Bio, via United States Air Force:

Elaine A. McCusker, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Director, Resources and Analysis, Headquarters U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. She is responsible for conducting warfighting analysis and technology assessments. She leads programming actions and provides financial management to prepare the command for current operational requirements that support the combatant commander's strategy. Ms. McCusker has more than eight years of federal service, including three years on Capitol Hill as a professional staff member on the Senate Armed Services Committee and five years in the Pentagon, first as a Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Program and then as Deputy Director, Operations in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller. She also has more than 10 years in the private sector and academic community, including six years with Argonne National Laboratory/Department of Energy and four years with the University of Washington. Ms. McCusker has a background in science and technology, acquisition, and operation and maintenance activities as well as substantial experience in resolving complex strategic and tactical level challenges, including those with international dimensions.