Anne McAndrew
Ms. Anne McAndrew is performing the duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of War (Comptroller) in addition to her responsibilities as the DoW Deputy Comptroller for Program/Budget in the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Comptroller (OUSW(C)). She is the most senior DoW career financial manager/advisor within DoW, who is responsible for budget policy, budget formulation, congressional budget justification, funds allocation, program execution, cost control, and evaluation of the entire War budget totaling more than $800 billion. She leads numerous DoW-wide efforts to obtain the needed legal authorities and resources to advance DoW’s strategic objectives and priorities. For instance, she led DoW-wide efforts in securing supplemental funds to support Israel’s defense, developing resourcing plans for Southwest Border security support and border construction efforts, leading multiple DoW-wide reform/efficiency reviews to be more efficient and effective, and assisting the SD/DSD in securing higher topline budgets to strengthen U.S. defense.
Previously, Ms. McAndrew was the Director of the Military Personnel and Construction (MPC) within the OUSW(C). She was responsible for all fiscal matters (~ 1/3rd of DoW's resources) regarding the Department's military pay and benefits, physical infrastructure on military installations, and global basing matters (e.g., overseas posture). She led multiple major DoW efforts, such as "growing" the ground forces, military drawdown, natural disaster supplementals, overseas contingency operation supplemental requests for MPC, and military compensation reforms.
Prior to this position, she served as the Associate Director for Personnel and Health Care and was responsible for all financial matters regarding the military and civilian compensation, as well as operation and maintenance programs (e.g., readiness training) for the Reserve Components. Prior to 2004, she also oversaw a number of major military readiness and administrative programs, including ground operating tempo, flying hours, etc., and authored the initial Global War on Terrorism supplemental requests after the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
Ms. McAndrew has over 30 years of experience (~20 years in the Senior Executive Service) in resource management and analysis with hands-on experience at all levels of the Department of War - field activity, major command, Service headquarters' staff, and the Office of the Secretary of War (OSW). Before coming to OUSW(C), she served in various other financial management areas in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management), Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Training Systems Center, and Naval Training Center.
Ms. McAndrew holds a Master of Business Administration degree. She received three Presidential Rank Awards (PRA) (two Distinguished and Meritorious) and several other awards, to include multiple Exceptional Civilian Service Awards and Special Act Awards. She was also the first DoW Fellow for the CSIS Women's Global Leadership Program, a year-long Fellowship with the private sector.