Mr. Kelly McKeague began service as the Director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency on September 5, 2017. He is responsible for policy, control, and oversight of all aspects of the Department’s program to account for our nation’s missing personnel from past conflicts. He leads DoD’s worldwide enterprise of research, investigation, recovery, and identification operations, and supporting functions, in order to provide the fullest possible accounting of our missing personnel to their families and to the nation.

Jennifer C. Walsh serves as the Principal Deputy Director for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). In support of the Director, DPAA, she is responsible for leading the agency in formulating policy, overseeing business development, and increasing outreach initiatives to achieve the agency’s goal of providing families and the nation with the fullest possible accounting of missing personnel from past conflicts.

 A native of Schenectady, New York, Captain Meghan Bodnar graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in Oceanography, minoring in Spanish. Afloat, she completed her division officer tours in the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) as the Electronic Warfare Officer and, after completing Nuclear Power Training at Charleston, South Carolina and Ballston Spa, New York, in Pre-Commissioning Unit George H W Bush (CVN 77) as the Reactor Electrical Division Officer.

Col. Rankin was selected in July 2025 to serve as the Chief of Staff for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA).  In support of the Director, DPAA, he is responsible for coordinating strategic planning efforts and administrative actions to achieve the agency’s goal of providing families and the nation with the fullest possible accounting of missing personnel from past conflicts. 

In May of 2025, Flores was assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency as the Senior Enlisted Advisor, the first female to occupy the position since the establishment of the modern-day accounting mission.