Ms. Tesa L. Lanoy

Ms. Lanoy, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Deputy Chief Financial Officer/Comptroller, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. She assists the Chief Financial Officer in performing financial management responsibilities related to special operations budget and execution issues totaling more than $13 billion annually. Her office provides fiscal direction and guidance to the four USSOCOM component commands, a sub-unified command and seven theater special operations commands, and regularly interfaces with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the military services and Congressional staffs.

Ms. Lanoy began her civil service career as a cooperative education student with the Air Force while at the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio. She has more than 30 years of experience in the Department of Defense and has held positions of progressively more responsibility in the areas of budget formulation, resource management and program control. Her experience spans several appropriations and functional areas, including budget, audit and logistics. Ms. Lanoy deployed in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. Prior to her current assignment, Ms. Lanoy was Chief, Budget Operations Division, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, Headquarters United States Air Force, Arlington, Virginia. She was responsible for planning and directing formulation, justification and execution of the Air Force’s Operations and Maintenance budget totaling more than $42 billion annually.