Gabe Camarillo

Early life and education Camarillo was born and raised in El Paso, Texas and graduated from J. M. Hanks High School in 1994. He attended St. Mary's University for one year before transferring to Georgetown University. Camarillo earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown in 1998 and a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 2002.

Career In 1998 and 1999, Camarillo served as a legislative assistant for Congressman Cal Dooley (D-20-CA). After graduating from law school, he was a litigation associate at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld from 2002 to 2005. He was an associate at the Sutton Law Firm in San Francisco from 2004 to 2009 and at the Kaufman Legal Group in Los Angeles from 2009 to 2010. Camarillo joined the United States Army as a presidential appointee of the Obama administration in 2010, serving as a Special Assistant until 2012. From 2012 to 2016, he served as principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology). From December 15, 2015, to January 22, 2017, he served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs). Camarillo then joined McKinsey & Company as a senior advisor. In 2017, he joined Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) as Vice President of Strategy followed by assignment as Senior Vice President for Naval Sea and Air Systems in SAIC's Defense Systems Group.

Camarillo was nominated by the Biden administration for United States Under Secretary of the Army in July 2021. He was confirmed by voice vote on February 2, 2022.