Matthew T. Sullivan was named the Deputy Under Secretary for Finance and Planning and Chief Financial Officer for the National Cemetery Administration, effective Feb. 8, 2015.
Mr. Sullivan previously served as the Director, Office of Enterprise Risk Management (OERM) in the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Office of Management from October 2012.
As the Director of OERM, he provided leadership in maintaining a Department-wide risk-aware culture and management infrastructure that enables early warning and robust management of top risks that threaten agency priorities and goals.
Mr. Sullivan also served as the Director of the VA Integrated Operating Model from March 2010. He was responsible for improving integration and management within the Department’s key corporate management functions, including: acquisition, construction and facilities management, human resources, information technology, and financial management.
He joined VA in 2005 as a Management Analyst with the Veterans Health Administration. There he served as a liaison with the Government Accountability Office and VA Office of the Inspector General reviewing and auditing programs, policies, and activities.
He earned a Masters in Public Administration from George Mason University in 2008 and was inducted into Pi Alpha Alpha, the global honor society in the field of Public Administration. He is a U. S. Army Veteran and earned a Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Mr. Sullivan is a Certified Government Financial Manager by the Association of Government Accountants and a Certified Project Management Professional by the Project Management Institute. He is also a graduate of the Leadership for a Democratic Society at the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia.
