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from the service center

MIL welcomes Leslie Taylor to our DoD Business Unit

Division (NAWCAD), Leslie led over 10,000 employees while
MIL is excited to announce the
overseeing all aspects of technical and business operations.
addition of Leslie Taylor to our
Among her many achievements while serving at NAWCAD,
DoD Business Unit, where she will
Leslie spearheaded a major organizational overhaul to
serve as VP and Executive Advisor
enhance and increase effectiveness of NAWCAD’s mission
supporting business operations in
execution.
the Southern Maryland community.
Leslie will be responsible for providing Earlier in her career, Leslie served as a flight tester, weapons
direct services to MIL customers and integration expert lead on F-35 Lightning II aircraft, Warfare
assisting leadership with developing Analysis Director, and Director of Flight Test Engineering. In
and executing the Business Unit’s strategic growth plan. these roles, she worked to create national award-winning test
and evaluation (T&E) training programs. She developed Naval
“MIL is excited to bring Leslie’s extensive executive leadership,
Aviation capabilities-based T&E methodologies, which are
strategic planning, and test and evaluation skills to our Defense
still being applied today.
Business Unit,” said Tom Clark, EVP. “Her strong sense of
community, diversity, and inclusion coupled with her passion Leslie received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the West
for NAVAIR, NAWCAD, and our Nation’s warfighters' success is Virginia Institute of Technology and an M.S. in Engineering
an excellent fit with our core values here at MIL.” Management from the Florida Institute of Technology. She
also recently received a Diversity and Inclusion certification
Leslie holds over 37 years of service in Naval Aviation. Prior
from Cornell University. Leslie has been the recipient of
to her retirement from the federal government, she served as
several prestigious awards, including the Presidential Rank
the NAVAIR Vice Commander, where she facilitated critical
Award, Meritorious Executive; the Department of Navy
Naval Aviation decisions among numerous flag officers and
Superior Civilian Service Award; the Department of Defense
senior executives. She oversaw fleet force advisors in planning,
Meritorious Civilian Service Award; and the Excellence in
implementing, and optimizing investments to advance
Federal Career Bronze Award for Supervisors.
operational capabilities across the Command. In her role as
Executive Director of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Please join us in welcoming Leslie to the MIL Team!
2023 promotions

Congratulations to the members of the MIL team who were promoted in the past year!

Corporate – Recruiting for new team members and their managers. Jennifer was
instrumental in developing an onboarding process that
became ISO-9001 certified in 2014. Many of Jennifer’s
Susan Beall is promoted to Recruiting, Team Lead. Susan process enhancements have been adopted companywide due
joined MIL in 2019 to support Southern Maryland hiring to her analytical, detailed approach. Jennifer’s strengths lie
efforts. Susan adds great value to the team, empowering in her ability to flex her process to adapt to updated client
her colleagues by encouraging process and compliance procedures, her exemplary customer service, strict attention
while ensuring all candidates have the best candidate to detail, and her ability to forge relationships with customers
experience. Her determination and attention to detail have to ensure both MIL and U.S. Department of State (DoS)
led to increased hires, cohesiveness, and a more seamless compliance.
hiring process. She is also a champion of “time-to-hire” and Saira Mirza is promoted to Recruiting, Analyst. Saira joined
encourages this among her team to improve overall metric the company in 2021 to support MIL’s recruiting efforts.
performance. Susan exceeds expectations and has naturally Since that time, she has exhibited an outstanding level of
stepped up as a leader and helped contribute to the team while performance and has been instrumental in MIL’s positive
promoting autonomy. candidate experience. She has participated in the creation
Jennifer Johnson is promoted to Sr. Associate. Jennifer and publishing of a revised recruiting process, reporting
joined MIL in January 2011 as an Administrative Assistant analytics, and training for managers in Taleo. Saira has taken
supporting hiring and onboarding for the Charleston team. on increasingly complex responsibilities over the last year
Since that time, Jennifer has held multiple roles including and contributes daily to recruiting team innovations. Her
supervisory positions. She has worked tirelessly to develop, efforts, including providing recruiting analytics, improving
implement, and manage a streamlined onboarding process accountability, best practices, and overall communication,
that focuses on an informative and efficient experience have helped to take MIL recruiting to the next level.
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