Lisa Hershman
American businesswoman
Lisa W. Hershman (born November 13, 1963) is an American government official who served as the chief management officer of the Department of Defense from December 19, 2019, to January 1, 2021. She currently serves as the Secretary of Management and Budget in the administration of Indiana Governor Mike Braun and was appointed December 2024. She previously served as the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense from April 13, 2018, to December 19, 2019. On December 1, 2018, she became the acting chief management officer of the Department of Defense following the resignation of John H. Gibson. On July 22, 2019, Hershman was nominated for the position of Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense.[3] On December 19, 2019, this nomination was approved by a voice vote of the U.S. Senate, making her the highest-ranking woman ever confirmed by the U.S. Senate to a Pentagon position at the time.
Upon her departure from the Pentagon in January 2021, Hershman was awarded the Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest civilian honor awarded by the Department of Defense. Hershman was further honored by having a room at the Pentagon named in her honor – the first room in the history of the Pentagon to be officially named after a woman.
Education
Hershman earned a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering and industrial distribution from Clarkson University. She has also studied innovation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and International Institute for Management Development in Switzerland. She later received an executive certificate in finance from Cornell University.
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