Alisa Stack serves as the Executive Secretary to the Department, a position
she has held since May 2024. In this role, Ms. Stack is responsible for the
Executive Secretariat, which ensures the Department responds to
correspondence and sensitive inquiries with accuracy, quality, and timeliness.
Prior to joining the VA, Ms. Stack was a career SES in the Office of the
Secretary of Defense (OSD). In OSD, Ms. Stack served in leadership roles in
Detainee Policy, Strategy, and Special Operations Forces policy and
resources, and Combatting Terrorism Policy. She also served as Deputy
Chief of Staff for Stability Operations for two years in Afghanistan and led the
transformation of the Department of Defense’s Task Force on Business and Stability Operations and the
Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) mission offices. As a student and then instructor at the National
War College, Ms. Stack conducted and published primary research on how and why terrorist groups employ
women, which she published in peer-reviewed and Defense journals.

CAREER CHRONOLOGY:
2024 – Present Executive Secretary, Office of the Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs,

Washington, DC

2023 – 2024 Manager, The Rockwood Company, Washington, DC
2019 – 2023 COO, Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, Worcester, MA
2017 – 2019 General Manager, Takoma Wellness Center, Washington, DC
1997 – 2017 Office of the Secretary of Defense

EDUCATION:
2005 Masters of Science in Strategy, National War College, Washington, DC
1997 Masters of International Affairs, Columbia University, New York, NY
1994 Bachelor of Arts, International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, WA