Program Management Systems Committee elects new leadership.

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The Program Management Systems Committee in May elected Tracie Thompson as its new chair, and Kim Herrington vice chair, to lead the organization for the next two years.

Thompson, the former vice chair, is currently Alliant Tech Systems' Florida earned value and program controls manager. She has more than 25 years of earned value, program control and management experience at defense contractors including Honeywell, HTSI and ATK. She is the first female chair of the committee. Vice Chair Kim Herrington is vice president of cost management integration at Bell Helicopter Textron.

The committee, which is within the Procurement Division, is the primary forum for building industry and government working relationships to promote integrated program management using...