Selected for the Senior Executive Service in June of 2003, Teresa W. Gerton became the acting Executive Deputy to the Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command on September 21, 2009. She is responsible for preparation and sustainment of materiel for military operations to support full spectrum operations, current AMC global operations, contingency planning, supply chain management, the National Maintenance Program, and sustainment of warfighters. Ms. Gerton is also responsible for AMC information systems, technology, modernization, and assurance; and AMC resource management efforts and actions across all appropriations and funds during programming, budgeting, and execution. Ms. Gerton directs AMC stationing activities and execution of changes throughout the command associated with 2005 Base Realignment and Closure legislation.
Prior to her current assignment, she served as AMC's Deputy Chief of Staff for Resource Management. She oversaw the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution of more than $40 billion annually in appropriated and working capital funds and the maintenance of force structure documents for more than 66,000 military, civilian, and contractor personnel in support of the command's mission to provide sustainment support of warfighters and military materiel worldwide.
Ms. Gerton also served as the Director, Program Resource and Information Systems Management Division in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Program Analysis and Evaluation. There, she was responsible for planning and executing the annual program review of over $400 billion in Department of Defense resources and for annually preparing, maintaining, and providing the Department's Future Year Defense Plan to Congress.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY:
Aca,!Ac Jun 2000 - May 2003: Analyst, Force and Infrastructure Cost Analysis Division, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Program Analysis and Evaluation (Resource Analysis) (Retired at the rank of LTC after 20 years of active military service.)
Aca,!Ac Jul 1997 - Jun 2000: Sustaining Programs Analyst, Army Program Analysis and Evaluation, Washington, DC
Aca,!Ac Jul 1995 - Jul 1997: Executive Officer, Corps Maintenance Battalion; Corps Material Management Officer, Corps Support Command; Fort Hood, Texas
Aca,!Ac Jul 1991 - Jun 1994: Research Analyst, Office of Economic and Manpower Analysis; Instructor of Economics, Department of Social Science; West Point, N.Y.
Aca,!Ac Jun 1986 - Jun 1989: Commander, Forward Support Maintenance Company; Executive Officer, Missile Maintenance Company, 8th Infantry Division, Germany
Aca,!Ac Dec 1983 - Jun 1985: Shop Officer, Forward Support Maintenance Company; Platoon Leader, Forward Support Maintenance Company; Fort Ord, Calif.
COLLEGE:
Aca,!Ac MBA, Duke University, 1991
Aca,!Ac BS, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., 1983
SIGNIFICANT TRAINING:
Aca,!Ac Army Command and General Staff College (Top Logistics Graduate), 1994
Aca,!Ac Army Combined Arms Services Staff School, 1990
Aca,!Ac Army Ordnance Officer Advanced Course (Distinguished Graduate) 1986
Aca,!Ac Army Ordnance Officer Basic Course (Honor Graduate), 1983
AWARDS AND HONORS:
Aca,!Ac Presidential Rank Award
Aca,!Ac Legion of Merit
Aca,!Ac Meritorious Service Medal (with four oak leaf clusters)
Aca,!Ac Army Commendation Medal
Aca,!Ac Army Achievement Medal
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS:
Aca,!Ac American Society of Military Comptrollers
As of September 2009
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