Major General Elizabeth Cosson, AM, CSC (born 1958) is the current Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, and has been a career senior public servant since 2010.[18] Cosson has "vowed" to resign as Secretary of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, on 19 July 2020, if she cannot improve the department’s relationship with veterans stating in a media interview on 19 July 2019 that "if I’m still part of the problem in 12 months I will hand over [the job]."[19]