| Jack
Penkoske
Director
for Manpower, Personnel and Security
Defense Information Systems Agency
Jack Penkoske
is the Director for Manpower, Personnel and Security for the Defense Information
Systems Agency and is responsible for providing core service support operations;
developing and providing oversight for policy pertaining to civilian and
military personnel and reserves, systems management, travel and transportation,
organization and manpower, professional development/visual information,
security, real estate, facilities, supply services, and Base Realignment
and Closure (BRAC).
He graduated from Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO, in 1972 with a Bachelor
of Science degree in Industrial Relations. In 1985, he received his Masters
in Business Administration from Mount Saint Mary’s College in Emmitsburg,
MD. He is a graduate of the Department of the Army’s Personnel Management
for Executives Course and the Office of Personnel Management’s Federal
Executive Institute. He also participated in the Defense Leadership and
Management Program.
From 1972
to 1974, he served in the U.S. Army, and was a member of the 572nd Military
Police Company at Fort Ritchie, MD. In September 1974, he entered government
civil service as a personnel management specialist intern with the Department
of the Army at Fort Ritchie. After completing the intern program, he served
as the Branch Chief in the Civilian Personnel Office from April 1981 to
August 1985, where he administered the recruitment and placement, technical
services and non-appropriated fund personnel programs.
In August 1985, he moved to the U.S. Army Information Systems Command
at Fort Huachuca, AZ, where he served as the Major Command Senior Staff
Advisor for all staffing and placement programs through June 1990. He
has also served as the Civilian Personnel/Human Resources Officer with
the Department of the Army in Panama, June 1992-94; U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Washington, DC, June 1994 – February 1996; and DISA from
February 1996 through December 2000. In January 2001, he was appointed
to the Senior Executive Service, and as DISA’s Director for Manpower,
Personnel, and Security.
He has received two Commander’s Awards for Civilian Service, the
U.S. Army Information Systems Command Leadership Award, three Meritorious
Civilian Service Awards, and the DISA Civilian Leadership Award. In 2005,
Jack received the Presidential Rank Award, which is the highest recognition
that career senior executive service members can receive.
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