Lisa Hershman

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Lisa Hershman
Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense
In office December 19, 2019 – January 1, 2021 Acting: December 1, 2018 – December 19, 2019
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	John H. Gibson
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense
In office April 13, 2018 – December 19, 2019
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	John H. Gibson
Succeeded by	Vacant
Personal details
Born	(1963-11-13) November 13, 1963 (age 61)
Spouse	Brandt Hershman
Education	Clarkson University (BS)

Lisa W. Hershman (born November 13, 1963) is an American government official who served as the chief management officer of the Department of Defense from December 19, 2019, to January 1, 2021.^[1] She previously served as the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense from April 13, 2018, to December 19, 2019. On December 1, 2018, she became the acting chief management officer of the Department of Defense following the resignation of John H. Gibson.^[2] On July 22, 2019, Hershman was nominated for the position of Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense.[3] On December 19, 2019, this nomination was approved by a voice vote of the U.S. Senate,^[3] making her the highest-ranking woman ever confirmed by the U.S. Senate to a Pentagon position at the time.^[4]

Upon her departure from the Pentagon in January 2021, Hershman was awarded the Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest civilian honor awarded by the Department of Defense. Hershman was further honored by having a room at the Pentagon named in her honor – the first room in the history of the Pentagon to be officially named after a woman.