edward Hidalgo
Robert H. ConnMay 1981December 15, 1988Ronald ReaganEdward Hidalgo, John Lehman, Jim Webb, William L. Ball
Rear Admiral James M. Seely December 18, 1988January 1990William L. Ball, Henry L. Garrett III
Robert C. McCormackJanuary 12, 1990January 5, 1993George H. W. BushHenry L. Garrett III, Sean O'Keefe
Albert V. Conte January 10, 1993December 11, 1993John Howard Dalton
Deborah P. ChristieMarch 16, 1994March 12, 1998Bill ClintonJohn Howard Dalton
Gladys J. Commons March 20, 1998October 15, 1998John Howard Dalton
Charles P. NemfakosNovember 5, 1998July 2, 2001Bill ClintonRichard Danzig
Dionel M. AvilesJuly 17, 2001October 8, 2004George W. BushGordon R. England
Robert L. Panek October 9, 2004October 25, 2004Gordon R. England
Richard Greco, Jr.October 26, 20042007George W. BushGordon R. England, Donald C. Winter
Douglas A. Brook20072009George W. BushDonald C. Winter
Gladys J. CommonsNovember 3, 2009August 29, 2013Barack ObamaRay Mabus
Susan J. RabernAugust 30, 2013January 19, 2017Barack ObamaRay Mabus
Thomas W. HarkerJanuary 2, 2018presentDonald TrumpRichard Spencer