Ellen Lord

Ellen M. Lord is an American businesswoman and government official who previously served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment in the Trump administration.[2] She was previously the CEO of Textron Systems, a global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technologies industrial conglomerate.[3][4] In her position, she was the chief weapons purchaser for the United States, responsible for overseeing hundreds of billions of dollars of weapons and services acquisitions programs in the United States Department of Defense.[5]

Ellen Lord
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
In office
February 1, 2018 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byStacy A. Cummings
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
In office
August 10, 2017 – February 1, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byJimmy MacStravic
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
EducationConnecticut College (BA)[1]
University of New Hampshire (MS)[1]

Lord served as vice chairwoman of the National Defense Industrial Association and as a member of the Center for a New American Security's task force on strategy, technology, and the global defense industry. She was also a board member of the Defense Technology Initiative, the Naval Institute Foundation, and the U.S.-India Business Council.[6]

Lord left the Pentagon in January 2021, after which she joined the consultancy firm the Chertoff Group as a senior advisor,[7] Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab as a senior fellow,[8] military contractor AAR as a director,[9] Voyager Space as a director,[10] Clarifai, an artificial-intelligence corporation, as a senior advisor,[11] military contractor SAIC as a strategic advisor,[12] and the electro-optical/infrared corporation GEOST as a director.[13]

References
  1. "Ellen M. Lord". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  2. "Cummings to serve as acting Pentagon acquisition head". Defense News. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  3. Mehta, Aaron (June 27, 2017). "Ellen Lord, Textron System CEO, nominated for undersecretary of AT&L". Defense News. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  4. Mehta, Aaron; Shane III, Leo (August 2, 2017). "New Navy secretary, 7 other DoD officials confirmed by Senate". Defense News. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  5. Rogin, Josh (June 9, 2017). "Pentagon to get a new policy chief". Washington Post. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  6. Edwards, Jane (June 28, 2017). "Textron Systems CEO Ellen Lord to Be Nominated as Pentagon Acquisition Chief". Executive Gov. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  7. Group, The Chertoff. "ELLEN LORD". www.chertoffgroup.com. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  8. "Hon. Ellen Lord, Former Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Named Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins APL". JHUAPL. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  9. "AAR Elects Ellen M. Lord to its Board of Directors | AAR". investors.aarcorp.com. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  10. "Ellen Lord". Voyager Space Holdings. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  11. Clarifai. "Press Release | Ellen Lord Joins Clarifai As Sr. Advisor". www.clarifai.com. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  12. "SAIC Forms a Strategic Advisory Board to Promote Company Growth and Innovation". investors.saic.com. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  13. Albon, Courtney (2022-01-12). "Ellen Lord joins GEOST board of directors". Defense News. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
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