AGA & ASMC Joint Spring PDT 2019 “The Challenge of Change”

April 24-25, 2019 Chesapeake Conference Center

Chesapeake, Virginia

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AGA / ASMC Joint Spring PDT 2019 AGENDA

April 24, 2019

The Challenge of Change

7:00 - 8:00 Registration and Breakfast (Sponsored by American Benefits Exchange)

8:00 - 8:10 Welcome Remarks

8:10 - 9:00 Transparency in Government Ann M. Ebberts, AGA Chief Executive Officer

9:00 - 9:50 USCG FMPS BPR (Financial Management and Procurement Services Business Process Reengineering) Progress to Date: Lessons Learned in Organizational Change for Financial Management and Contracting Professionals CAPT James “Brett” Millican, Team Leader, USCG FMPS-BPR

9:50 - 10:05 Coffee Break

10:05 - 10:55 Center Of Excellence (COE) / Scaling Robotics Robert Grabowsi, Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting

10:55 - 11:45 Financial Management: A National Enterprise Perspective Andrew S. Morgan, Deputy Chief of Staff G-8, US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)

11:45 - 12:40 Lunch Break (Sponsored by Becker Professional Education)

12:40 - 12:50 Announcements

12:50 - 1:40 Budget Update Major General John M. Pletcher, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller

1:40 - 1:50 Stretch Break

1:50 - 2:40 Evaluating Government Performance In Times of Change Richard Evans, Director at CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) LLP

2:40 - 2:55 Snack Break

2:55 - 3:45 Defending Navy Networks James A. Granger II, CISSP, Senior Policy Advisor, Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command (NCDOC)

3:45 - 4:35 Changing the Army’s Accessions Enterprise from an Industrial Approach to the 21st Century COL Anthony “Tony” D. Campbell, Director, Accessions Directorate, US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)

4:35 - 4:45 Closing Remarks/Announcements

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AGA / ASMC Joint Spring PDT 2019 AGENDA

April 25, 2019

The Challenge of Change

7:00 - 8:00 Registration and Breakfast (Sponsored by Kearney & Company)

8:00 - 8:10 Welcome Remarks

8:10 - 9:00 What is Good Leadership Chuck Brooks, Deputy Chief Financial Officer – Programs at NASA Langley Research Center

9:00 - 9:50 Best Practices in Leading Organizational Change Management Captain Jeffrey V. Yarosh, Commanding Officer, US Coast Guard Finance Center

9:50 - 10:05 Coffee Break (Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton)

10:05 - 11:45 Department of the Navy (DON) Financial Management Transformation Thomas W. Harker, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) at US Navy

11:45 - 12:40 Lunch Break (Sponsored by CliftonLarsonAllen)

12:40 - 12:50 Announcements

12:50 - 1:40 Challenge of Change- "Non" Success Story Jay Poole, Auditor, City of Chesapeake, Virginia

1:40 - 1:50 Stretch Break

1:50 - 2:40 Economic Update and Challenges for 2019 Robert M. McNab, Ph.D., Director of the Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy and Professor of Economics at Old Dominion University

2:40 - 2:55 Snack Break (Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton)

2:55 - 3:45 The Change Experience: A Purposeful and Personal Approach to Managing Change in the Midst of Disruption: Liz Burokas, Performance Consultant, People Advisory Services, EY and Dionne Tyus, Talent, People and Change Management, EY

3:45 - 4:35 Change Motivation for Financial Managers Jeremy “JT” Taylor, Chief of Financial Management and Comptroller of the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA

4:35 - 4:45 Closing Remarks/Announcements

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Speaker Biographies in Alphabetical Order

Chuck Brooks Deputy Chief Financial Officer – Programs at NASA Langley Research Center Chuck Brooks is a member of the Office of Chief Financial Office (OCFO) management team and is the Deputy Chief Financial Officer – Programs. Currently Chuck is on a detail to NASA Headquarters Chief Information Office working as the governance executive for three Information Technology Governance boards. Chuck has also worked in the following roles: as an Accountant, Team Lead – Reimbursables, Deputy Chief Financial Officer – Finance, Associate Director for PP&C - Game Changing Development Program Office, Associate Director of Advanced Analytics and Automation Office (AAAO) and Acting Chief Financial Officer at the NASA Langley Research Center. Chuck also completed a detail to NASA Headquarters Chief Information Office working as the governance executive for three Information Technology Governance boards Prior to joining NASA, Chuck worked in various leadership and management capacities at facilities of several companies such as Alcoa, Teledyne, and SAIC. In addition he has worked as a consultant implementing Enterprise Resource Applications (ERP) business solutions from Oracle and Baan in various business units of Alcoa and Nortel Networks. Chuck received his BS in Administration from Radford University, with a concentration in Accounting, and his MBA (Concentration in E-Commerce) from Old Dominion University. Chuck is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the state of Virginia and holds the Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM Inactive) and Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) designation. Liz Burokas People Advisory Services Consultant Government and Public Sector, Ernst & Young (EY) Liz Burokas is a People Advisory Services consultant for the Government and Public sector at Ernst & Young LLP (EY). She has over 12 years of experience working with federal organizations, non-profits and fortune 500 companies in the areas of change management, organization and workforce analysis and process improvement. She has helped organizations develop and execute change management strategies to achieve workforce adoption as they face IT implementations, organizational restructuring and process improvements. Liz holds a BA from Georgetown University and an MBA from the University of Maryland, Smith School of Business.

COL Anthony “Tony” D. Campbell Director, Accessions Dir., US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) COL Tony Campbell is originally from Colorado Springs, CO although he was raised in an Army family and lived in several states and countries as a child. He received a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and was commissioned an Infantry Officer in 1993. COL Campbell has had the opportunity to lead troops from the platoon to the battalion level. His first duty assignment was in Vilseck Germany with 1st Battalion 6th Infantry Regiment where he served as a mortar platoon leader, line platoon leader and company executive officer. As a captain, he served in the 82nd Airborne Division serving in staff positions within G3 and 3rd Brigade. COL Campbell commanded a company in 3rd Battalion-505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Following his assignment to the 82nd Airborne Division, COL Campbell was a combat developer for Soldier System and Weapons at HQ TRADOC-Futures (ARCIC). He later served as the executive officer to various flag officers. As a field grade officer, COL Campbell has served battalion, brigade, division, and Army level commands. In 3rd Infantry Division, he served in the Division G3 and as a battalion and brigade operations officer in 4th Brigade. COL Campbell served in US Army North with duty in New York City. There he served as the operations officer and Deputy Defense Coordinating Officer to DCE Region II assisting Federal Agencies in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. COL Campbell led 1st Battalion, 310th Infantry Regiment (Ramagen) at Fort McCoy, as a part of the 181st Infantry Brigade (TSB) assisting Active, National Guard and Reserve unit commanders meet their training objectives. COL Campbell also was the Deputy Brigade Commander for 181st Infantry Brigade. In support of Operation Resolute Support in Afghanistan COL Campbell served as the Director of the Combined/Joint Operations Center (CJOC) coordinating all operations within a 72 hour horizon. Following his Afghanistan tour, COL Campbell was selected to serve as an exchange officer with the British Army. He was stationed in Warminster, Wiltshire and led a team of British officers and civilians producing Mission Command Doctrine for the British Army. Currently, COL Campbell is the Director for Accessions within TRADOC G3/5/7. There he leads a newly created team to plan, coordinate and synchronize Army accession actives across all three Army components.

COL Campbell has three combat tours being deployed for over three years. He served as a Mitt Chief for an Iraqi T-72 battalion. He also served a Battalion Operations Officer in Al Hillah, an Iraqi Brigade advisor in An Najaf and as the CJOC Director in Afghanistan. COL Campbell’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Expert Infantryman’s Badge, Senior Parachutist Badge and Ranger Tab. COL Campbell is married to Deborah Jonas of Tampa, Florida. He has three adult daughters, Jessica, Shelby and Darby. Ann M. Ebberts AGA Chief Executive Officer Ann has more than 30 years of management consulting experience with the federal government in the areas of financial management, financial process improvement, program evaluation, shared services, and in providing project management and advisory support services for the implementation of accounting, acquisition, travel and grant management systems (ERP). She has spent the last 26 years of her career at Booz Allen Hamilton, recently retiring after serving as a Vice President in the Financial Services group. She began her career providing financial support to many large Navy shipbuilding and communications engineering programs. Since 1995, she has focused her attention on the civilian agencies, developing new clients, building high performing teams, and developing and executing strategic plans for providing management and technical support services to organizations including the USAID, EPA, GSA, U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Labor, State and VA, and most recently to World Bank, International Monetary Fund, InterAmerican Development Bank and Fannie Mae. Internal to Booz Allen, she also provided leadership to the Financial Analyst functional community of practice, identifying competencies and applicable certifications required and supported monthly topical learning sessions as well as serving in several other governance roles. Ann has a B.S. degree in Marketing Management from Virginia Tech, an M.S. Degree in Systems Management from the University of Denver, and is a certified Project Management Professional. She has been a member of AGA for more than 15 years and served as Booz Allen’s representative to the Corporate Partner Advisory Group (CPAG). She lives in Alexandria with her husband Alan and together they have four grown children.

Richard Evans Director at CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) Richard is seasoned CPA and Director with over 20 years of experience in government and non-profit auditing. Prior to joining CLA, where he directs audits of Federal agencies in the DC area, Richard served in such roles as engagement principal, engagement manager, and audit supervisor. He currently holds an adjunct faculty position teaching courses in Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting and Auditing at the University of Virginia School of Continuing & Professional Studies, Accounting Certificate Program. Richard started his audit career with the California State Auditor’s Office in Sacramento, conducting financial and performance audits of State agencies and grantees all over California, his home state. Richard earned his way through college on the Coast Guard Reserve GI Bill. He has a lifetime of memoires from his first duty station in Humboldt Bay, California where he served as a Seaman Apprentice crewman on the venerable and now decommissioned 44 foot motor lifeboat. Robert Grabowski Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting Robert Grabowski is a Senior Manager with Deloitte Consulting’s Enterprise Operations practice specializing in digital transformations for CFOs and finance executives. He has over 18 years of experience applying financial management capabilities across the Public Sector, including the development, deployment, and operation of finance operating models and technologies. He has supported a wide-range of transformative efforts for finance executives, including ERP system implementations, analytics, reporting/ dashboard solutions, and most recently – process automation and cognitive capabilities. He has extensive Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Cognitive experience, delivering bots and automations across multiple Federal Government departments and agencies. Most notably, he was the lead for Deloitte in supporting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with the deployment of process robotics – the first Federal Agency to deploy a bot in production. He also was the Deloitte lead for the first server-based production automation at the Department of Agriculture (USDA). James A. Granger II, CISSP Senior Policy Advisor Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command (NCDOC) Jim Granger is the Senior Policy Advisor at the Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command (NCDOC). A native of Portsmouth, RI, he graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1981. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA and was commissioned an Ensign in May 1985 through the NROTC

program. He spent 11 years on active duty as a Surface Warfare Officer, including three straight sea tours. Following his active duty period, he served another 12 1/2 years in the Navy Reserve, retiring as a Commander in December 2008. After leaving active duty, Jim Granger took a position as a Computer Specialist in the Information Resource Management department of the Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, RI. In this position he led the growth of information resources from three local area networks (LAN) serving 170 users to ten LANs supporting over 1000 users. He implemented electronic message dissemination, electronic mail, and Internet access. In March, 1997, he took a position in the Operations Department at the Fleet Information Warfare Center (FIWC). He initially worked in the NAVCIRT Division as a computer network security incident handler and principal advisory drafter. During this period he attended training in Incident Handling, Windows NT Administration, and Unix. After sixteen months, he moved over to Computer Network Defense (CND) Operations as the acting division officer and Red Team Officer. From there he fleeted up to become the Deputy Operations Officer (N3B). In June of 2003, the NAVCIRT was moved out of FIWC and merged with the Navy Component Task Force, Computer Network Defense (NCTF-CND), the new organization being named NAVCIRT. He led the transition efforts and became Technical Director after the new task force stood up. In 2006 NAVCIRT was commissioned as a command and renamed NCDOC. NCDOC is the Navy’s CND Service Provider (CNDSP), an Echelon III command under Commander, TENTH Fleet, and operationally aligned to U.S. Cyber Command. NCDOC was the first Level III certified CNDSP within DoD, and the first to be reaccredited twice as a Level III CNDSP. In October 2007 NCDOC realigned into two primary directorates, Capabilities and Readiness, and Operations, and he became the first Director of Capabilities and Readiness. In this role he was responsible for four major functional areas: Infrastructure, Development, Mission Analysis, and Training and Exercises and over 100 military, civilian, and contractor personnel. In April 2014 he was reassigned as the Director of the Commander’s Action Group, where he coordinates the command’s response to major issues that touch multiple areas of the command. In January 2016 he was assigned as the Director of the Future Outcomes Cell, and in May 2017 became the CTF 1020 Staff Director. In August 2017 he became the Senior Policy Advisor, responsible for strategic direction, engagement, and future initiatives. Jim Granger is a Microsoft Certified System Engineer and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). He was the FIWC Civilian of the Year for 2001. He was a Copernicus Award winner in 2010 and was awarded the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service award in 2011 and 2014. He has also received both DoD and DoN IM/IT awards.

Thomas W. Harker Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) at US Navy Thomas W. Harker was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) Jan. 2, 2018. Tom Harker graduated from the University of California Berkeley in 1990 and received an MBA from the University of Miami in 2000. A 20 year veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, his career was marked by operational success including multi-ton drug seizures on the high seas. Ashore, he was assigned positions of increasing responsibility in budget, acquisition, internal controls, audit readiness and financial reporting. His leadership of the Coast Guard audit readiness and internal control program contributed to the Department of Homeland Security moving from 10 successive disclaimers to a clean audit opinion. Prior to leaving active duty, Harker served at Office of Management and Budget (OMB) where he led the Campaign to Cut Waste, updated OMB Circular A-136 and drafted government-wide financial policy. Subsequently, Harker served as an auditor and consultant at a large public accounting firm, auditing CFO Act agencies (including the first audit of the United States Marine Corps). He also assisted the Joint Staff with developing and implementing an audit readiness plan, and improved Coast Guard’s accountability for property as a consultant. Upon his return to government, Harker led the Coast Guard financial reporting, policy, property management and audit readiness efforts. His efforts enabled the Department of Homeland Security to obtain consecutive clean audit opinions. Harker was appointed to the Senior Executive Service at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as the Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Policy. While in this position, he served as the Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management at the VA, and as the Acting Deputy CFO for Accounting and Financial Management at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Robert M. McNab Director of the Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy and Professor of Economics at Old Dominion University Professor Robert M. McNab currently serves as the Director of the Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy in the Strome College of Business at Old Dominion University. He is a member of the Joint Advisory Board of Economists for the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Survey of Professional Forecasters. Professor McNab has published over 50 articles and chapters and serves as an Associate Editor with Journal of Economic Surveys. He is the editor of the award-winning State of the Region: Hampton Roads and State of the Commonwealth annual reports and produces the Dragas Center’s national and Virginian economic forecasts. Dr. McNab has worked on issues related to the allocation of public resources in more than 30 countries as well as all levels of government in

the United States. Professor McNab has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Virginian Pilot, and Daily Press as well as television and radio in Virginia. Dr. McNab joined the faculty of the Department of Economics in the Strome College of Business of Old Dominion University in July 2016 and previously was a member of the faculty of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California from 2000 to 2016. Professor McNab received his Bachelor of Arts from California State University, Stanislaus in 1991 and his Ph.D. in Economics in 2001 from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. CAPT James “Brett” Millican Team Leader, USCG FMPS-BPR CAPT Brett Millican graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with a B.S. in Management in 1992. His first tour was as Deck Watch Officer and Supply Department Head aboard CGC VIGILANT in Port Canaveral, Florida. He then served as Executive Officer aboard CGC NUNIVAK at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. After selection to the Financial Management Postgraduate Program, he attended George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, where he earned an MBA. Upon graduating in 1998, he served as a Contract Specialist and Budget Analyst in the Major Systems Acquisition Contract. Support (G-ACS) and Commandant’s Budget Offices (G-CBU) at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C. From there he served as Executive Officer aboard CGC SUNDEW in Duluth, Minnesota from 2001-2003, Chief of Training and Readiness at Pacific Area Operations Headquarters from 2003-2007, and Operations Officer aboard CGC BOUTWELL in Alameda, California. As a newly minted Commander, he served as the Comptroller at Integrated Support Command Portsmouth, Virginia, beginning in July 2008. He added the duties of the Executive Officer and completed the unit’s transition to a Base Support Unit in September 2009. He earned the Certified Government Financial Manager certification and served as the Finance Section Chief at the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Unified Area Command in 2010. In August 2011, he earned the Certified Defense Financial Manager with Acquisition Specialty certification from the American Society of Military Comptrollers. In November 2011 he became the Executive Officer of the newly reorganized Base Portsmouth. Returning to his home state of Texas after 25 years, he served as the Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Sector Field Office Galveston, Texas, from 2013-2015. He then served as the Commanding Officer of USCG Base Boston from July 2015 to July 2018. He currently serves as the Team Leader for the service’s Financial Management and Procurement Services Business Process Reengineering effort in Norfolk, Virginia. His awards include two Meritorious Service Medals, two CG Commendation Medals, five CG Achievement Medals, and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.

CAPT Millican and his wife Leslie are both native Texans and the proud parents of Emily, Garrett, Benjamin and William. Andrew S. Morgan Deputy Chief of Staff G-8, US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Drew Morgan is the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, for the U.S Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). In this capacity, he manages and executes the strategic resources, force, and acquisition management, programming and budgeting, defends financial resources and manpower needs for the Army’s training centers, recruiting stations, and training readiness missions. Previously he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Information Management (DASA-FIM) within Army Headquarters where he advised the Assistant Secretary of the Army Comptroller (ASA FM&C) on business system and process integration and was responsible for the activities, relationships, and plans that support the Army’s strategic objectives to reach audit readiness and improve overall financial efficiencies. Prior to serving at headquarters, he served as Director for Business Integration within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). Mr. Morgan also served as a naval officer on ships and submarines, and in the Department of the Navy as a Comptroller, Resource Manager, Logistician, and Contracting Officer for major commands and programs. Major General John M. Pletcher Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller Maj. Gen. John M. Pletcher is Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. General Pletcher is responsible for planning and directing the formulation and execution of the Air Force's budgets totaling more than $160 billion annually. He leads a staff of military and civilian financial managers who develop, integrate, justify and defend Air Force resource requests to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Office of Management and Budget and Congress. He manages and executes funding that supports military operations and Air Force priorities at the direction of the Secretary of Defense and Congress. General Pletcher received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the University of Minnesota-Duluth and was commissioned through the ROTC program in 1988. His Air Force experience includes financial management and comptroller assignments in an Air Force research laboratory, deployed environment, wing level, major command and the Pentagon. He has commanded at the squadron and group level, as well as in the deployed arena. He has served in all three Air Force financial management disciplines, starting out as an accounting and

finance officer, before attending the Air Force Institute of Technology Cost Analysis program, and then served in budget assignments at both the major command and Air Staff level. General Pletcher is a 2006 graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Prior to this assignment, he was the Comptroller, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Jay Poole Auditor, City of Chesapeake, Virginia Jay graduated from the Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York. Currently, he serves as City Auditor and Chief Audit Executive for the City of Chesapeake, Virginia. He is a former President of the Virginia Local Government Auditors Association and a former Board Member, Secretary, and two-time Advocacy Chair of the Association of Local Government Auditors. Jay has presented at numerous regional, statewide, and national professional conferences, and has testified as an expert witness at both the Federal and State (Circuit) Court levels. Jay has also completed two U.S. State Department Speaker projects: a one-day project in July 2010 for a delegation from Afghanistan; and a one–week project in February 2015 in South Africa. Jeremy W. Taylor Chief of Financial Management and Comptroller of the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing Mr. Jeremy “JT” Taylor is the Chief of Financial Management and Comptroller of the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA. He directs financial management operations and provides resource decision support to six ISR groups supporting six Combatant Commanders and more than 6,000 military, civilian and contractor personnel; total enterprise valued at more than $5 billion. Mr. Taylor served in the U.S. Air Force from 2000 until he separated from active duty in 2007. Mr. Taylor is a distinguished graduate of the Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Reserve Officers Training Corps. While on active duty, he served in a variety of financial management positions with units in Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and Air Combat Command (ACC); as well a deploying to Al Udeid AB, Qatar, in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. Mr. Taylor has been a member of the Air Force Civilian Service since 2007. He has served as the Chief of Budget for the 49th Fighter Wing, Holloman AFB New Mexico and as the Deputy Chief of Financial Management Operations and Analysis on the HQ Air Combat Command Financial Management Staff. Mr. Taylor has been a Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) since 2008.

Dionne Tyus Talent, People and Change Management, Ernst & Young (EY) Dionne Tyus has over 14 years of experience in change management, strategic communications, and leadership development for organizational transformation efforts. Dionne has worked with leaders across industry and government/public service organizations to lead change management and strategic communications engagements. She currently works for Ernst and Young, LLP (EY), leading a change management and communications teams for government and public sector clients. She holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administrations and Master’s Degrees in Communication & Culture and Educational Leadership. Captain Jeffrey V. Yarosh Commanding Officer, US Coast Guard Finance Center A Queens, New York native, Captain Jeff Yarosh graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management. He holds a masters degree in Business Administration from the Raymond A. Mason School of Business at the College of William and Mary. Additionally, he holds a Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) certification and Department of Homeland Security Level III Program Finance Manager (PFM) certification. Captain Yarosh recently reported aboard the Finance Center from a two-year tour where he served as the Deputy Director for the Coast Guard’s Financial Management and Procurement Services Improvement Initiative, which is chartered in leading organizational change to improve compliance with laws and policies governing appropriations, acquisitions, financial reporting, and property management. Upon commissioning, Captain Yarosh served as a Deck Watch Officer and the Communications Officer aboard USCGC Tampa, homeported in Portsmouth, Virginia. Subsequent afloat assignments include Officer in Charge and Deployment Team Leader of Law Enforcement Detachment 8G in Galveston, Texas; Operations Officer aboard USCGC Reliance from 2002 to 2004; Executive Officer of USCGC Alert in Astoria, Oregon from 2008 to 2010. Captain Yarosh served as the Commanding Officer of USCGC Confidence homeported in Cape Canaveral, Florida from 2014 to 2016. Financial assignments ashore include Budget Officer for the First Coast District in Boston, Massachusetts from 1999 to 2002 and Comptroller of Integrated Support Command in Alameda, California from 2004 to 2008. He also served at the Acquisitions Directorate at Coast Guard Headquarters as the Deputy of the Office of Resource Management (CG-928) from 2010 to 2014. Captain Yarosh’s commendations include a variety of personal, unit, and service awards, as well as the permanent Cutterman Pin. He was twice awarded the United States Coast Guard Chief Finance Officer Award for Excellence in Financial Management (2001, 2006).