Thomas W. Hicks

Thomas W. Hicks
Thomas W. Hicks, Under Secretary of the Navy and Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy (Management) January 2017
Alma mater	University of Maryland
Occupation	Engineer, Consultant, Public Servant

Thomas W. Hicks is the current acting Under Secretary of the Navy, and he is also the Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy for Management. Prior to this, Hicks served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy.

Hicks received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from University of Maryland and has completed coursework at:

He was Senior Program Manager with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star® program. Hicks was responsible for the Energy Star commercial building rating system.

Hicks was Vice President of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) and International Programs with the U.S. Green Building Council. He managed the expansion from four to seven individual ratings. He was interviewed by the Navy's CHIPS magazine in 2012

Hicks was the Under Secretary of the Navy from 2014 to 2016 and again in January 2017 representing the Department of Defence on policy, budget, and strategy matters and serving as the Chief Operating Officer/Chief Management Officer of the Navy.

Hicks is one of the three founding principle of The Mabus Group with Ray Mabus and Thomas Oppel. The Mabus Group is a strategic advisory firm specializing in resiliency which includes energy, sustainability, cyber security, and talent management.