Mary Thoms

Ms. Mary Thoms currently serves within the Program Executive Office for Manpower, Logistics and Business Solutions (PEO MLB) as their Director. In this Senior Level (SL) position since February 2021, she is responsible for ensuring cross program/portfolio coordination and planning, tactically and strategically, to drive PEO MLB’s transformation efforts. She also ensures integration of programs/portfolios requirements and acquisition efforts to deliver PEO MLB’s mission and vision. Ms. Thoms’ SL service began in February 2021. Ms. Thoms’ federal service career began in 1998. Her experience includes program management, knowledge management, financial management, risk analysis, business process reengineering, business analytics systems and IT capital planning. She has served as the Director, Command Business Office at ONR; Deputy Comptroller for the Office of the Chief, Army Reserve; the Director of Department of Defense-Wide Reporting and Analysis for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS); and has held various financial and program management positions throughout the Army. Ms. Thoms received a master’s degree in public administration from The American University. She earned a master’s in national resource strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Ms. Thoms is a graduate of the Army Management Staff College’s Sustaining Base Leadership and Management Program, the Defense Leadership and Management Program, The Federal Executive Institute Leadership for a Democratic Society, and is a Certified Defense Financial Manager.