Van Hendrey

Executive Director, Program Executive Officer for Integrated Warfare Systems

U.S. Navy

Ms. Van Hendrey was appointed to the Senior Executive Service and began serving as the Executive Director, Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) in September 2023. In this role, Ms. Hendrey directs the acquisition and Fleet support of the Surface Navy’s combat systems, weapons, radars, and related international and foreign military sales programs. She is responsible for an organization of over 400 civilian and military personnel and 170 programs and projects with an annual acquisition budget of over $6 billion. Prior to her current role, Ms. Hendrey was appointed to the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service in August 2020 and served as the Program Manager for the Defense Intelligence Agency’s flagship Machine-Assisted Analytic Rapid-Repository System (MARS) program. As the MARS Program Manager, she led the comprehensive digital modernization of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise’s system for foundational military intelligence. Prior to her selection to SES, Ms. Hendrey served in a number of senior leadership positions to include: Deputy Program Manager, Mine Warfare (PMS 495) in PEO Unmanned and Small Combatants; Director of Undersea Warfare Systems and Littoral Combat Ship for the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN RD&A); Principal Assistant Program Manager (PAPM) for Advanced Radars (IWS 2A) in PEO IWS; and PAPM and Chief Engineer for the Cobra Judy Replacement program in PEO IWS. She spent 11 years in industry working on PEO IWS, PEO C4I and Army programs where she gained invaluable insights into the perspectives of small and medium sized businesses working on Government contracts. Ms. Hendrey’s Navy career began as a high school intern in the Magnetic Materials Group, Naval Surface Warfare Center White Oak. Ms. Hendrey is a Vietnamese refugee whose family immigrated to the United States after being sponsored by an Air Force family. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, both from the University of Maryland, College Park. Ms. Hendrey is a member of the Acquisition Professional Community and has a Level III Certification in Program Management. She was the winner of the USD(AT&L) 2014 Workforce Achievement Award for Program Management. Ms. Hendrey’s awards also include two Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Awards, a Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Office of the Director for National Intelligence Exceptional Service Award, the Defense Intelligence Agency Director’s Award, and the Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence and Security) Visionary Award. She resides with her husband and two children in Arlington, Va.

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