Caral E. Spangler retired from government service in September 2020 after 39 years with the Department of Defense, serving as a career member of the Senior Executive Service in every Military Service and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). She began her career as a summer hire in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) and advanced during postings with the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and as a Legislative Fellow in the office of Congressman Norman Y. Mineta (D-CA). Promoted to an SES in 1997, she served as the Director of the Investment Directorate within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller); the Director of the Budget Coordination Division in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller (FM&C); the Deputy for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (FM&C); the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (FM&C); and retired as the Assistant Deputy Commandant, Programs and Resources (USMC). In these capacities, she has had oversight of every aspect of programming, budgeting, accounting, finance, financial systems, program and cost analysis in the Department of Defense. She has also served in acting capacities as the Auditor General, Department of the Navy, and as the Assistant Secretary of the Army (FM&C). She was the recipient of a Presidential Meritorious Rank Award in 2015. While Ms. Spangler was born in Minnesota, she spent her formative years in the Deep South, and graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. She has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. Ms. Spangler currently lives in Virginia with her husband.
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