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On December 30, 2020, Hicks was announced as U.S. president-elect Joe Biden's nominee for [[United States Deputy Secretary of Defense|United States deputy secretary of defense]]. Hicks would be the first Senate-confirmed woman in this role.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Seligman|first=Lara|date=December 30, 2020|title=Kathleen Hicks is Biden's pick to be first female deputy Defense secretary|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/30/biden-first-female-deputy-defense-secretary-452283|access-date=2020-12-30|website=[[Politico]]|language=en}}</ref>
On December 30, 2020, Hicks was announced as U.S. president-elect Joe Biden's nominee for [[United States Deputy Secretary of Defense|United States deputy secretary of defense]]. Hicks would be the first Senate-confirmed woman in this role.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Seligman|first=Lara|date=December 30, 2020|title=Kathleen Hicks is Biden's pick to be first female deputy Defense secretary|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/30/biden-first-female-deputy-defense-secretary-452283|access-date=2020-12-30|website=[[Politico]]|language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life==

She is married to Tom Hicks and they have three children: Benjamin, Margaret, and Alexander.<ref>NOMINATIONS BEFORE THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE, Second SESSION, 112TH CONGRESS, February 9, March 29, April 26, July 19, November 15, 2012, S Hrg 112-745, Washington DC, 2013, page 443</ref>Her parents are Rear Admiral Thomas J. Holland Jr. and Ann, and she has 5 siblings.<ref>NOMINATIONS BEFORE THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE, Second SESSION, 112TH CONGRESS, February 9, March 29, April 26, July 19, November 15, 2012, S Hrg 112-745, Washington DC, 2013, page 443</ref>

== Selected works ==
== Selected works ==


Revision as of 14:45, 25 January 2021

Kathleen Hicks
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
Nominee
Assuming office
TBD
PresidentJoe Biden
SecretaryLloyd Austin
SucceedingDavid Norquist
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
In office
May 24, 2012 – July 2, 2013[1]
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJames N. Miller Jr.[1]
Succeeded byBrian P. McKeon
Personal details
Born1970 (age 53–54)
EducationMount Holyoke College (AB)
University of Maryland, College Park (MPA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)

Kathleen Holland Hicks[2] (born 1970)[3] is an American academic and national security advisor working as a senior vice president and director of the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. She is U.S. president Joe Biden's nominee for United States deputy secretary of defense.[2] Hicks would be the first Senate-confirmed woman in this role. In 2012, Hicks was the principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy during the Obama administration.

Education

Hicks completed an A.B. in history and politics at Mount Holyoke College in 1991. She graduated with magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa honors.[4] In 1993, she earned a M.P.A. in national security studies at University of Maryland, College Park.[5] Hicks completed a Ph.D. in political science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2010.[6] Her dissertation was titled Change Agents: Who Leads and Why in the Execution of US National Security Policy. Charles Stewart III was Hicks' doctoral advisor.[5]

Career

From 1993 to 2006, Hicks was a career civil servant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, rising from Presidential Management Intern to the Senior Executive Service. She was a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) from 2006 to 2009, leading a variety of national security research projects.[4]

During the Obama administration in 2009, Hicks was appointed deputy undersecretary of defense for strategy, plans and forces in 2009.[7] In 2012, Hicks was the principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy during the Obama administration.[8] In that role, she was a liaison for the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review and oversaw the 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance.[9] Hicks was a presidentially appointed commissioner for the National Commission on the Future of the Army. She is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the boards of advisors for the Truman National Security Project and SoldierStrong.[4]

As of 2020, Hicks is a senior vice president, Henry A. Kissinger Chair, and director of the international security program at CSIS. She concurrently serves as the Donald Marron scholar at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.[9] In October 2020, she also served on the CSIS-LSHTM High-Level Panel on Vaccine Confidence and Misinformation amid the COVID-19 pandemic, co-chaired by Heidi Larson and J. Stephen Morrison.[10]

On December 30, 2020, Hicks was announced as U.S. president-elect Joe Biden's nominee for United States deputy secretary of defense. Hicks would be the first Senate-confirmed woman in this role.[11]

Personal life

She is married to Tom Hicks and they have three children: Benjamin, Margaret, and Alexander.[12]Her parents are Rear Admiral Thomas J. Holland Jr. and Ann, and she has 5 siblings.[13]

Selected works

  • Hicks, Kathleen; Ridge, Eric (2007). Planning for Stability Operations: The Use of Capabilities-based Approaches. Center for Strategic and International Studies. ISBN 978-0-89206-515-8.
  • Hicks, Kathleen H. (2008). Invigorating Defense Department Governance: A Beyond Goldwater-Nichols, Phase 4, Report. Center for Strategic and International Studies. ISBN 978-0-89206-528-8.
  • Hicks, Kathleen H.; Wormuth, Christine E.; Ridge, Eric (2009). The Future of U.S. Civil Affairs Forces. Center for Strategic and International Studies. ISBN 978-0-89206-568-4.
  • Alterman, Jon B.; Hicks, Kathleen H. (2015). Federated Defense in the Middle East. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-5881-5.
  • Hicks, Kathleen H.; Metrick, Andrew; Samp, Lisa Sawyer; Weinberger, Kathleen (August 2, 2016). Undersea Warfare in Northern Europe. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-5968-3.
  • Hicks, Kathleen H.; Samp, Lisa Sawyer (2017). Recalibrating U.S. Strategy toward Russia: A New Time for Choosing. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-8006-9.
  • Hicks, Kathleen H.; Lauter, Louis; McElhinny, Colin (2018). Beyond the Water's Edge: Measuring the Internationalism of Congress. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-8088-5.

References

  1. ^ a b Department of Defense Key Officials September 1947–December 2020 (PDF). p. 35. Retrieved January 22, 2021. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. ^ a b "PN79-5 — Kathleen Holland Hicks — Department of Defense". U.S. Congress. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  3. ^ "Hicks, Kathleen H." Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Biography: Commission on the National Defense Strategy for the United States" (PDF). Commission on the National Defense Strategy for the United States. Retrieved December 30, 2020.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ a b Hicks, Kathleen H. (2010). Change Agents: Who Leads and Why in the Execution of US National Security Policy (Ph.D. thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. OCLC 671485930.
  6. ^ Zimmerman, Leda (May 4, 2020). "A forum for female voices in international security". MIT News. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  7. ^ Rozen, Laura (April 2, 2009). "Pentagon appointments". Foreign Policy. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  8. ^ Sullivan, Kate; Lee, MJ (December 30, 2020). "Biden names Kathleen Hicks as first woman deputy defense secretary". CNN. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  9. ^ a b Seck, Hope Hodge (December 30, 2020). "Biden Taps Kathleen Hicks to Be the Pentagon's First Female Deputy SecDef". Military.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  10. ^ Call to Action: CSIS-LSHTM High-Level Panel on Vaccine Confidence and Misinformation, October 19, 2020 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
  11. ^ Seligman, Lara (December 30, 2020). "Kathleen Hicks is Biden's pick to be first female deputy Defense secretary". Politico. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  12. ^ NOMINATIONS BEFORE THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE, Second SESSION, 112TH CONGRESS, February 9, March 29, April 26, July 19, November 15, 2012, S Hrg 112-745, Washington DC, 2013, page 443
  13. ^ NOMINATIONS BEFORE THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE, Second SESSION, 112TH CONGRESS, February 9, March 29, April 26, July 19, November 15, 2012, S Hrg 112-745, Washington DC, 2013, page 443
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