Michelle Miller has been appointed to the Senior Executive Service and named as the next director of contract policy in the Office of Defense Pricing, Contracting and Acquisition Policy at the Department of Defense. She will be handling all operations and activities of the DPCAP/CP Directorate, according to the memorandum issued by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment on Tuesday.
Miller will be replacing Col. Steven Green, who served as the acting director for the past eight months. John Tenaglia, the principal director for DCAP, signed the memorandum.
Who Is Michelle Miller?
Before her appointment, Miller was a procurement analyst at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology. She was also a procurement analyst at the National Guard Bureau. She also became a branch chief and supervisory contracting officer at the U.S. Army Contracting Command. Miller also previously served as a contracting officer at the Army’s Intelligence and Security Command. She began her career as a contracts specialist at the Marine Corps Systems Command.
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