Steffanie Easter

She is responsible for CAES’s overall sustainability efforts to drive best practices across key elements of environmental, social, and governance standards, and to 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 strategic growth and development within the defense and civilian sector. Easter joined private industry in 2020. Before joining, 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, she served in several high impact positions in the Department of Defense including Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)) and the Principal Deputy to the ASA(ALT); F-35 Joint Program Office Executive Director; Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education; Assistant Commander for Acquisition at Naval Air Systems Command; 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 Black Engineer of the Year Award for Professional Achievement and the 2009 National Women of Color Award for Managerial Leadership.

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