DAFM’s diverse faculty comprises individuals from academic, professional, civilian, and military service backgrounds with strengths in graduate instruction and research spanning many domains. With concentrations in acquisition, program management, contracting, financial management, manpower and systems analysis, the depth and breadth of DAFM faculty defense expertise is unlike any in the country.

Asset Publisher
Tom Ahn, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
 Manpower
Jomana Amara, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
 Finance
Laura Armey, Ph.D.
Associate Chair for Financial Management
 Associate Professor, Financial Management
Marigee Bacolod, Ph.D.
Associate Chair for Manpower
 Associate Professor, Manpower
John Terrence Blake, VADM (Ret.) USN
Professor of the Practice
 Financial Management
Philip Candreva, JD.
Senior Lecturer
 Financial Management
Jesse Cunha, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
 Manpower
Jeffrey Dunlap
Lecturer
 Program Management
Tyrone Gorrick, DBA
Lecturer
 Program Management
Christina Hart, PhD
Faculty Associate,
 Director of Distance Learning Programs
Latika Hartmann, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
 Manpower
Keith Hirschman
Professor of the Practice
 Program Management
Raymond Jones, Col. (Ret.) USA
Professor of the Practice
 Program Management
Dave Lewis, E.d., VADM USN (Ret.)
Professor of the Practice
 Program Management
Ira Lewis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
 Program Management
Jonathan Lipow
Professor of Economics
 Financial Management
Bob Marion, LTG USA (Retired)
Professor of the Practice
 Program Management
Amilcar Menichini, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
 Financial Management
Dale Moore, D.B.A.
Lecturer
 Program Management
Robert Mortlock, Ph.D., Col. (Ret.) USA
Associate Chair for Acquisition Sciences,
 Professor of the Practice, Program Management
Katherine O'Brien, PhD
Lecturer
 Program Management
Valentina Palazzetti
Faculty Associate
 Assessment & Accreditation
Kelley Poree, MBA
Lecturer
 Contract Management
Juanita Rendon, D.B.A.
Lecturer
 Financial Management
Rene G. Rendon, D.B.A., CPCM, CFCM, CPSM, PMP
Professor
 Contract Management
Brett Schwartz
Lecturer
 Contract Management
Karey Shaffer, MBA
Faculty Associate - Research
Program Manager, ARP
 Program Management
Yu-Chu Shen, Ph.D.
Professor
 Manpower
Simona Tick, Ph.D.
Department Chair
 Senior Lecturer, Manpower
Chong Wang, Ph.D.
Professor
 Financial Management

DAFM leaders are listed here as faculty members and identified on the Leadership Team page.