Robin Funston is the Director of Strategic Planning and Performance for the Department of Justice (DOJ). In this role she serves as the Deputy Performance Improvement Officer, the Deputy Evaluation Officer, the head of the Enterprise Risk Management Program, and the Program Management Improvement Officer for DOJ. She has held this position since June 2018. Prior to this role, she was the Budget Director for DOJ. In this capacity, she served as the principal budget expert for the Department with responsibility for development and execution of a budget in excess of $30 billion for the approximately 40 separate component organizations.
Prior to joining DOJ, Robin held a number of positions at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Soon after the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was signed into law, Robin joined the Senior Executive Service to establish the HHS Office of Recovery Act Coordination. She coordinated HHS-wide management of the Recovery Act activities involving approximately 40 Recovery Act programs valued at over $150 billion in mandatory and discretionary funds. Prior to this position, as a Program Manager for HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration, she administered programs that provided financial assistance to States, communities, non-profit organizations and individuals, with responsibility for developing program policy, direction, and implementation, and monitoring the performance of programs with an annual budget exceeding $500 million in grants, contracts, and interagency agreements. Robin began her Federal career as a Presidential Management Intern in the HHS Office of Budget, where she worked for 17 years in various positions—from analyst to branch chief.
