Ms. Lara Sayer, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. As the Department of the Air Force’s deputy comptroller, she serves as the principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary in his role as the department’s chief financial officer. She provides financial management of department resources, including nearly 700,000 military and civilian personnel and an annual budget of almost $250 billion. She oversees the budgeting, financial operations, cost estimating, financial business systems and Congressional appropriations liaison that support Department of the Air Force priorities, in accordance with Congressional, Secretary of War and Secretary of the Air Force direction. Additionally, she leads the professional development of over 13,000 military and civilian members of the Air Force financial management community. Ms. Sayer began her federal career as a DAF Palace Acquire intern. She has more than 28 years of acquisition and financial management experience and has held positions of increased responsibility in the areas of budget execution and formulation, resource management and program control supporting the Air Force, Navy and United States Special Operations Command. She has served as the Comptroller for Commander, Navy Installations Command and Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, as the Comptroller for the Office of Naval Research, and as the Deputy Chief Financial Officer for USSOCOM. Additionally, she served as Executive Director of the bipartisan legislative Commission on PPBE Reform. Her experience spans several appropriations and functional areas, including budget, earned value management, cost and acquisition. Prior to her current assignment, Ms. Sayer was the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Congressional Budget and Appropriations Liaison, where she was the department’s primary liaison to congressional members and staff serving on the House and Senate Appropriations and Budget Committees.