Elizabeth Bryant, an associate dean at the Defense Acquisition University, has been appointed the university’s director of the office of human capital initiatives.
She succeeds Scott Bauer, a nearly two-decade Department of Defense veteran who will assume a new role within the U.S. government, HCI said in a LinkedIn post.
Bryant’s “deep knowledge of DAU and our customers, together with her leadership skills, energy and enthusiasm for finding the new and better will be great assets,” said DAU President James Woolsey.
In this capacity, Bryant will lead HCI’s acquisition workforce governance, workforce analytics and strategic planning functions and will be responsible for several initiatives, including the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account, Public-Private Talent Exchange and the Defense Acquisition Workforce Awards Program.
Bryant is an acquisition professional who served as the associate dean for strategic consulting and executive engagement at DAU.
She previously served as a contracts group leader at the Defense Contract Management Agency and spent more than a decade within the U.S. Air Force, where she served as a contracting officer and chief of the aeromed contracts branch within the agile combat support directorate.
HCI provides strategic support to the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and other DOD components to help recruit and develop defense acquisition professionals to facilitate the delivery of capabilities to warfighters.
