Heather Dallara, Vice President of Contracts at Amentum

Heather Dallara is the vice president of contracts at government contractor Amentum and is a Potomac Officers Club member. She has extensive experience in leading contracting organizations and is known for her ability to develop and lead contracting teams.

Dallara oversees contracts that support federal agencies, including the departments of Homeland Security, State and Defense. She has been with the company since June 2020.

The industry veteran served various leadership roles at General Dynamics Information Technology before assuming her current leadership role, according to her LinkedIn profile.

At GDIT, she most recently served as VP of contracts for the company’s defense division. She was also the VP of Department of Defense and foreign military sales contracts and was a senior director for contracts.

Dallara was with GDIT for 10 years.

She was also a contract manager at L3 Technologies for nearly four years. Prior to working at L3, she was a contracts administrator for Harris Corp.

L3 Technologies and Harris Corp. merged in 2019 to form L3Harris Technologies.

Dallara holds a master’s degree in management from Marymount University and a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from Virginia Tech.

Amentum offers test and training, aviation and autonomous solutions, environmental solutions and modernization and program management support services to government and commercial clients. It is headquartered in Germantown, Maryland, and has multiple offices within the U.S.