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 is 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
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 (B.A.)[1]
University of New Hampshire (M.S.)[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]

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.
Political offices
Preceded by
Jimmy MacStravic
Acting		 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
2017-2021		 Succeeded by
Stacy A. Cummings
Acting
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