Kathryn L. Wheelbarger

Official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia (Aug. 4, 2017).

Kathryn L. "Katie" Wheelbarger is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, to the Assistant Secretary of Defense to the Under Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Defense on security strategy and policy issues for nations and of Europe (including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Russia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere.^[1][2]

Previously, she served as Vice President for Litigation and Chief Compliance Officer at CSRA Inc. In this position, she oversaw CSRA's litigation and investigations portfolio as well as oversaw the company's Ethics and Compliance Office.^[1][3]

From 2011 – 2017, Ms. Wheelbarger served within Congress as Policy Director and Counsel on the Senate Armed Services Committee, where she managed the Committee's intelligence portfolio for Chairman John McCain, as Deputy Staff Director and Senior Counsel on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where she was responsible for budget and policy reviews of intelligence community, led investigations, and developed policy positions for Chairman Mike Rogers.^[1][4]

Prior to working in Congress, Ms. Wheelbarger served as Counsel to Vice President Richard Cheney and general counsel to the Vice President’s 80-person staff from 2007 – 2009, and as Counselor to Secretary Chertoff and Associate General Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security from 2005 - 2007. Before entering the Executive Branch.^[5]

Ms. Wheelbarger is a Summa Cum Laude graduate from UCLA and Cum Laude graduate from Harvard Law School.^[1]

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