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Amanda Renae Simpson
US Dept. Commerce photo
Born
(1961-03-26) March 26, 1961 (age 63)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater
Harvey Mudd College (BSc)
California State University, Northridge (MSc)
University of Arizona (MBA)
Occupation(s)
Vice-president, Research and Technology, Airbus Americas;
Former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Operational Energy, U.S. Dept. of Defense
Known for
First openly transgender woman U.S. presidential appointee
Political party
Democratic
Amanda Renae Simpson (born March 26, 1961) is an American pilot, businesswoman and politician.
Amanda Simpson is an advisor and consultant on aerospace, energy, and DEI as Founder and CEO of Third Segment LLC. She is a nationally renowned speaker and has presented at corporations, government agencies, civic organizations, conferences, and colleges around the country on technology and aerospace innovation as well as gender and diversity.[1]
She retired as vice-president for Research and Technology at Airbus Americas[2] and was the head of Sustainability for Airbus in the Americas. She was the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy[3][a] and previously Simpson was the executive director of the U.S. Army Office of Energy Initiatives[5][b] leading the Army's efforts to implement large-scale renewable energy projects. Her first posting in the Army was as the special assistant to the Army Acquisition Executive. In that role she was a principal advisor to the United States assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology[7] on all matters relating to Army acquisition, procurement, research & development and logistics. Upon her appointment to the position of senior technical advisor in the Bureau of Industry and Security in 2010, she became the first openly transgender woman political appointee of any presidential administration.[8][9][10] Simpson worked in the United States Department of Defense and was the first transgender person to lead an U.S. Department of Defense organization. She is Jewish.[11]
^"Third Segment". Third Segment. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
^"Airbus Americas Appoints Amanda Simpson Vice President, Research and Technology". AviationPros. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
^"Amanda Simpson named Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense". Metro Weekly. 2015-09-18.
^"Operational Energy".
^"Army ramping up renewable energy program". Federal Times. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
^"Ms. Amanda R. Simpson to Lead EITF". US Army. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
^"OASA (ALT) Org chart". US Army. January 4, 2010. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2011.
^Lisa Keen (January 7, 2010). "Obama Makes First Trans Appointments". Pride Source. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2010.
^Keen, Lisa (January 5, 2010). "Obama appoints first openly transgender people to post". Keen News Service. Retrieved January 8, 2010.
^"21 Transgender People Who Influenced American Culture". Time.
^"Amanda Simpson | Jewish Women's Archive".
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