Katrina G. McFarland | |
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1st Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition | |
In office October 1, 2011 – January 20, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Dyke D. Weatherington (acting) |
5th United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology | |
In office February 1, 2016 – November 1, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Heidi Shyu |
Succeeded by | Steffanie Easter (acting) |
President of the Defense Acquisition University | |
In office November 2010 – May 2012 | |
Personal details | |
Education | Queen's University at Kingston |
Katharina G. McFarland is an engineer who served as the first U.S. assistant secretary of defense for acquisition from 2012 to 2017 and as the fifth assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics, and technology in 2016. She was president of the Defense Acquisition University from 2010 to 2012.