Katie Thompson

Deputy Executive Director, U.S. Army Contracting Command–Aberdeen Proving Ground

U.S. Army

Ms. Katherine C. Thompson is the Deputy Director of the U.S. Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Maryland, a major contracting center of the U.S. Army Contracting Command with more than 1,000 contracting professionals who execute over 20K contract actions valued at approximately $15 billion annually.

Prior to her selection as Deputy Director of ACC-APG, Ms. Thompson served as ACC-APG’s Chief of Contracting Operations where she and her team supported thirteen buying divisions, staff, and the Senior Contracting Official through policy initiatives, industry engagements, training, audit support, cost and price initiatives, contract administration, and competition advocacy.

Ms. Thompson previously served as the Chief of the Contracting Office (COCO) providing contracting support to the Army Combat
Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center; the DoD Office of Small Business Programs APEX Accelerators and Mentor Protégé Programs; and the Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) National Security Engineering Center Federally Funded Research and Development Center with the MITRE Corporation.

Ms. Thompson was also the Branch Chief and Lead Contracting Officer executing the $37B Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services (RS3) contract, providing customized best value contracting solutions to a diverse group of organizations across the DoW and federal government that require professional support services across the spectrum of C5ISR mission requirements.

Ms. Thompson holds a Master of Science in Business Management specializing in Acquisition and Supply Chain Management from the University of Maryland University College, and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Political Science from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

Ms. Thompson’s awards and recognition include the Army Acquisition Executive Excellence in Leadership Award for Innovation in Contracting Strategies (2025), the Achievement Medal for Civilian Service (2018), the Secretary of the Army Award for Excellence in Contracting for Outstanding Contract Specialist (2017) and the Army Materiel Command (AMC) Arsenal of the Brave (2015).

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