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News | Aug. 21, 2017

Ellen Lord, undersecretary for AT&L

By Patrick Tremblay DCMA Public Affairs

Editor's note: a high resolution official photo of Ellen Lord is available for DCMA offices to download and print at https://360.dcma.mil/directorate/PH-DC/DCC/Leadership%20Portraits/ (login required).

FORT LEE, Va., August 21, 2017 — Ellen Lord has been confirmed as undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics. She is responsible to the secretary of defense for all matters pertaining to acquisition; research and engineering; developmental testing; contract administration; logistics and materiel readiness; installations and environment; operational energy; chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons; the acquisition workforce; and the defense industrial base.

Lord has more than 30 years of experience in the defense industry, including senior leadership positions in industry. Read more on Lord and AT&L at http://www.acq.osd.mil/bio_lord.html.