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# FDA Adds New Chief Operating Officer
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/fda-adds-new-chief-operating-officer/
- Published: 2025-03-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T14:56:08.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5158886

FDA has appointed former consultant **Barclay Butler** as deputy commissioner for operations and chief operating officer. In this capacity, Butler has “leadership authority over the management of business programs and operations across the FDA enterprise level, including human resources and facilities,” according to his [just-posted bio](https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-organization/barclay-butler?ref=fdaweb.com).

Before joining FDA, Butler ran Barclay Consulting Services, and before that he spent 10 years with the Defense Health Agency, most recently as assistant director for support. Earlier in his career, he was chief information officer for several organizations, including the Office of the Army Surgeon General, the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 18th Medical Command, and 44th Medical Brigade at the 18th Airborne Corps.

Butler has his PhD from the University of Michigan and his undergraduate degree in biology from Marquette University. He also has a master’s degree in bioengineering, and a master’s in electrical sciences, both from the University of Michigan.