Kathleen Hicks

Kathleen Hicks
35th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
Assumed office
February 9, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byDavid Norquist
9th Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
In office
May 24, 2012 – July 2, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJames Miller
Succeeded byBrian P. McKeon
Personal details
Born
Kathleen Anne Holland

(1970-09-25) September 25, 1970 (age 53)
Fairfield, California, U.S.
SpouseThomas W. Hicks
Children3
EducationMount 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]

  1. ^ a b "Nominations Before The Senate Armed Services Committee, Second Session, 112th Congress". U.S. Congress. 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "PN79-5 — Kathleen Holland Hicks — Department of Defense". U.S. Congress. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  3. ^ "Hicks, Kathleen H." Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  4. ^ Department of Defense Key Officials September 1947–December 2020 (PDF). Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense. p. 35. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  5. ^ 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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