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Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Matthew Lake

Assistant Commandant for Resources & Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Coast Guard

Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Matthew Lake

Assistant Commandant for Resources & Chief Financial Officer
U.S. Coast Guard

RDML Matthew Lake currently serves as the Assistant Commandant for Resources (CG-8) and the Chief Financial Officer for the U.S. Coast Guard. In this capacity, he is responsible for all budgetary, financial and resource management activities relating to the programs and operations of the Coast Guard. As a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Coast Guard is comprised of a nearly 60,000-member active duty, reserve and civil service workforce with an annual budget of $12 billion.

RDML Lake has had a mix of Coast Guard operational and field support assignments. These included service on Coast Guard Cutters MIDGETT and NORTHLAND, Sector St. Petersburg Logistics Department Head, and as the Surface Forces Logistics Center’s first Product Line Engineering Chief. RDML Lake also served as the Coast Guard Yard's Industrial Manager, where he was responsible for shipyard operations, and later as the Commanding Officer. The Coast Guard Yard is the largest industrial facility in DHS and the Coast Guard’s only public shipyard.

In addition to operational and field support assignments, RDML Lake served as Deputy of the Coast Guard’s Office of Budget and Programs, where he oversaw formulation and defense of the Coast Guard’s annual budget with DHS, the Administration, and Congress. He later served under the DHS Chief Financial Officer, coordinating formulation and justification of DHS’ $65 billion President’s Budget Request to Congress. RDML Lake also served as the Assistant Program Executive Officer for Surface Acquisitions, where he led the Service’s cutter and boat construction and renovation programs at shipyards throughout the United States, valued at over $30 billion. Most recently, he served as Executive Assistant to the Deputy Commandant for Mission Support. The 17,000-person Mission Support organization delivers the systems and people in support of the Coast Guard’s diverse mission sets through oversight of all human capital, naval, aeronautical and civil engineering and logistics, acquisitions, information technology, and security.

RDML Lake earned a Bachelor of Science in Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1995. He earned Master of Science degrees in both Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering in 1999 from the University of Michigan. He was selected as a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan Fellow, and earned a Master of Business Administration from MIT in 2016. Captain Lake is a Certified Government Financial Manager and Senior Acquisition Program Manager.

RDML Lake has been awarded the 2018 General Tuttle Award for Business Acumen in Defense and Government, the 2010 American Society of Naval Engineers Perry Award, the 2007 Coast Guard Chief Financial Officer Award, and was awarded by the Secretary of Homeland Security in 2013 for outstanding performance of duty.


Appearances

  • Date
    February 21, 2024

    Speaker

    Speaker Image for Matthew Lake
    Assistant Commandant for Resources & Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Coast Guard
  • Date
    March 13, 2024

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Lieutenant General James Adams
    Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources
    Speaker Image for Richard Brady
    Chief Executive Officer, Society of Defense Financial Management Comptrollers
    Speaker Image for Von Carroll
    Financial Management Analyst, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller
    Speaker Image for Jane Collins
    Program Analyst, United States Coast Guard
    Speaker Image for Jose Fabre
    Deputy Director, Budget Division, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Management Directorate, Department of Homeland Security
    Speaker Image for Debra Del Mar
    NCR PDI Chair, SDFM Washington Chapter
    Speaker Image for Katie Geier Noreiga
    Cost Analysis Division, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Management Directorate, Department of Homeland Security
    Speaker Image for Tara Gibson
    DAF Service Provider Assessable Unit Lead, Department of the Air Force (DAF)
    Speaker Image for Robert Hale
    Commission Chair, Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution (PPBE) Reform
    Speaker Image for Kristyn Jones
    Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of the Air Force; Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller
    Speaker Image for Michael Lachowicz
    Director of the Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation, United States Coast Guard
    Speaker Image for Matthew Lake
    Assistant Commandant for Resources & Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Coast Guard
    Speaker Image for Stacy Marcott
    Acting Chief Financial Officer, The Department of Homeland Security
    Speaker Image for Michael McCord
    Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer, Department of Defense
    Speaker Image for Jonathan McCrillis
    Chief, Special Studies and Analysis Division, Deputy Assistance Secretary of the Army for Cost and Economics (DASA-CE)
    Speaker Image for Carrie Meza
    Deputy Director, Financial Management Data and Digital Transformation, U.S. Navy
    Speaker Image for Scott Nichols
    Program Analyst, United States Coast Guard
    Speaker Image for David Norquist
    Former Deputy Secretary of Defense
    Speaker Image for Russell Rumbaugh
    Assistant Secretary of the Navy (ASN) Financial Management and Comptroller (FM&C)
    Speaker Image for Lara Sayer
    Executive Director, Commission on Planning, Programing, Budget and Execution Reform
    Speaker Image for Caral Spangler
    Assistant Secretary of the Army, Financial Management and Comptroller, U.S. Army
    Speaker Image for Jeremy Stone
    DoD Payment Integrity Portfolio Manager, Office of the Deputy Chief Financial Officer (ODCFO) - Financial Management Policy and Reporting
    Speaker Image for Michael Stough
    Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation Division, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Management Directorate, Department of Homeland Security
    Speaker Image for Rashita Swann
    Audit Response, Remediation and Sustainment & Risk Management Internal Control Program Supervisor, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
    Speaker Image for Ann Tipton
    Director, Budget Division, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Management Directorate, Department of Homeland Security
    Speaker Image for Justin Sponseller
    Chief of the Financial Reporting & Policy Division Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
    Speaker Image for Neil Stewart
    N8E Innovation Lead Comptroller - Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) & Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC)
    Speaker Image for Michael Levinson
    Chief of Modern Delivery Office of the Assistant Secretary of Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)
    Speaker Image for William Holtzman
    Senior Accountant U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
    Speaker Image for Bridget Collins
    Chief of Finance and Accounting Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
    Speaker Image for Daniel Bethke
    Automation as a Service Portfolio Owner Department of Navy
    Speaker Image for Doris Thaxton
    Chief, Business Operations Deputy Assistance Secretary of the Army for Financial Operations
    Speaker Image for Julie Frisard
    Liaison to the Commission on PPBE Reform OUSD(C), Chief of Staff

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