{"id":29965,"date":"2020-11-10T22:29:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T22:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/11\/10\/biden-landing-team-for-pentagon-announced\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:25:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:25:32","slug":"biden-landing-team-for-pentagon-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2020\/11\/10\/biden-landing-team-for-pentagon-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden landing team for Pentagon announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2020\/11\/07\/where-president-elect-joe-biden-stands-on-national-security-issues\/\" target=_blank>Joseph Biden<\/a> has announced his landing team for the Department of Defense, and it contains a number of well-known names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team is led by Kathleen Hicks, who served as both principal deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, as well as deputy undersecretary of defense for strategy, plans, and forces in the Obama administration. She is currently the director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies&#8217; International Security Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also included on the list is Christine Wormuth, director of the RAND International Security and Defense Policy Center. Wormuth held a number of roles in the Obama administration, culminating as undersecretary of defense for policy from 2014-2016. Both Hicks and Wormuth were seen as contenders for top DoD jobs, perhaps deputy secretary of defense, before today\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Susanna Blume of the Center for a New American Security, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2020\/01\/02\/the-state-of-acquisition-is-in-need-of-better-coordination\/\" target=_blank>who served<\/a> as deputy chief of staff for programs and plans under Bob Work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Sharon Burke of the New America think tank, a former assistant secretary of defense for operational energy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Lisa Coe of OtherSide Consulting, a defense industry consultant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Melissa Dalton of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2020\/08\/12\/congress-has-secretly-blocked-us-arms-sales-to-turkey-for-nearly-two-years\/\">has held<\/a> a number of jobs in the Pentagon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 John Estrada, a Marine Corps veteran who was appointed as ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago towards the end of the Obama administration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Victor Garcia of Rebellion Defense, a former director of engineering for the U.S. Digital Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Karen Gibson, a retired Army lieutenant general who retired in March as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/video\/2019\/10\/07\/what-role-does-intelligence-play-in-combating-hybrid-warfare\/\" target=_blank>deputy director<\/a> of National Intelligence for National Security Partnerships<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Michelle Howard, a retired four-star admiral who became the first woman to serve as vice chief of staff for any military branch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Andrew Hunter of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2020\/07\/07\/us-armys-future-vertical-lift-program-will-transform-industry-so-we-must-get-it-right\/\">well-known<\/a> acquisition expert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Mike McCord of the Stennis Center for Public Service, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/interviews\/2016\/02\/15\/interview-pentagon-comptroller-mike-mccord-on-fy17-defense-budget-request\/\">former DoD comptroller<\/a> during the Obama administration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Farooq Mitha, who served as special assistant to the director of the Department of Defense Office of Small Business Programs under Obama and as a senior advisor on Muslim American engagement for the Biden campaign<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Frank Mora for Florida International University, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Western Hemisphere under Obama<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Michael Negron, a Navy vet with ties to former Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel who is currently assistant director at the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to the state of Illinois<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Stacie Pettyjohn of the RAND Corporation, an expert in wargaming who works on strategy and doctrine issues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Ely Ratner of the Center for a New American Security, Biden\u2019s deputy national security adviser during the Obama administration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Deborah Rosenblum of the Nuclear Threat Initiative , a nuclear expert who has been part of negotiations with North Korea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Lisa Sawyer of JPMorgan Chase, who worked a number of jobs at both the Pentagon and National Security Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Shawn Skelly of CACI International, a Navy vet, former commissioner on the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service and vice-president of the Out in National Security group<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Terri Tanielian of the RAND Corporation, who focuses on military and veteran health issues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Veronica Valdez, a former special assistant to both Navy and Air Force leadership, currently with the Port of Seattle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Debra Wada, a former assistant secretary of the Army (Manpower &amp; Reserve Affairs) and longtime House Armed Services Committee staffer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, 15 of the 23 members of the Pentagon landing team are women. The D.C. think tank scene is well represented: Blume, Burke and Ratner all have ties to the Center for a New America think tank, founded by Mich\u00e8le Flournoy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2020\/11\/08\/michele-flournoy-could-become-the-first-woman-to-run-the-pentagon-heres-what-would-change\/\">widely expected<\/a> to be Biden\u2019s pick for secretary of defense. Hicks, Dalton and Sawyer have ties to CSIS, while Pettyjohn, Tanielian and Wormuth are all tied to RAND.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other names of note from the other landing teams include Madylen Creedon, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2017\/01\/24\/klotz-stays-as-nnsa-director-but-deputy-is-out\/\" target=_blank>deputy administrator<\/a> for the National Nuclear Security Administration who is likely to be on any shortlist to lead the nuclear warhead agency, as part of the Department of Energy team and Derek Chollet, a former assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs who is on the State Department team. Vince Stewart, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant general who led the Defense Intelligence Agency and was the deputy director of U.S. Cyber Command, is the co-lead for the intelligence team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Biden landing team is assembled, it currently has no where to go. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/leadership\/2020\/11\/10\/refusing-to-concede-trump-blocks-cooperation-on-transition\/\" target=_blank>Until General Services Administration gives <\/a>its approval, the office space, funding and briefings that are given to transition teams of the next administration are frozen. 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