KAREN-SUE DUNN

Karen-Sue Dunn, a member of the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service, is Signals Intelligence Systems Financial Management and Comptroller, Office of the Under Secretary of the Air Force, National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Va.

Ms. Dunn, a native of Fort Dix, N.J., began her career in 1975 at the San Antonio Air Logistics Center, Texas. She served in various managerial assignments connected with the C-5 and international logistics support. In 1977, she transferred to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, where she worked on the NATO Airborne Warning and Control System Program, and budgeting and resources management for tactical fighter systems. Promoted in 1984, she transferred to Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., as a modification programmer, and then moved to the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition in 1988 as the senior acquisition programming and budget analyst. She later became Chief of the Execution and Financial Management Branch, overseeing all Air Force acquisition investment appropriations managed by the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition.

Ms. Dunn began working in the National Reconnaissance Office in 2000 as the Chief of the Execution Team responsible for the oversight of the allocation and execution of all NRO appropriations. She has also served there as Chief of Financial Management in the Directorate of Communications, and Director of Financial Management and Resource Oversight for the Deputy Director for Military Support. In this position she oversaw the planning, programming and budget execution of the Defense Space Reconnaissance and Operations Support programs.

EDUCATION
1970 Bachelor of Science degree in history, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
1974 Master of Arts degree in international relations and affairs, University of Denver, Colo.
1998 Master of Science degree in national resource strategy, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.

CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. 1975 - 1977, item, production and modification manager, C-5 System Program and Foreign Military Sales offices, San Antonio ALC, Kelly AFB, Texas
2. 1977 - 1980, logistics management specialist and plans officer, International Logistics Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
3. 1980 - 1984, foreign military sales logistics case manager for NATO E-3A Program, later, Chief, Tactical Systems Resources Section, Aerospace Systems Directorate, Headquarters Air Force Logistics Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. 1984 - 1988, modification programmer, Modification and Operations and Maintenance Programs Division, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
5. 1988 - 1995, senior acquisition financial programming and budget analyst, Program and Integration Directorate, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Washington, D.C.
6. 1995 - 1998, Chief, Execution and Financial Management Branch, Program and Integration Directorate, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. Washington, D.C.
7. 1998 - 1999, systems acquisition analyst, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Reform, Washington, D.C.
8. 1999 - 2000, Chief, Air Force Acquisition Reform Team, Program and Integration Directorate, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Washington, D.C.
9. 2000 - 2002, Execution Team Chief, Resource Management Division, Resource Operations and Management Directorate, National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Va.
10. 2002 - 2003, Chief, Financial Management, Directorate of Communications, Office of the Director, Financial Management for Space, NRO, Chantilly, Va.
11. 2003 - 2005, Director of Financial Management and Resource Oversight, Deputy Director for Military Support, NRO, Chantilly, Va.
12. 2005 - present, Signals Intelligence Systems Financial Management and Comptroller, Office of the Under Secretary of the Air Force, NRO, Chantilly, Va.

(Current as of May 2005)