[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 21, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E861-E862]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING THE SERVICE OF MS. LISA S. DISBROW

                                 ______
                                 

                       HON. MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO

                                of guam

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 21, 2017

  Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Ms. Lisa 
Disbrow. Over the last 32 years, Ms. Disbrow has had a distinguished 
career in public and military service culminating with her recent 
assignment as Acting Secretary of the Air Force, where she was 
responsible for organizing, training, equipping and providing for the 
welfare of approximately 660,000 active duty, Guard, Reserve and 
civilian Airmen and their families, world-wide.
  Ms. Disbrow has given much to this Nation through her dedicated and 
selfless service. After graduation from the University of Virginia she 
answered the calling to join the Air Force. She served on active duty 
until 1992 in a variety of positions to include intelligence alert 
officer, Africa/Middle East military political analyst, and chief of 
electronic intelligence analysis. She deployed in support of Operations 
Desert Storm and Southern Watch and was selected for the Defense 
Intelligence Agency's Advanced Language and Area Studies.
  After Desert Storm, Ms. Disbrow transitioned to the Air Force 
Reserve, and accepted a civilian position as a senior systems engineer 
for the National Reconnaissance Office. In that capacity, she helped 
develop programs and requirements to improve national intelligence 
support to tactical users, including operational and analytical 
systems.
  From 1995 to 2014, Ms. Disbrow held a variety of positions on the 
Joint Staff as a senior civilian, including the Joint Staff Vice 
Director

[[Page E862]]

for Force Structure, Resources and Assessment. She was responsible for 
developing joint warfighting requirements, advising on force 
assignments to combatant commanders, conducting force structure and 
warfighting studies, and evaluations defense plans, programs and 
strategies for the Chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight 
Council.
  While assigned to the Joint Staff, Ms. Disbrow was detailed to the 
President's National Security Advisor as the Special Advisor for Policy 
Implementation and Execution at the White House. She assisted in 
planning and implementing the National Security Strategy and advised 
the White House on issues across the federal government.
  Her twenty-three years of uniformed service culminated in 2008 when 
she retired as a Colonel from the Air Force Reserve while serving as 
Special Assistant to the Director of Programs, Headquarters Air Force.
  In 2014, Ms. Disbrow was confirmed by the Senate as the Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, 
the principal senior official on all financial matters. She was 
responsible for financial policy, management, execution of an annual 
budget of over $130 billion, workforce development for over 10,000 
financial managers world-wide, and providing analytic support services. 
She directed the development of the five-year programming plan, 
prepared for the first congressionally-mandated audit, oversaw the Air 
Force Cost Analysis Agency and led accounting and financial operations.
  Prior to assuming the duties of Acting Secretary of the Air Force, 
Ms. Disbrow served as the twenty-fifth Under Secretary of the Air 
Force. As Under Secretary, her leadership enabled the successful roll-
out of the Long Range Strike Bomber program, helped develop the first-
ever analytic framework for space resiliency, effecting $10 billion in 
acquisition programs, facilitated operational energy efficiencies 
resulting in over $1 billion in savings, and successfully gained 
authorization to add over 10,000 new Airmen to the active duty force.
  At the same time, Lisa also led efforts to better support Airmen 
suffering from invisible wounds of war by improving processes from 
injury diagnosis through reintegration with appreciation of the 
member's experience and care.
  Finally, I also commend Ms. Disbrow's family for their service and 
support. Her husband, Harry, served as an Air Force Colonel and as a 
senior civilian in the Pentagon. Her two children, Stefanie and Derrick 
have remained supportive through the family's decades of service. 
Stefanie's husband T.J. is an honored serviceman serving two tours in 
Afghanistan and Iraq, and I would also like to acknowledge their two 
children, Parker and Brody. Our nation appreciates their unwavering 
support, service, and sacrifice throughout Ms. Disbrow's exemplary 
service.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank Ms. Disbrow and her family for their remarkable 
service to our nation. I wish Ms. Disbrow good luck and Godspeed in her 
next chapter of life, and I look forward to their continued success.

                          ____________________