Biography

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Grants
Terry L. Hurst
Department of Health and Human Services

Mr. Hurst joined the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in March 2005. He was promoted to Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grants in October 2006. Since taking this position, Mr. Hurst has served as co-chair of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Grants Subcommittee, which is tasked with steering Federal response to grant requirements of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (FFATA). Mr. Hurst also has been named as HHS’s member of the government-wide FFATA Task Force. In addition, he has provided executive leadership to and oversight of the HHS Office of Grants Policy Oversight and Evaluation; the Office of Grants Systems Modernization; Grants.gov; and the Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS).

Prior to his current position, Mr. Hurst directed implementation of the HHS Unified Financial Management System (UFMS), integrating department-wide financial data and systems to increase efficiency and accuracy in Federal financial management and reporting. Mr. Hurst drew upon 6 years of previous private sector management expertise with PeopleSoft’s Federal Financial practice to implement these advances. At PeopleSoft, Mr. Hurst provided strategic oversight to 20 different Federal projects in the Washington Metropolitan area, and directed a comprehensive team of project managers and support staff that guided business development, Federal customers, and the GSA JFMIP certification effort.

Before joining PeopleSoft, Mr. Hurst spent 17 years working for the Federal Government in various Departments and management positions. He began his Federal career with the U.S. Air Force in Non-Appropriated Funds, and received a promotion to Chief Non-Appropriated Funds Officer (NAFFMO) in 1986 at RAF Lakenheath, England. After leaving England in 1989, Mr. Hurst became the Chief of Analysis, Reconciliation and Reporting in the Finance Accounting Office (FAO) at Fort Belvoir, and later became the Chief of the FAO, where he implemented new automated financial systems. Mr. Hurst next moved to the Department of Defense and then to the Department of Treasury. At Treasury, he provided consulting services to other Federal agencies on a reimbursable basis and initiated the implementation and remediation of system controls to accurately capture improper payments. In 1996 Mr. Hurst was promoted to director of Financial Systems Consulting and served as the program manager for Commercial Off The Shelf Software (COTS) implementation. He was actively involved in six implementations using five different vendors to improve financial reporting and efficiency.

Mr. Hurst is a graduate of the University of Illinois with a degree in Accountancy and as a Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM). As Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grants, Mr. Hurst supports the Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology and the HHS Secretary by managing the Department’s key role as the largest grant-making agency in the Federal Government.