People Pushers

The 2002 Homeland Security Act created chief human capital officer posts, with DHS' Ronald James first to be named, in May 2003. The CHCOs are:

Agency for International Development

David Eckerson

Agriculture

Michael J. Harrison

CIA

H. Michael Mears

Commerce

Otto J. Wolff

Defense

David S.C. Chu

Education

William Leidinger

Energy

Claudia Cross

Environmental Protection Agency

David O'Connor

Federal Labor Relations Authority

Jill Crumpacker

General Services Administration

Gail T. Lovelace

Health & Human Services

Robert Hosenfeld

Homeland Security

Ronald James

Housing and Urban Development

Darlene F. Meadows

Interior

Lynn Scarlett

Internal Revenue Service

Beverly Ortega Babers

Justice

Joanne Simms

Labor

Patrick Pizzella

NASA

Vicki Novak

National Science Foundation

Anthony Arnolie

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Paul E. Bird

Office of Personnel Management

Doris Hausser

Peace Corps

Christine Arnold

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

John Seal

Small Business Administration

Richard Brechbiel

Social Security Administration

Reginald Wells

State

W. Robert Pearson

Transportation

Vincent Taylor

Treasury

Patricia Pointer

Veterans Affairs

R. Allen Pittman