Heidi H. Grant

Heidi H. Grant, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, Washington, D.C. She provides oversight and guidance for international policy and programs supporting national security objectives through politico-military affairs; security assistance programs; technology and information disclosure; education and training; cooperative research and development; management of the Air Force Foreign Liaison Office and attaché affairs. She oversees more than 470 cooperative agreements valued at over $56 billion. She also oversees more than 380 military exchange personnel across three programs, and more than 2,800 foreign military sales cases valued at over $162 billion.

Ms. Grant, a native of Alexandria, Virginia, began her career with the Department of Defense in 1989 after being accepted into the Secretary of the Navy Financial Management Intern Program and after working in several private sector positions. Her DOD career includes working for the Departments of the Navy and Air Force, Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff and two combatant commands. While the majority of her career she has served at the Pentagon, she has had experience living at the base level to headquarters level to include an overseas assignment. Ms. Grant is a Certified Defense Financial Manager. She has extensive experience working with government agencies, defense industry and international partners. In 2002, Ms. Grant was appointed to the Senior Executive Service and assigned as Director for Resources and Analysis at Headquarters, U.S. Central Command, Tampa, Florida, where she spent the bulk of her tour at CENTCOM’s Forward Headquarters in Southwest Asia. She worked with senior military representatives from 65 countries in leading the combatant command’s resource strategy and analysis for operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

Prior to her current assignment, Ms. Grant was Director of Resources during the stand-up of Headquarters U.S. Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany. She was responsible for conducting strategic assessment and analysis, leading both personnel and financial programming actions, to prepare the command for current and future operational requirements in support of the combatant commander’s strategy, which focused on building interagency and international partnerships for global security.