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Hunter F. Lutinski, a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES), 

is the Director, Strategic Integration, Defense Threat Reduction 

Agency (DTRA). He is responsible for shaping DTRA’s response to 

the challenges and priorities set forth in the National Defense Strategy 

by focusing the Agency’s operations, activities and investments in a 

manner that maximizes their cumulative effect in support of the 

nation’s warfighters. 

Mr. Lutinski was appointed to the SES on August 15, 2010. His 

previous SES assignments include Director of Intelligence & Plans for 

DTRA where he led Agency efforts to anticipate and shape global 

CWMD information operations. 

As Director of the On-Site Inspection Directorate, he led the successful implementation of the first 

four years of New START which re-established “boots on the ground” inspections of Russian strategic 

weapons facilities after over a year of inactivity caused by the expiration of START I. In addition, he 

oversaw the implementation of nine other Arms Control Treaties and Agreements. In response to the 

Russian invasion of Crimea, he personally coordinated the Organization for Security and Cooperation 

in Europe’s (OSCE) first inspection of the contested area. In addition, he was the senior USG official 

to participate in Open Skies observation flights along the de facto border caused by Russia’s 

aggression in Ukraine. He oversaw a unique USG security program to identify and protect against 

any threats posed by foreign inspection equipment, and maintained and strengthened the DoD’s 

premier language training program, ensuring a world class cadre of linguists was always available to 

support the Nation’s treaty implementation commitments. 

Prior to his appointment to the SES, he served as the Deputy Director and then Acting Director of the 

Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Directorate at DTRA, leading the Nunn-Lugar CTR program to 

assist countries in dismantling WMD, delivery systems and related infrastructure. As the Program 

Manager for Nuclear Weapons Safety and Security from 2004-2007 he was responsible for all DoD 

CTR projects to enhance the security of nuclear weapons in the Russian Federation. He and his team 

successfully accelerated completion of security upgrades at 24 sites across eight time zones by two 

years to meet Bush administration commitments. 

Hunter F. Lutinski 

Director, Strategic Integration 

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BIOGRAPHY 

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From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Lutinski served as the CTR Division Chief at the DTRA office in Moscow, 

where he led in-country CTR program support. He also advised the U.S. Embassy Moscow 

interagency country team, G-8 members, and European Missions on key issues pertaining to DoD 

CTR assistance. During this time, he personally finalized negotiation and coordination of 10 bilateral 

agreements committing the USG to provide more than $650 million in additional CTR assistance to 

the Russian Federation. 

Mr. Lutinski joined the DoD in 1996 as a project officer with the Defense Nuclear Agency, which 

became part of DTRA when it formed in 1998. From 1996 to 2002, he worked on fissile material 

control projects under the CTR Program with the Russian Federation and was responsible for 

development and implementation of unprecedented nuclear weapons elimination and nuclear 

materials monitoring projects to include construction of a facility capable of the safe, secure storage 

of up to 50 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium. Prior to joining the DoD, Mr. Lutinski was a 

defense analyst with Science Applications International Corporation in McLean, Virginia, supporting 

various DoD and State Department offices on arms control and threat reduction. 

Mr. Lutinski has a Master of Public & International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh, where he 

was the recipient of a Pew Foundation Fellowship. He has a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs 

from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the DoD Acquisition 

Corps and is Level III certified in program management. 

His awards include the DTRA Director’s Award for Meritorious Service, the DTRA Director’s Award for 

Exceptional Service, the 2008 DTRA High-Grade Employee of the Year, the leader of DTRA’s Team 

of the Year in 2008, and Mentor of the Year in 2016.