Advisory Board
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The Honorable Ellen Lord
The Honorable Ellen Lord serves as an Advisory Board Member for the Creative Defense Foundation. As the first Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and former CEO of Textron Systems, she brings unmatched expertise in defense acquisition, innovation strategy, and industry collaboration, advancing CDF’s mission to modernize defense acquisition and foster agile innovation.
Experience
Former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment | U.S. Department of Defense
Former President & CEO | Textron Systems Corporation
Former Vice-Chair | U.S. Congressional Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) Commission
Former Tri-Chair | CNAS Defense Technology Task Force
Board of Director/Trustee Positions
AAR Corporation
Parsons Corporation
SES S.A.
Exiger
Trident Solutions
ADVISORY BOARDS
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Senior Fellow
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Naval Institute Board of Directors, Vice Chair
PsiQuantum
3Wire
Chariot Defense
Elroy Air
NIOA
