Army

Bio, via U.S. Army:

Ms. Deana Funderburk was selected as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Legislation to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works (ASA(CW)) in April 2018. Ms. Funderburk serves as the principal advisor on the Nation's water resources policy, guidance, and legislative initiatives to the ASA(CW) and as the primary liaison for the ASA(CW) with Congress. She serves as the primary advisor on all Civil Works aspects of the regulatory and related programs and tribal affairs of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which includes commercial navigation, flood risk management, hydroelectric power generation, outdoor recreation activities, fish and wildlife habitat restoration, ecosystem management, municipal and industrial water supply, and related water resources activities. Since 2009, as a defense contractor Ms. Funderburk advised DoD leadership in two main offices within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). She most recently served as Deputy Chief of Staff in the Acquisition and Sustainment's Space, Strategic, and Intelligence Office. There she assisted in managing the office, provided quality control for memoranda to senior leadership, administered the Office's Program Objective Memorandum (POM) Budget Issue Papers, and researched and wrote a study on international cooperation in space. Prior to that, she served as Global Defense Posture Advisor and Legislative Affairs Specialist for the Strategy, Plans, and Forces Office within DoD's Policy shop. Prior to her work at DoD, she served as Deputy Director and Acting Director of Legislative Affairs at the Federal Communications Commission. She also served for over 10 years in the U.S. Congress as Chief of Staff and Legislative Director for U.S. Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC) and Policy Advisor for U.S. House Majority Leader and Whip Congressman Tom DeLay (TX). She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Government from Wake Forest University.

Bio, via LinkedIn:

Over 30 years experience assisting and managing offices, calendar activities, special events, projects and communication flow. Personable, yet focused on solution and results. Excellent ability to work as a member of a team of diverse individuals. Proven professional in high-profile, fast-paced environments providing effective and efficient executive, senior level administrative and decision support.

Bio, via Office of the Army General Counsel:

Prior to becoming the Principal Deputy General Counsel, Mr. Sander was detailed to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Office of General Counsel. Since 2010, Mr. Sander has worked as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Department of Justice, National Security Division, Counterterrorism Section. Previously, Mr. Sander served as the Chief of the Economic Crimes Unit and the Captain of the Narcotics Enforcement Team in the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania District Attorney’s Office. Mr. Sander also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In his military capacity, Mr. Sander is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserve-Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps, where he serves as a National Security Law Attorney for the Defense Logistics Agency. Mr. Sander also currently serves an Adjunct Professor at the National Intelligence University (NIU). Previously, Mr. Sander served in the Office of the Judge Advocate General-International and Operational Law Division (OTJAG-IOLD) at the Pentagon during which time he was mobilized as an Operational Law Attorney with the Headquarters, Department of The Army (HQDA) G-3/5/7. Mr. Sander has also served as the Liaison Officer to United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) for the Army Reserve Legal Command/153rd Legal Operations Detachment and as the Command Judge Advocate for the 338th Medical Brigade. From 2009-2010, Mr. Sander deployed to Djibouti, Africa for 13 months as the Acting/Deputy Staff Judge Advocate for the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. Additionally, in 2003, Mr. Sander was deployed for 6-months in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom, where he served as Trial Counsel for V Corps in Darmstadt, Germany. Mr. Sander received his Juris Doctor Degree from the Widener University School of Law, where he was a member of Law Review for the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law and a member of the Student Bar Association. Mr. Sander also has a Master of Science of Strategic Intelligence Degree from the National Intelligence University and a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Finance from Temple University. Mr. Sander is married and has four children.

Bio, via LinkedIn:

Over 30 years of diverse national and international law enforcement, intelligence gathering and regulatory compliance experience in domestic and foreign positions of increasing responsibility. Promoted to the Senior Executive Service rank with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in January 2003 and appointed to the Senior National Intelligence Service rank by the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in September 2009. Served in criminal investigative, intelligence operations and analysis, pharmaceutical regulatory compliance and Headquarters administrative staff assignments to include inspections, policy, strategy and senior liaison as well as supervisory, management, and senior executive positions in New York, Florida, the Bahamas, Haiti, Puerto Rico and Washington, DC. Travelled to well over 30 countries during government service and retired from DEA as a Deputy Assistant Adminstator in 2014. Promoted to Major General, U. S. Army National Guard in 2018 and appointed Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard by the President of the United States. Veteran of Operations Noble Eagle and Enduring Freedom; graduate of the Joint and Combined War-fighting School, the Inter-American Defense War College and the Command and General Staff College; completed the Harvard University National and International Security Program and the George Washington University, National Security Studies Program. Subject Matter Expertise: Adminstrative, Civil, Criminal and Internal Investigations (fraud, waste and abuse); Counterintelligence, Intelligence Gathering and Analysis, Strategic Intelligence; Extraditions and Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties; Fusion Center Operations; Data Analysis and Data Integration and De-confliction; Financial Intelligence, Threat Finance and Money laundering; Pharmaceutical and Chemical Regulatory Compliance and Diversion Control; Risk Assessment and Mitigation; Insider Threats and Transnational Organized Crime.