Command & Staff : Carol Lowman
Dr. Carol E. Lowman became the second Executive Director of the U.S. Army Contracting Command, a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command on Sept. 27, 2011. She previously served as ACC’s Deputy Director.
ACC, headquartered at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., includes two subordinate commands, the Mission and Installation Contracting Command and the Expeditionary Contracting Command; and six major contracting centers that support AMC’s other major subordinate and life cycle management commands.
ACC provides global contracting support to warfighters through the full spectrum of military operations. ACC consists of more than 5,700 military and civilian personnel worldwide who award and manage more than 240,000 contractual actions valued at an estimated $92.9 billion per year.
Prior to serving as the ACC Deputy Director, Dr. Lowman was the acting director, Mission and Installation Contracting Command at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. There she helped manage more than 1,660 military and civilian personnel located at 41 installations within the continental United States. MICC awards approximately $8.2 billion a year in new acquisitions for the Army, Department of Defense and other federal organizations.
Dr. Lowman has also served as the Director and Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting and Chief, Business Systems Division for the Army Contracting Agency Southern Region in Atlanta, Ga. She also served as Chief, Management Branch for the Contracting Division at the U. S. Army Forces Command at Fort McPherson, Ga. Dr. Lowman began her Army career as a contracting intern with the Information Systems Command at Fort Ritchie, Md.
She was appointed to the Senior Executive Service on March 6, 2005.
Dr. Lowman holds a doctorate in Public Administration from the University of Georgia, a master’s degree from Troy State University and a bachelor’s from Canisius College.
Dr. Lowman has received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the Association of the United States Army Award at the Sustaining Base and Leadership Course and several Commanders Awards.
Most recently, Dr. Lowman was appointed by the President of the United States as a member of the Committee for Purchase from People who are Blind or Severely Disabled.
As of April 2012