[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 147 (Tuesday, August 18, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E767]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RETIREMENT OF MS. DRU WYCKOFF, U.S. ARMY

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                            HON. KAY GRANGER

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 18, 2020

  Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the service of Ms. 
Dru Wyckoff, of the United States Army Budget Office, for her 
extraordinary dedication to duty and distinguished service to our 
nation.
  On 31 May 2020, Ms. Dru Wyckoff retired from the Department of the 
Army after nearly 40 years of government service. Throughout her 
distinguished career, Ms. Wyckoff served successfully in a variety of 
operational and leadership roles within the Financial Management career 
field. Her career culminated with her selection as a member of the 
Senior Executive Service when she served for 5 years as the Director of 
Management and Control for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Budget.
  Ms. Wyckoff, the daughter of Don and Irene Coffelt, was raised in 
Ponca City, Oklahoma. She graduated from Northern Oklahoma College and 
Oklahoma State University. She began her government career as a 
Department of the Army Civilian in December 1980. She served in several 
positions as a Budget Analyst, Auditor, and Management Analyst, with 
the US Army in Berlin, Germany, until November 1986.
  Transferring to the National Capital Region in 1987, Ms. Wyckoff 
served as a Management Analyst, Program Analyst, and Supervisory Budget 
Analyst in the US Army Personnel Command, and later as a Budget Analyst 
for the Army Budget Office beginning in February 1998.
  In her role as the Army Budget Office's primary integrator and 
representative during the development of the Army Program Objective 
Memorandum and the Total Army Plan, Ms. Wyckoff supported the Army's 
annual budget submission while directing the fiscal management of funds 
over the three years of budget focus. She oversaw execution funds 
control and reprogramming actions of monies appropriated by Congress. 
Ms. Wyckoff expertly ensured compliance with fiscal limitations and 
instructions contained in Congressional acts and reports.
  With every assignment, Ms. Wyckoff brought unparalleled leadership 
and unquestioned commitment to the Army's Soldiers, family members, and 
civilians, and while she never sought recognition or acclaim, she 
quietly and diligently earned the trust, confidence, and respect of 
Army senior leaders, the Army Secretariat, and the entire Department of 
Defense financial management community.
  Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to recognize Ms. Wyckoff's highly 
successful career and nearly 40 years of distinguished public service 
to the Army and the Nation. We are grateful for patriotic Americans of 
character and commitment like Ms. Wyckoff who faithfully and zealously 
subordinate self to improve the lives of others. Ms. Wyckoff has 
dedicated her life to selflessly promote and advance freedom and 
democracy, and I wish her and her family all the very best.

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