National Academy of Public Administration

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Position	Division	Organization	Start	End
Of Counsel	Public Policy Practice Group	Covington & Burling LLP	2022	Present
Independent Consultant		SABarna, LLC	2021	Present
General Counsel	Senate Armed Services Committee	United States Senate	2018	2021
Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel & Readiness) (USD(P&R))	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel & Readiness) (USD(P&R))SD(P&R)	U.S. Department of Defense	2018	2018
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower & Reserve Affairs)	Office of the USD(P&R)	U.S. Department of Defense	2017	2018
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel & Readiness)	Office of the USD(P&R)	U.S. Department of Defense	2016	2017
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) and Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense	Office of the USD(P&R)	U.S. Department of Defense	2014	2016
Deputy General Counsel (Operations & Personnel) (O&P)	Office of the Army General Counsel (Army OGC)	Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA)	2007	2014
Associate Deputy General Counsel (O&P)	Army OGC	HQDA	2003	2007
Adjunct Instructor (Individual Ready Reserve)	U.S. Army Command and General Staff College	U.S. Army Reserve	2006	2011
Associate Dean (Individual Mobilization Augmentee)	U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's School	U.S. Army Reserve	2003	2005
Assistant to the General Counsel (Active Army)	Army OGC	HQDA	2001	2003
Student (Active Army)	U.S. Army Command and General Staff College	U.S. Army	2000	2001
Deputy Staff Judge Advocate (Active Army)	U.S. Army Special Forces Command (Airborne)	U.S. Army	1998	2000
Student (Active Army)	U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's School	U.S. Army	1997	1998
Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) (Active Army)	Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower & Reserve Affairs)	HQDA	1996	1997
Other Military Legal Assignments (Active Army)	Diverse Field and HQDA Assignments	U.S. Army	1989	1996

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