Alan Estevez | |
Office: | Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security |
Term Start: | April 19, 2022 |
President: | Joe Biden |
Office1: | Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness |
Predecessor: | Mira Ricardel (2018) |
President1: | Barack Obama |
Term Start1: | August 8, 2011 |
Term End1: | October 30, 2013 |
Predecessor1: | Phillip J. Bell (2009) |
Successor1: | David J. Berteau |
Education: | Rutgers University (BA) National Defense University (MS) |
Alan F. Estevez is an American government official who is currently serving as under secretary of commerce for industry and security in the Biden administration.
Estevez earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Rutgers University and a Master of Science in national resource strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.[1]
From 1981 to 2002, Estevez served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the United States Department of the Army, and the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command. During the Obama administration, Estevez served in the United States Department of Defense as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness and principal deputy under secretary of defense (acquisition, technology & logistics). After the end of the Obama administration, Estevez joined Deloitte as a national security and logistics consultant.[2] [3] [4] In July 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Estevez to serve as under secretary of commerce for industry and security. He was confirmed to the position by the United States Senate on March 31, 2022, and sworn in on April 19.[5] [6]