ALVIN D. “AJAY” THORNTON Director of Engineering, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
Alvin Thornton entered the Senior Executive Service in 2008 and now serves as the director of engineering at the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center. He exercises full responsibility in the formulation and execution of policy rela- tive to the major steps and lines of action required to manage and direct the center’s teamed/collocated personnel support activities for the program life cycles of chemical biological defense systems with the additional technical responsibility in managing and executing Army acquisition program activities for assigned chemical biological defense systems. The center is a research and development organization of 1,600 scientists, engineers and technicians. Thornton directly manages more than 700 people and provides leadership for center activities pertaining to research, develop- ment, test and evaluation and engineering support to acquisition and sustainment of Chemical Biological Defense systems and materiel.
He earned a bachelor of arts degree
from Morgan State University. MICHAEL WILLIAMS
Deputy to the Commander, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
Michael Williams is a deputy to the commander, Military Surface Deploy- ment and Distribution Command based at the Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. Williams is responsible for facilitat- ing con- tinuous im- provement
and innovation in the development of distribution policies, plans and programs supporting the global mission. These re- sponsibilities impact Joint Service force deployment and logistics operations. He earned a bachelor of science degree from United States Military Academy and a master's degree from National War College.
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY ELLIOTT BRANCH
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Acquisition and Procurement)
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)
Elliott Branch has held various positions in the Senior Executive Service within the Department of the Navy. Since 2011, he has served as deputy assistant secretary of the Navy (Acquisition and Procurement) in the Office of the As- sistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition). Prior, he was executive director, Acquisition and Logistics Management, Office of the As- sistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) 2009 to 2011; executive director / director of contracts at the Naval Sea Systems Command, 2006 to 2009. Branch was a private sector consultant, 2001 to 2006; and before that chief procurement officer for the Government of the District of Columbia from 1999 to 2000. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School in 1978.
VICTOR GAVIN
Program Executive Officer for Enterprise Information Systems
Victor Gavin was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 2007. He served as technical director for the Program Executive Officer Submarines from 2007 to 2009. Prior he held various positions, including systems engineer with the Naval Underwater System Cen- ter, deputy program manager, Submarine Acoustic Systems and program manager for Submarine Combat Systems. He has served as the deputy program execu- tive Officer for Enterprise Information Systems from 2011 to 2012. In this role, he oversees a $2 billion portfolio of information technology projects de- signed to enable business processes and to provide standard IT capabilities to the Department of Navy. He was executive director for the program executive officer for Littoral and Mine Warfare, 2009 to 2011. Gavin holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina A&T State University, and a master’s degree in systems engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
JANICE HAITH Director, Department of Navy
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance
Janice Haith was appointed a member of the Senior Executive Service in August of 2004, serving as principal deputy/ chief information officer for the Defense Security Service. She managed day-to-day agency operations and oversaw develop- ment of a Department of Defense Enter- prise Security System. She subsequently was appointed as the director, Intelligence Access for Warfighter Support in the Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence), to oversee the development of information sharing policy for foreign disclosure and management of the Information Technol- ogy portfolio. Haith has also served as director, Assessments and Compliance; and director, Deputy Chief of Naval Op- erations for Information Dominance since April 2010. She has been a security, intel- ligence and CIO professional since 1984. She is a graduate of Hampton Institute, with a bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's degree in technology manage- ment from the University of Maryland. She is also a graduate of the National Defense University-Chief Information Of- ficer Program and Information Assurance programs.
STEFFANIE EASTER Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations
Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education
Steffanie Easter graduated from North Carolina State University in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in chemi- cal engineering. She earned a master's degree in engineering management from Catholic University of America in 1994. She has served as assistant deputy chief of Naval Operations (Manpower, Personnel, Training & Education) since 2009. Prior she was assistant commander for acquisition for Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and leader of NAVAIR Acquisition/ Program Manage- ment Competency from December 2006 to September 2009. Other assignments include deputy program executive officer for Tactical Aircraft Programs, 2002 to 2007; NAVAIR Principal Deputy Pro- gram Manager for the Advanced Tactical Aircraft and Protection Systems Program Office and PEO-T Chief of Staff and head of Acquisition, 2000 to 2002.
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