The Honorable Janet Hale

The Honorable Janet Hale, Member

The foundation for Janet Hale’s career in technology, human resources, acquisitions, and finance was laid by a bachelor of science degree in education from Miami University, followed by a master’s in public administration from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Beginning with federal roles within the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Transportation, and Office of Management and Budget in the 1980s and early 1990s, Ms. Hale eventually held leadership positions at the University of Pennsylvania and the United States Telephone Association.

Ms. Hale returned to federal government service in 1999, serving as associate administrator for finance/chief financial officer at the U.S. House of Representatives. In addition to developing and executing their $750 million budget and supervising a staff of 60, she designed and developed new financial and budgeting systems.

In 2001, Ms. Hale moved to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), where she was the assistant secretary for budget, technology, and finance until 2003. In that role, she succeeded in designing a new financial system that unified disparate financial systems across HHS, while handling a $475 billion budget and supervising a staff of 140.

From 2003 to 2006, Ms. Hale served as the first under secretary for management for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), responsible for the financial, IT, human capital, and administrative services for the $40 billion organization. In this role, she was responsible for the integration of 22 agencies and 180,000 employees, including consolidation of 22 different human resource servicing offices, 98 separate payroll systems, 19 financial management centers, 13 procurement systems, and hundreds of legacy IT systems.

Ms. Hale was as a director at Deloitte & Touche LLP, where she served as senior advisor strategic government procurements, policy, and operations from 2006 to 2016. She is currently providing strategic advice to businesses and serves as a mentor and coach to federal senior executives.