Joel Spangenberg

MEMBER SINCE: 2023

Mr. Joel C. Spangenberg, a senior appointee of the Biden-Harris Administration, serves in the assistant secretary-level role of acting Director of the United States Selective Service System. Previously, he served in senior career roles as the first-ever Executive Director of Operations at the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Deputy Associate Administrator for External Affairs at the National Nuclear Security Administration, and Associate Director of Governmental Affairs at Naval Reactors. He also worked in the United States Senate as a Professional Staff Member. Mr. Spangenberg is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, where he served as a Surface Warfare Officer (Nuclear), and graduated With Distinction from the United States Naval Academy. He is a member of the American Nuclear Society and Senior Executives Association, and also a former term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

History of Employment

Position

Division

Organization

Start

End

Director of Selective Service (acting)

Office of the Director

Selective Service System

2022

Current

Executive Director of Operations

Office of the Executive Director of Operations

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

2021

2022

Deputy Associate Administrator for External Affairs

Office of External Affairs

National Nuclear Security Administration

2018

2021

Associate Director of Governmental Affairs

Office of Resource Management

Naval Reactors

2016

2018

Associate

Public Sector and Defense Services

A.T. Kearney

2015

2016

Chief of Staff of Selective Service

Office of the Director

Selective Service System

2012

2015

Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary

Office of the Secretary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

2011

2012

Deputy Staff Director / PSM

Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia

U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

2008

2011

Regional Program Director for Training and Readiness

Naval District Washington

2006

2008

Surface Warfare Officer (Nuclear)

Various

U.S. Navy

2000

2006

Primary Policy Areas

Budget and Finance, Civic Engagement, Defense, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Energy, Federal Hiring and Position Classification , Government Operations/Innovation, Homeland Security, Intergovernmental System/Federalism, Intergovernmental Affairs and Coordination, National Security, Oversight/Regulation, Veterans Affairs

Primary Sector of Expertise

Federal

Primary Functions

Budgeting and Finance, Communications and Marketing, Change Management, Human Capital, Intergovernmental, Military Service, Nonprofit / NGO leadership, Organizational Structure/Design/Development, Performance Measurement, State Government, Strategic Planning

Management Matters Podcast

Grand Challenge: Modernize and Reinvigorate the PublicService

Using Agile Management to Promote Public Service through the Selective Service System with Joel Spangenberg

Season: 1 Episode:201 | February 26, 2024

Show Notes:

In this episode, we welcome Academy Fellow Joel Spangenberg, Acting Director of the Selective Service System (SSS), to discuss SSS' mission to contribute to the nation's military forces, its potential to support other types of public service, and its transformation into a more agile agency.

The participation of Mr. Spangenberg, Acting Director of the Selective Service, in this National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy) podcast does not suggest an endorsement of the Academy or Academy services and products.

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