Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution 101

On Friday May 3rd, Col (Ret) Rachel McCaffrey, NDIA's SVP of Membership and Chapters and Executive Director or Women in Defense, will share her PPBE knowledge and insights in a webinar exclusively for NDIA Iowa/Illinois Chapter members. Join her for an interesting, practical discussion of DoD resourcing.

The DoD uses four distinct processes to manage Department resourcing: Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution. Each process is run simultaneously and led by different groups with different incentives/priorities and levels of knowledge, skills, and experience. Actions taken in one can ripple across to the others. Gaining an understanding of each process will provide context to NDIA members as they pursue DoD business opportunities.

Rachel came to NDIA and WID after more than 28 years in the Air Force. In her last assignment, she led an Air Staff Division responsible for planning and programming Command and Control and Global Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR). Prior to her Air Staff tour, Rachel served as the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Air Command at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. During her NATO tour, Rachel led the ISR Division for Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR where she oversaw more than 70 personnel who planned, executed and evaluated ISR operations. Rachel also commanded the 9th Intelligence Squadron at Beale AFB and is a fully qualified Joint Specialty Officer, serving on the Joint Staff in the Intelligence Directorate.