PRESIDENT – CHARLES E. COOK III

    Charlie currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Construction Directorate, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), overseeing budget related issues for military construction, family housing construction and operations (including privatization initiatives), base realignment and closure (BRAC), and intelligence activities. He has held numerous previous positions in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), Department of the Navy financial management community, and the Senate Appropriations Committee (Subcommittee on Defense).

TREASURER – GRETCHEN ANDERSON

    Ms. Gretchen Anderson currently works in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of the Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Accounting Policy working on DOD agency-wide and component financial statement issues. She has held numerous positions in the Department of the Army as a Plant Replacement and Improvement Program manager with Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; in the Secondary items Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Resource Management; on the Depot Maintenance and Ordnance budget in the Business Resources Division of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller); as a staff accountant and budget analyst for the DBOF budget at Headquarters, Industrial Operations Command; and as a staff and operating accountant at Headquarters, Armament, Munitions, and Chemicals Command. Prior to this, Ms. Anderson had thirteen years experience in the private sector as an adjunct professor at several colleges and universities and as a private accountant and business manager for several firms.
    Ms. Anderson has been a member of the Washington and Rock Island Chapters of ASMC for 10 years and has attended seven recent PDIs. She was instrumental in developing the mini-PDI for the Rock Island Chapter in 1992. She served as Vice-President-Programs, Rock Island Chapter, 1993-4. She designed and managed the first comprehensive year long program around the theme, "Managing at the Speed of Change." The Chapter was honored by presentations from senior executives representing the Office of the Secretary of Defense; Headquarters, Department of the Army; Headquarters, Army Materiel Command; and local executives from John Deere, ALCOA, and Lee Enterprises (new/media).
    Ms. Anderson’s spouse, Gary, is Director of Logistics, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Son Erik is a freshman at Virginia Tech in the Army Corps of Cadets; daughter Kristjen is a sophomore at Hayfield High School.

ASSISTANT SECRETARIES:

ARMY -- CLARA J. WESTON

    Clara J. Weston is a budget analyst in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller, working on current year budget execution of all Army appropriations. Clara has worked for ASMC in various capacities since the late 1970’s. She has worked on the last two Chapter Symposiums and has participated in several community service projects. Clara represented the Washington Chapter at the mid-year meeting of ASMC in 1998. Clara has held the office of Army Assistant Secretary since March of 1995.

NAVY – SHIRLEY SIMPKINS

    Shirley Simpkins heads the O&M,N Financial Control and Support Branch (SEA 0143) in the Comptroller Directorate at Commander, Naval Sea Systems command.  She has been an active member of the ASMC Washington Chapter since joining in 1992.  First, Shirley chaired the Scholarship Committee in 1993 then served as co-Historian from 1994 to 1996.  She was elected to the office of Navy Assistant Secretary in 1997 and also co-chaired the Scholarship Committee in 1998.  In addition, Shirley was a key player in this year’s Spring Symposium.

AIR FORCE -- MAJOR ROBERT PALMER

MARINE CORPS -- MARY R. WILSON

    Mrs. Mary R. Wilson is a Financial Analyst in the Programs and Resources Department, Budget Operations Branch, Budget Execution Section, for Headquarters, Marine Corps. She has served as Marine Corps Assistant Secretary for the 1997-1999 term and has been a member of ASMC since 1979.

OFFICE, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE -- GWEN BROWN

    Mrs. Gwendolyn Brown has worked within the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) for the past six years. She has been instrumental in several areas within Comptroller such as her experience with Unit Cost Resourcing and the Defense Business Operations Funds, Data Administration as it pertains to the Financial and Budget data models, and as the Comptroller’s representative on a variety of Electronic Commerce and Electronic Data Interchange.
    Previously she served as a Legislative Assistant to Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska. She assisted with the development of legislative initiatives that related to housing, taxation, and economic development for the State of Alaska. Mrs. Brown served on Senator Stevens’ staff for five years.
    Prior to her service to the Senator, she worked with the Defense Contract Audit Agency performing a variety of audits. While working for DCAA, she was appointed to the Pentagon for five months to assist in the preparation of the Department of Defense budget.
    Mrs. Brown attained a bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in Accounting. She is a member of the American Society of Military Comptrollers, and has attained her certification as a Certified Government Financial Manager.

DFAS -- HYESUK BELLINO

    Hyesuk Bellino is a Financial Management Analyst in the Resource Management Directorate, DFAS. She is responsible for DFAS Kansas City Center’s Operating Budget and agency funding and center funding and execution. She has been with DFAS since October 1994. Hyesuk has been a member of ASMC since 1995.

COAST GUARD --

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CORPORATE -- JOE RIGGIO