PRIOR GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE
Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense (2015-2017)
Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Department of Defense, responsible for oversight of personnel and management (2011-2013)
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, U.S. Department of Defense, responsible for global logistics and procurement (2009-2011)
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy U.S. Department of Defense (1993-1996)
Began career with U.S. Department of Defense in 1981 as a program analyst
PRIOR ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Prior teaching positions: Stanford University (2014-2015); Harvard Kennedy School (1984-1993; 1997-2009); and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1982-1984)
PRIOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Senior Partner, Global Technology Partners (1998-2009)
CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
Delta Air Lines
OTHER POSITIONS
Fellow, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Director, Council on Foreign Relations
EDUCATION
Yale University
PhD (Theoretical physics), Oxford University
Ashton Carter
Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School (since 2017)
Independent Director since 2020
Biography
PRIOR GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE
Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense (2015-2017)
Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Department of Defense, responsible for oversight of personnel and management (2011-2013)
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, U.S. Department of Defense, responsible for global logistics and procurement (2009-2011)
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy U.S. Department of Defense (1993-1996)
Began career with U.S. Department of Defense in 1981 as a program analyst
PRIOR ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Prior teaching positions: Stanford University (2014-2015); Harvard Kennedy School (1984-1993; 1997-2009); and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1982-1984)
PRIOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Senior Partner, Global Technology Partners (1998-2009)
CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
Delta Air Lines
OTHER POSITIONS
Fellow, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Director, Council on Foreign Relations
EDUCATION
Yale University
PhD (Theoretical physics), Oxford University
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