About Us
Meet the Team
Who Are We?
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Carmen Andújar, Acting Student Programs
Manager
Ms. Andújar serves as the Manager of the Recruiting Policy
and Outreach Office and as the Acting Manager for Student Programs
at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). In this capacity,
she is responsible for developing and leading Government-wide
recruitment and outreach strategies that Federal agencies use to
recruit and hire the best talent. She served as a senior member of
OPM's Hiring Reform Team charged with designing and implementing
hiring reform. Ms. Andujar was also instrumental in developing the
End-to-End Hiring Roadmap, an initiative designed to streamline and
enhance the efficiency of the Federal hiring process. Prior to
that, she was responsible for diversity initiatives and
Government-wide diversity reports such as the Annual Report to the
President on Hispanic Employment in the Federal Government and the
Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program Report to Congress.
Her work experience with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the
U.S. Department of Labor had a major focus in the fields of
staffing, recruitment, and diversity.
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Rob Timmins, PMF Program Lead
Rob first started his Federal career at the U.S. Naval Sea
Systems Command and a year later transferred to OPM. During
his 20 year history with OPM, Rob worked on government-wide
programs such as the National Security Education Program,
Scholarship for Service, and the former Presidential Management
Intern (PMI) Program which is now the PMF Program. Rob serves
as the PMF Program Lead.
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Deidre Sexton, Program Analyst
Deidre joined the PMF Program staff in May 2010. She came
from the Defense Contract Management Agency where she was the
Program Manager of the Tomorrow's Leaders Initiative. Deidre
has 20 years of service with the Federal Government where she
has worked in the areas of publications, public affairs, and human
resources. Deidre is the lead for training and development of
PMFs.
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Todd Hewell, Business Operations
Manager
Todd Hewell joined the PMF Program in January
2010. He previously served at the White House preparing for
the 2009 Presidential Transition, and at the U.S. House of
Representatives. He graduated from the Kelley School of Business
Mitte Honors Program at Indiana University, majoring in finance and
business process management with a minor in political
science. Todd serves as the Business Operations Manager for
the PMF Program.
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Andrew Grebe, Program Analyst
Andrew Grebe has been with the PMF Program since May 2010.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from
Florida State University. Prior to working in the PMF Program
Office, he was a student intern in OPM's Employee Services.
Andrew supports the entire program and is usually the first contact
with program stakeholders.
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Elda Muco, Program
Analyst
Elda is a Personnel Research Psychologist who joined
the PMF Program team in March 2010. She is a graduate of the George
Mason University with a MA degree in Industrial/Organizational
Psychology currently serving as the PMF Assessment Lead. Elda's
primary focus is the development and deployment of the new and
reinvigorated PMF assessment process. She also focuses on program
metrics, surveys, studies, and research to thoroughly evaluate and
ensure the effectiveness of the PMF Program.
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Juanita Wheeler, PMF Special Project
Manager
Juanita came to OPM in June 2010 as the Manager for the
Student Programs Office, from over 23 years in the Department of
Defense (DoD). While in DoD she worked at various Army
installations and for the Defense Contract Management Agency
(DCMA). At DCMA she was the Chief, Human Capital Investment Branch
with oversight over the intern and premier leadership development
programs. As of December 2011, Juanita's total focus is on the
development and deployment of the reinvigorated PMF Program for
implementation in the fall 2012.
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What Do We Do?
- Perform overall management of the Program.
- Develop strategies for attracting and recruiting graduate
students with diverse backgrounds into the PMF Program.
- Develop and conduct a rigorous applicant assessment and
selection process to determine a pool of Finalists.
- Market the PMF Program to Federal agencies and departments and
to accredited graduate schools.
- Provide structured development programs and activities
including orientation and graduation training sessions.
- Serve as a conduit for effective communication among all
members of the PMF Program community: Agency PMF Coordinators,
supervisors, educational institutions, assessors, applicants, and
Fellows.
- Provide agencies with access to systems and information needed
to administer the Program in their agency.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the PMF Program.
In general, we help to bring the best new leaders into the
Federal government!
Contact Us
Have questions or comments?
Mailing Address:
Presidential Management Fellows Program
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
1900 E Street, NW, Room 6500
Washington, DC 20415
Phone: 202-606-1040
Fax: 202-606-3040
Email:
pmf@opm.gov
UPDATED: 01-25-2012, 5:55 PM (ET)