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

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Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller
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Incumbent
Carlos Rodgers [1]
Acting  
since July 10, 2024
Department of the Air Force
Style Mr. Secretary
The Honorable
(formal address in writing)
Reports to Secretary of the Air Force
Under Secretary of the Air Force
Seat The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
NominatorThe President with Senate advice and consent
Term length No fixed term
Constituting instrument 10 U.S.C.   § 9016
Inaugural holder Eugene M. Zuckert
Formation1947
Succession 18th in SecDef succession by seniority of appointment
DeputyPrincipal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller
Salary Executive Schedule, Level IV [2]
Website Official website

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

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Responsibilities

According to U.S. law, there are five 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. [3] They assist the United States Secretary of the Air Force and the United States Under Secretary of the Air Force. One of the five assistant secretaries is the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller), who is responsible for "the exercise of the comptroller functions of the Department of the Air Force, including financial management functions." [3] The duties expressly given to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller) include determining the Department of the Air Force's budget estimates (in conjunction with the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)), supervising the department's financial management system, and overseeing the department's asset management system. [4] 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. [5] 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. [6]

Subordinates

The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller) 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. [7] [8]

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller (SAF/FM), a civilian member of the Senior Executive Service

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget (SAF/FMB), a major general

  • Director for Budget Operations and Personnel (SAF/FMBO), a brigadier general
  • Director for Budget Investment (SAF/FMBI), a civilian member of the Senior Executive Service
  • Director for Budget Management and Execution (SAF/FMBM), a civilian member of the Senior Executive Service
  • Director for Budget Programs (SAF/FMBP), a colonel
  • Director for Budget and Appropriations Liaison (SAF/FMBL), a colonel

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cost and Economics (SAF/FMC), a civilian member of the Senior Executive Service

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Operations (SAF/FMP), a civilian member of the Senior Executive Service

  • Chief Information Officer, a civilian member of the Senior Executive Service

The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller) also oversees the Air Force Financial Services Center, the Air Force Cost Analysis Agency, and the Financial Management Center of Expertise. [8]

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

The first three appointees served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Management). That office was re-designated as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller) on 1 August 1954. The office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller) was disbanded on 27 March 1987. At that time, all Air Force financial management functions were consolidated under the Air Force Comptroller (a military position filled by a lieutenant general). The office of the Air Force Comptroller was disbanded on 1 July 1989 when the position of Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller) was re-established. Since that date, all Air Force financial management and comptroller functions have been directed by a presidentially appointed assistant secretary. [9]

ImageAppointeeAssumed officeLeft office President appointed by Secretary served under
Eugene Zuckert.jpg Eugene M. Zuckert 26 September 19472 July 1952 Harry S. Truman W. Stuart Symington;
Thomas K. Finletter
No image.svg James T. Hill, Jr. 5 July 195220 January 1953Harry S. TrumanThomas K. Finletter
No image.svg H. Lee White 16 February 19532 July 1954 Dwight D. Eisenhower Harold E. Talbott
Lyle S. Garlock, Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 1957.jpg Lyle S. Garlock 23 August 195415 October 1961Dwight D. Eisenhower;
John F. Kennedy 		Donald A. Quarles;
Dudley C. Sharp;
Eugene M. Zuckert
Neil E. Harlan, Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 1963.jpg Neil E. Harlan 3 January 196215 April 1964John F. Kennedy;
Lyndon Johnson 		Eugene M. Zuckert
Leonard Marks, Jr., Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 1964.jpg Leonard Marks, Jr. 26 June 196431 December 1967Lyndon JohnsonEugene M. Zuckert;
Harold Brown
Thomas H. Nielsen, Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 1968.jpg Thomas H. Nielsen 1 January 196823 June 1969Lyndon JohnsonHarold Brown;
Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
Spencer J. Schedler, Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 1970.jpg Spencer J. Schedler 24 June 19691 April 1973 Richard Nixon Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
William W. Woodruff, Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 1973.jpg William W. Woodruff 2 April 197331 July 1975Richard NixonRobert C. Seamans, Jr.;
John L. McLucas
Francis Hughes, Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 1976.jpg W. Francis Hughes 17 March 197614 September 1976 Gerald Ford Thomas C. Reed
Everett T. Keech - Asst Sec of AF (Fin Mgt), 1977.jpg Everett T. Keech 15 September 197631 August 1977Gerald FordThomas Reed;
John C. Stetson
John A. Hewitt, Jr., Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 1979.jpg John A. Hewitt, Jr. 27 February 19784 November 1979 Jimmy Carter John C. Stetson;
Hans Mark
Charles W. Snodgrass, Assist Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp),.jpg Charles W. Snodgrass 18 June 198020 January 1981Jimmy CarterHans Mark
Russell D. Hale, USAF, 1983.jpg Russell D. Hale 18 June 198129 February 1984 Ronald Reagan Verne Orr
Richard E. Carver, Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 1984.jpg Richard E. Carver 3 October 198426 March 1987Ronald ReaganVerne Orr;
Russell A. Rourke;
Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.
Michael Donley official portrait.jpg Michael B. Donley 1 December 198919 January 1993 George H. W. Bush Donald Rice
Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary of Defense, 2009.jpg Robert F. Hale 30 March 199420 January 2001 Bill Clinton Sheila Widnall;
F. Whitten Peters
Michael Montelongo, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller.jpg Michael Montelongo 6 August 200124 March 2005 George W. Bush James G. Roche
John H. Gibson II.jpg John H. Gibson 19 December 200820 January 2009George W. Bush Michael Wynne;
Michael B. Donley
Dr Jamie M. Morin, USAF.jpg Jamie M. Morin 19 June 200925 June 2014 Barack Obama Michael B. Donley;
Deborah Lee James
Lisa S. Disbrow, USAF, 2014.JPG Lisa S. Disbrow 31 July 201420 January 2016Barack ObamaDeborah Lee James
Ricardo A. Aguilera, Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 2016.jpg Ricardo A. Aguilera (acting) [10] [11] 1 February 2016April 2017Barack ObamaDeborah Lee James
John P. Roth.jpg John P. Roth [12] [13] 2 January 201820 January 2021 Donald Trump Heather Wilson
Matthew Donovan (acting)
Barbara Barrett
Stephen Herrera, SAF-FM, 2021.webp Stephen Herrara (acting)20 January 20214 May 2022 Joe Biden John P. Roth (acting)
Frank Kendall III
Kristyn E. Jones.jpg Kristyn E. Jones 4 May 202210 July 2024 Joe Biden Frank Kendall III
Carlos Rodgers (acting)10 July 2024Incumbent

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  2. ↑ 5 U.S.C.   § 5315
  3. 1 2 10 U.S.C. § 9019(a)
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