Ms. Carey L. Klug is the Chief of Staff, Assistant Director Resources and Personnel Integration, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, Virginia. The AD R&PI consists of four directorates with 13 divisions and more than 1,000 military and civilian personnel. AD R&PI provides human resources (J1), financial management operations and facilities (J8), contract resource management, and DHP programming policies and execution supporting nine Defense Health Networks.
Klug serves as the Senior Civilian Advisor and Consultant to the Assistant Director regarding personnel, facilities, financial management; coordinate staff planning; advise staff regarding policies, procedures, and directives; and provide oversight of directorates and their respective staffs. Klug previously served as the Chief of Staff for the Director J8/Chief Financial Officer, Financial Operations, DHA. Klug has also served as the Deputy Chief of Staff, Special Staff, Headquarters, U.S. Army Medical Command and Director, Army Medical Department Transformation where she successfully led the execution of the U.S. Armey Medical Command Base Realignment and Closure activities. She also led the reorganization of the HQ OneStaff, developed and operated the command Program Management Office; assessed and recommended changes to Army Medicine resulting from Army stationing decisions, legislative, or Army decisions.
Klug has also served as a General Engineer and Installation Master Planner; Project and Program Manager at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Military Construction, Army Future Years Defense Program Manager, HQDA Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management, and as Chief of Master Planning, Installation Management Command, Southwest/West Region.
Klug is a graduate of U.S. Army War College with a master's in Strategic Studies. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Her awards include the Order of Military Medical Merit, Army Staff Identification Badge, Presidential Award for Federal Energy Management Success, and GSA Achievement Award for Real Property Innovation.