[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 18, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E523-E524]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            RECOGNIZING THE RETIREMENT OF MS. LISHA H. ADAMS

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 18, 2022

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I would like to pay tribute to 
Ms. Lisha H. Adams, Executive Deputy to the Commanding General of Army 
Materiel Command.
  Ms. Adams has 39 years of government service experience supporting 
Army and Joint

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Force programs, with 35 of those years served at Army Materiel Command. 
A graduate of the Army Materiel Command Materiel Maintenance Management 
Intern Program, she has held various leadership positions in 
acquisition and sustainment, including Logistics Division Chief, 
Unmanned Vehicle Systems Project Office; Director of Logistics, PEO for 
Tactical Missiles; and Principal Deputy, G-3, U.S. Army Aviation and 
Missile Command. Selected for the Senior Executive Service in January 
2011, Ms. Adams also served as the Executive Director, Integrated 
Materiel Management Center, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command.
  In June 2011, Ms. Adams was assigned as the Assistant Deputy Chief of 
Staff, G-3/4 for Logistics Integration, responsible for sustaining the 
Joint Warfighter through command and control of supply chain 
management, depot and National Maintenance Program operations, asset 
management and distribution, reset, and ammunition/chemical stockpile 
management.
  Prior to her appointment to Executive Deputy to the Commanding 
General, she served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Materiel Readiness, where she was the principal advisor to the Office 
of the Secretary of Defense leadership on policies, procedures and 
actions related to the materiel readiness of Department of Defense 
weapons and other materiel systems.
  In her current capacity as Executive Deputy to the Commanding 
General, Ms. Adams is responsible for materiel life cycle management, 
acquisition support, personnel and resource management, industrial base 
operations and enterprise integration for a globally reaching command 
with over 175,000 military, civilian and contractor employees, 
impacting all 50 states and more than 150 countries.
  Ms. Adams earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from 
Birmingham-Southern College and received her Master of Business 
Administration degree from the Florida Institute of Technology. Ms. 
Adams is Defense Acquisition Level III certified in Program Management 
and Lifecycle Logistics. Her awards include the Department of the Army 
Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service; DA Meritorious Civilian 
Service Award; DA Superior Civilian Service Award; DA Civilian of the 
Year; Redstone Chapter AUSA, 2010; DA Integrated Logistics Support 
Achievement of the Year Award for ILS Management; and the Commander's 
Award for Civilian Service.
  I congratulate Ms. Adams on her retirement and thank her for her 
service to America.

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