Catherine Van Hoesen

Mrs. Cathy Van Hoesen is the Director of Finance Standards and Customer Services, Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS). In this role, she is responsible for leading efficiency and standardization across the finance mission areas including pay transactions for military personnel, federal civilian employees, military retirees, and annuitants, and disbursing transactions totaling over $579 billion annually. Furthermore, she provides oversight for the DFAS Customer Care Centers, DoD Overseas Banking and Credit Unions, and Operations Contingency Planning teams.

Prior to her current role, Mrs. Van Hoesen served as the Director of Financial Management. As the principal resource management advisor responsible for a Working Capital Fund budget of over $1.4B and 12,000 work years, she managed funding for agency-level programs, provided oversight for customer revenue and billing, and was responsible for the agency cash position. Mrs. Van Hoesen also managed a capital investment program of over $30M comprised of Information and Technology and minor construction projects.