AGA PDT 2019

Barbara Crawford
Deputy CFO/Deputy Comptroller
DISA


Barbara Crawford is the Defense Information Systems Agency’s deputy chief financial officer/deputy comptroller. In this role, she provides executive leadership and oversight for the formulation and execution of a $10 billion dollar budget, which finances critical communications support to the President of the United States, as well as essential command and control; telecommunications; computing; cyber operations and mission assurance; and other services to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, military services, defense agencies, intelligence community, and joint and coalition warfighters worldwide. She leads a team of professionals who provide a full array of financial support across programming, budgeting and accounting disciplines. She and her team provide critical resource justifications to Congress and defend complex information technology capabilities in both Appropriated and Defense Working Capital Funds. Crawford began her government career as an auditor for the Defense Contract Audit Agency in Schenectady, New York. Later, she joined the team at the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, serving in multiple capacities and supporting a variety of customers, including the Defense Logistics Agency and the Defense Commissary Agency. Upon joining the DISA team in 2006, she oversaw key remediation efforts that led to DISA receiving its first “clean” audit opinion in 2011. As a result of her efforts, Crawford was recognized as a recipient of the Office of Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Civilian Service. In February 2020, she was selected into the Senior Executive Service. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting from Siena College, Loudonville, New York. She also earned a master’s degree in business administration from Boston University. She is a Level III Certified Financial Manager.

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