DFAS Leadership
DFAS is a diverse organization committed to providing the payroll and accounting services for the Department of Defense and a number of other federal departments and agencies. The agency's leaders illustrate the diversity and expertise needed to manage such a complex organization and deliver the most efficient and cost effective products to our customers and the American taxpayer.
The following lists the agency's key leaders and, where available, links to biographical information.
Headquarters:
DFAS Director: Jonathan Witter
Principal Deputy Director: Tony Hullinger
Director's Office:
- General Counsel: Dwight D. Creasy
- Director, Internal Review: Fontaine Chapman
- Chief of Staff: Shay Peters
Operations Directorate:
Director of Operations:
Richard D. Davis
- Director, Total Force Pay: Cathy J. Van Hoesen
- Director, Industrial Base Pay: Shirley L. Reed
- Deputy Director, Industrial Base Pay: Stacy M. Son
- Director, Enterprise Accounting and Audit Support: Melissa Sikora
- Chief Transformation and Modernization Officer: Meg Hart
- Director, DFAS Indianapolis: Shawn B. McCracken
- Deputy Director, DFAS Indianapolis: Kasia Dean
- Director, DFAS Columbus: Ryan Busby
- Director, DFAS Cleveland: Elaine Ortiz
- Director, DFAS Rome: Edmie Castillo Reyes
- Director, DFAS Texarkana: Przemyslaw Terpilowski
- Director, DFAS Europe: Cody Zilhaver
- Director, DFAS Limestone: Ashley Judkins
- Director, DFAS Japan: Kristina L. Krebs
Strategy & Support Directorate
Director of Strategy and Support:
Rebecca S. Beck
- Director, Information and Technology: Don Means, Jr.
- Deputy Director, Information and Technology: Katie Gambill
- Chief Financial Officer: Rosie W. Tinsley
- Director, Strategy, Policy and Requirements: Michael N. Leist
- Director, Human Resources: Andrew Hartz
- Director, Office of Equal Opportunity Programs: Will Bryson
- Director, Corporate Communications: Beth A. Neuffer
Page updated Aug. 28, 2026