Veronica Daigle, former assistant secretary for readiness at the Department of Defense, has joined venture capital firm Red Cell Partners as a partner and president of the national security practice.
She will oversee the development and implementation of the McLean, Virginia-based firm’s national security strategy and partner with entrepreneurs to advance the maturation of defense technologies, Red Cell said Wednesday.
“Veronica has an intimate understanding of the challenges confronting our nation today as the innovation gap continues to widen, near-peer competitors grow more emboldened, and we face an increasingly vulnerable global supply chain,” said Grant Verstandig, founder, chairman and CEO of Red Cell.
Daigle most recently served as director of acquisition and innovation policy, federal legislative affairs and government operations at Boeing (NYSE: BA).
Before that, she was assistant secretary of defense for readiness and advised the secretary and undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness on all matters related to military readiness.
Her federal service began in 2008 when she joined the Office of Management and Budget as a presidential management fellow and later became a senior executive within the DOD’s Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation.
