Allison F. Stiller
From June 2015 to September 2019, Ms. Stiller served as the Principal Civilian Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition (PCD ASN(RDA)). Her responsibilities included oversight and policy for Navy and Marine Corps research, development, and acquisition programs for shipbuilding, aviation, ground, space, weapon systems, communication systems, and business IT. This portfolio included oversight of more than 100,000 people and an annual budget in excess of $50 billion as well as hundreds of technical developments and procurement programs for the Department of the Navy. From January 2017 to December 2017, Ms. Stiller served as Acting ASN (RDA) as well as the U.S. representative on the Joint Strike Fighter’s Executive Steering Board.
Ms. Stiller spent nearly 30 years in the Department of Defense’s acquisition community with more than 15 years in senior leadership positions. In addition to PCD ASN (RDA), Ms. Stiller served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Ship Programs. In this capacity, she was responsible for executive oversight of all naval shipbuilding and associated weapon systems programs, major ship conversions, and nuclear ship refuelings, as well as the maintenance, modernization and disposal of in-service ships.
Ms. Stiller has served in and influenced the direction of numerous shipbuilding acquisition programs throughout her career. She served for four years as the Deputy Program Manager in the Amphibious Warfare Program Office, responsible for design, development, acquisition, and fleet introduction of amphibious ships and landing craft. Ms. Stiller also served as Director for Naval and Commercial Construction in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Ship Programs where her responsibilities included oversight of amphibious and auxiliary ship construction and conversion programs, as well as shipbuilding industrial base matters. Ms. Stiller also served as Acquisition Manager in the early phases of the Virginia Class Submarine Program, as well as division director in the SEAWOLF Submarine program during the design and early construction phases of that program.
Ms. Stiller holds a BS in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia and a MS in Engineering Management from Virginia Tech. She is also a graduate of the JFK School of Government’s Senior Executive Fellows Program at Harvard University and the Defense Systems Management College.
Ms. Stiller is also the proud ship sponsor for USS MISSISSIPPI (SSN 782) and serves as President of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy
