Katie Schroth Appointed MITRE VP of Air & Space Forces Center

Katie Schroth has been appointed vice president of air and space forces center within the national security sector at MITRE.

The McLean, Virginia-based organization said Monday Schroth will develop strategies and establish priorities necessary for MITRE to deliver technical capabilities to support the Department of the Air Force mission objectives. This includes areas of critical need such as space warfighting, air operations, nuclear enterprise modernization, cyber operations and joint lethality in contested environments.

Katie Schroth’s MITRE Career

Schroth’s MITRE career spans 20 years, during which time she specialized in system-of-systems integration and systems acquisitions in nuclear command, control, communications and tactical domains.

Prior to her promotion, Schroth was the managing director for MITRE’s Army portfolio. In this role, she spearheaded the strategic and technical direction of its Army initiatives while supervising over 200 individuals across 12 sites with more than 50 sponsors.

She previously served as chief engineer of the joint and services center, where she worked with the leadership team to provide crucial capabilities for the company’s diverse sponsors across the entire Department of Defense operating lifecycle for its 1,600 personnel. Schroth also served as managing director of the air and space forces center’s nuclear enterprise division and as portfolio director of the Air Force nuclear enterprise.

The network systems engineer first joined MITRE in 2001 as a terminal systems engineer. She has also held positions as communications laboratory technical lead and department head of Air Force and joint service communications system.

Keoki Jackson, senior vice president and general manager of MITRE National Security, said of Schroth, “She joins our national security executive team that is increasingly focused on joint and coalition interoperability, cross-cutting solutions across kinetic and non-kinetic warfighting domains, and integration of defense and intelligence capabilities for warfighting and operational advantage.”