Heidi H. Grant, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, Washington, D.C. She provides oversight and guidance for international policy and programs supporting national security objectives through politico-military affairs; security assistance programs; technology and information disclosure; education and training; cooperative research and development; and attaché affairs. She oversees more than 390 cooperative agreements, over 150 military exchange programs, and more than 2,000 foreign military sales cases valued at over $100 Billion.
Ms. Grant has extensive experience in budget policy and international financial management, including 13 years in the Pentagon, Washington, DC, within the Navy Comptroller, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). In 2002, Ms. Grant was appointed to the Senior Executive Service and assigned as Director for Resources and Analysis (J8) at Headquarters, U.S. Central Command, Tampa, Florida, where she spent the bulk of her tour at CENTCOM’s Forward Headquarters in Southwest Asia. She worked with senior military representatives from 65 countries in leading the combatant command’s resource strategy and analysis for operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
Prior to her current assignment, Ms. Grant was Director of Resources during the stand-up of Headquarters U.S.
Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany. She was responsible for conducting strategic assessment and analysis, leading both personnel and financial programming actions, to prepare the command for current and future operational requirements in support of the combatant commander’s strategy, which focused on building interagency and international partnerships for global security.
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