9th Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
In office May 24, 2012 – July 2, 2013
President
Barack Obama
Preceded by
James Miller
Succeeded by
Brian P. McKeon
Personal details
Born
Kathleen Anne Holland
(1970-09-25) September 25, 1970 (age 53) Fairfield, California, U.S.
Spouse
Thomas W. Hicks
Children
3
Education
Mount Holyoke College (BA) University of Maryland, College Park (MPA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
Kathleen Anne Holland Hicks[1][2] (born September 25, 1970)[1][3] is an American government official who has served as the United States deputy secretary of defense since 2021. She is the first Senate-confirmed woman in this role and is the highest ranking woman to have served in the United States Department of Defense.
Hicks previously served as the principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy during the Obama administration.[4] By 2020, Hicks was an academic and national security advisor working as a senior vice president and director of the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.[5]
^ ab"Nominations Before The Senate Armed Services Committee, Second Session, 112th Congress". U.S. Congress. 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
^"PN79-5 — Kathleen Holland Hicks — Department of Defense". U.S. Congress. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
^"Hicks, Kathleen H." Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^Department of Defense Key Officials September 1947–December 2020(PDF). Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense. p. 35. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^Vislocky, Jana (February 19, 2021). "Who's Who in Defense: Kathleen Hicks, Deputy Secretary Of Defense". Breaking Defense. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
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