Angela Ambrose

GM Defense
Vice President of Government Relations and Communications
UPCOMING EVENT
Women In Defense 2022 National Conference
Bio

Angela M. Ambrose is the vice president of Government Relations and Communications for GM Defense LLC. She is responsible for executing external affairs, working with the Executive and Legislative Branches of government, and managing the development and implementation of strategic communications, media relations and marketing. Ambrose also served as the interim vice president of Business Development from March - September 2021, leading all customer engagements and helping to shape the GM Defense pursuit pipeline.

Prior to joining GM in 2019, Ambrose led government relations for Accenture Federal Services (AFS) for defense, intelligence, cybersecurity and veterans’ affairs. During her time with AFS, she created an aggressive legislative strategy that supported critical business initiatives and guided capture activities to support growth in new business areas.

Ambrose served as the chief congressional strategist for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (NGAS) from 2011 to 2015, analyzing congressional authorization policies, annual appropriations and Executive Branch fiscal year budget requests. She provided intelligence to NGAS profit and loss divisions, with a specific focus on defense and civil space, unmanned systems, manned aircraft, strike platforms, restricted programs and emerging strategic capture priorities.

Ambrose held two senior roles as a federal civil servant in the Executive Branch from 2008 to 2011. She served as a senior Legislative Liaison in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and as the Deputy Director of Congressional Affairs for the Department of Defense Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO). During her tenure at JIEDDO, Ambrose received two Superior Civilian Service Awards.

From 2002 to 2008, Ambrose served as a senior policy advisor to a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. While managing a variety of statutory oversight issues in the Legislative Branch, her time on Capitol Hill was predominately focused on appropriations, defense, homeland security, veterans’ affairs and foreign operations matters.

Ambrose earned a Bachelor of Arts in communications from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Arts in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College, with additional studies in national security at the National Defense University. She is a leading voice within the national security community, currently serving on two prominent industry boards including the National Defense Industrial Association and National Defense University Foundation.