ON THE MCFARLAND NAMED ACTING ASA(ALT)
President Obama has appointed the Hon. Katharina (Katrina) McFarland to serve as acting assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and tech- nology (ASA(ALT)), filling the post vacated by the Hon. Heidi Shyu on Jan. 31.
Before joining the DA, McFarland was the assistant secretary of defense for acquisition, serving as principal adviser to the secretary of defense and the under- secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics on matters related to acquisition. Previously, she served as president of the Defense Acquisition Univer- sity and director for acquisition for the Missile Defense Agency.
McFarland began her civil service career in 1986 as a general engineer at Head- quarters Marine Corps. She has received an honorary doctorate of engineering degree from Cranfield University, United Kingdom; the Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Award; the Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service Award; the Department of the Navy Civilian Tester of the Year Award; and the Navy and United States Marine Corps Commendation Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service. She is Level III certified in program management, engineering and testing, and holds a professional engineer license and a PMP certification.
EASTER NAMED PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASA(ALT)
The Hon. Katharina McFarland, acting ASA(ALT), appointed Steffanie Easter as the principal deputy ASA(ALT), effective March 7.
Easter will help lead and supervise Army acqui- sition, procurement, research and development and logistics endeavors, and spearhead the development of policies, programs and pro- cesses to streamline Army acquisition. She succeeds Gabriel Camarillo, now the assis- tant secretary of the Air Force for manpower and reserve affairs.
Easter previously served as executive director for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, a DOD initiative for defining affordable and sus- tainable fifth-generation strike aircraft. Easter also has served as assistant deputy chief of naval operations for manpower, personnel, training and education, the civilian executive adviser for all personnel resources and information systems needed to effectively manage the Navy Total Force. Additionally, she served as the assis- tant commander for acquisition for Naval Air
Systems Command (NAVAIR), executing acquisi- tion responsibilities for six program management offices while serving as the leader of the NAVAIR acquisition/program management competency.
Easter holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from North Carolina State Univer- sity and a master’s in engineering management from the Catholic University of America, and is a graduate of the Defense Systems Management College and the NAVAIR Senior Executive Man- agement Development Program. She has been a member of the Senior Executive Service since 2002.
In more than 30 years of federal service, she has received several awards, including the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award, the Navy Dis- tinguished Civilian Service Award, the National Women of Color Award for Managerial Leader- ship and the Black Engineer of the Year Award for Professional Achievement.
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