Steffanie Easter is responsible for the overall sustainability efforts of the company to drive best practices across key elements of environmental, social and governance standards, and support related strategic engagements with industry peers and customers.

Previously she served as the Vice President, Deputy Army Business Unit and Vice President, Strategy and Planning at SAIC where she led the development of the strategic direction and growth of all customer accounts within the Defense and Civilian Sector and ensured alignment of Sector strategy with corporate goals and objectives.

Before joining SAIC in 2020, she served as the Director, Navy Staff for the U.S. Navy becoming the first civilian to hold the position. In this role she served as the senior civilian and coordinated enterprise level efforts across the Navy staff, ensuring alignment of more than 400 Flag Officers and Senior Executives in direct support of the Chief of Naval Operations.

Throughout her career, Steffanie served in a variety of challenging and high impact positions.  She served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA(ALT) and the Principal Deputy to the ASA(ALT) where she led and managed a $30B R&D and Procurement portfolio executing the Army’s acquisition function and the acquisition management system of over 800 programs.  She was also responsible for leading the Army acquisition workforce and supervising Army acquisition, execution of the science and technology portfolio, as well as all contracting and logistics endeavors within the Army acquisition enterprise.

Steffanie also served as the senior civilian for the ~$350B F-35 Joint Program, Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education; Assistant Commander for Acquisition for Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR); and Deputy Program Executive Officer for Tactical Aircraft Programs.

Easter has been recognized with multiple awards including the Presidential Rank Award; the Secretary of the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award; the Army Exceptional Civilian Service Award; and the Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Award. She is also the recipient of the 2010 Back Engineer of the Year Award for Professional Achievement and the 2009 National Women of Color Award for Managerial Leadership.

In 2020 Easter joined the Board of Directors for Fincantieri Marinette Marine.  She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Military Bowl Foundation, a nonprofit that supports our nation’s current and former service members and she serves as a member of the NC State Engineering Foundation Board of Directors.

Easter earned her Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University, and her Masters of Engineering degree from The Catholic University of America. She received the 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award from both Universities.