Ms. Karen A. Kostelnik supports Mr. Gordon Kranz, the Deputy Director for Earned Value Management, Performance Assessments and Root Cause Analyses in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Department of Defense (DoD), Government of the United States of America. Mr. Kranz’s office serves as the DoD focal point for all policy, guidance, and competency relating to Earned Value Management. Ms. Kostelnik holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, USA. She has 20 years of experience in the areas of program execution, organizational management, and financial analysis.
