{{Short description|American defense official}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = R. Russell Rumbaugh | image = Russell Rumbaugh, Assistant Secretary of the Navy.jpg | office = Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) | term_start = January 3, 2023 | term_end = January 20, 2025 | president = Joe Biden | predecessor = Thomas Harker | education = University of Chicago (BA)<br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SM) | branch = {{flag|United States Army}} | service_years = 1998–2002 }}
'''Russell Rumbaugh''' is an American defense policy advisor and former military officer who had served as assistant secretary of the Navy (financial management and comptroller).
== Early life and education == Rumbaugh was raised in Omaha, Nebraska. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Chicago and a Master of Science in security studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russell Rumbaugh |url=https://aerospace.org/person/russell-rumbaugh |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=Aerospace Corporation |language=en}}</ref>
== Career == From 1998 to 2002, Rumbaugh served as an infantry officer in the United States Army. He later joined the Central Intelligence Agency, serving as a military analyst from 2004 to 2005. From 2005 to 2007, he served as an operations research analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense Program Analysis and Evaluation organization.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brockway |first=Porter |title=Defense Budget in 2014: A Conversation with Russell Rumbaugh |url=https://www.americansecurityproject.org/defense-budget-in-2014-a-conversation-with-russell-rumbaugh/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=American Security Project |date=January 15, 2014 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Congress |first=United States |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwgJ-Ch1YBEC&dq=Russell+Rumbaugh&pg=PA354 |title=Official Congressional Directory |date=2012 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-16-088653-9 |language=en}}</ref>
From 2007 to 2009, he served as a military legislative assistant for Congressman Jim Cooper.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Krieger |first1=Miriam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b646EAAAQBAJ&dq=Russell+Rumbaugh&pg=PA279 |title=American Defense Policy |last2=Garcia |first2=Lynne Chandler |last3=Garcia |first3=Lynne M. Chandler |last4=Riley |first4=John |last5=Atkins |first5=Will |date=2021-08-10 |publisher=JHU Press |isbn=978-1-4214-4147-4 |language=en}}</ref> From 2009 to 2011, he served as a defense and international affairs analyst for the United States Senate Committee on the Budget. He also worked as a director of foreign affairs and defense budgeting at the Stimson Center.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brannen |first=Kate |title=Obama's NSA pick faces SASC — Wormuth defends QDR — McCaskill's sexual assault bill passes |url=https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-defense/2014/03/obamas-nsa-pick-faces-sasc-wormuth-defends-qdr-mccaskills-sexual-assault-bill-passes-212543 |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=POLITICO |date=March 11, 2014 |language=en}}</ref> In 2015, Rumbaugh returned to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, serving as a special assistant to the director of cost assessment and program evaluation. In 2016 and 2017, he was a defense acquisition policy analyst for the Congressional Research Service. He joined the Aerospace Corporation in 2018, working as systems director in the Center for Space Policy and Strategy. Since 2019, he has also been an adjunct professor at Georgetown University.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-11 |title=President Biden Announces Key Nominees |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/11/president-biden-announces-key-nominees-6/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}</ref>
In March 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Rumbaugh to be the assistant secretary of the Navy (financial management and comptroller).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1883 |title=PN1883 — R. Russell Rumbaugh — Department of Defense, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |website=United States Congress |access-date=2023-01-18}}</ref> On December 20, 2022, the U.S. Senate voted 80-10 to confirm Rumbaugh.<ref>{{cite web|title= On the Nomination (Confirmation: R. Russell Rumbaugh, of Nebraska, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy)|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00401.htm|website=United States Senate|date=20 December 2022 |access-date=2023-01-18}}</ref> He was sworn in on January 3, 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/fmc-don_don-fmc-is-excited-to-welcome-mr-russell-activity-7016474507708162049-aGlB |title=DON (FM&C) is excited to welcome Mr. Russell Rumbaugh, who was officially sworn in as our new Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller), by the Secretary of the Navy on January 3, 2023. |date=2023-01-04 |author=Department of the Navy |website=LinkedIn |access-date=2023-01-18}}</ref>
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