Ms. Lisa A. Jung, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installation Energy (IE) within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations and Environment (OASD(EI&E)). She is responsible for policy and oversight of the Department’s installation/facility energy programs with a primary focus on improving energy performance of DoD installations to reduce costs, improve energy security and achieve mandated Administration and Department goals.
Ms. Jung has served in numerous positions at the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and the Department of the Navy. She began her career as an engineering trainee at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard before joining the Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station (NAVSSES) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as a mechanical engineer upon graduating from college. At NAVSSES she worked as a ship systems engineer, troubleshooting and devising technical solutions for gas turbine engines.
After completing an Office of Personnel Management executive development program in March 1994, Ms. Jung was selected for a position in OSD as the Special Assistant to the Director for the Defense Performance Review (DPR). The DPR was charged with formulating recommendations to improve DoD operations as part of Vice President Gore’s reinventing government initiative. Upon completion of the DPR in September 1995, Ms. Jung took a Program Manager position in the Installations Requirements and Management Directorate within the ODUSD(Industrial Affairs and Installations).
In August 1996, Ms. Jung was recruited for a special assignment as the Executive Officer for the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security. Chaired by Vice President Al Gore, the Commission was chartered to conduct an intensive inquiry into civil aviation safety, security and air traffic control modernization.
Ms. Jung was selected to be the Deputy Director, Competitive Sourcing and Privatization within the ODUSD(Installations) in December 1998, where she was responsible for policy and oversight of the Department’s housing privatization and competitive sourcing programs. After her husband, an active duty Air Force officer was reassigned to the Philadelphia area in August 1999, Ms. Jung took the position of Deputy Director, Technology Outreach at the Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Site where she was responsible for developing strategic alliances and partnerships with industry, other government and academia. Upon her husband’s retirement from active duty, Ms. Jung and her family moved back to the DC area in January 2004 where she returned to OSD and served as Deputy Director, Housing and Competitive Sourcing within ODUSD(I&E). She assumed the duties of Deputy Director, Facilities Energy and Privatization in January 2010. Ms. Jung was selected for her current position in August 2014.
Ms. Jung holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University and Master degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration from Widener University.