Angela Ambrose is the head of global public policy for Oshkosh Corporation, serving as vice president of government operations. In her role, she is responsible for executing the company’s global public policy efforts, including driving its federal, state, and local government affairs policy and funding priorities. In addition, she manages the Oshkosh Corporation government affairs office in Washington, D.C., which supports the company’s three segments and 13 market-leading businesses.
Prior to joining Oshkosh Corporation, Ambrose served as vice president of Government Relations and Communications for GM Defense LLC, where she was responsible for executing external affairs, working with the Executive and Legislative Branches of government, and managing the development and implementation of strategic communications, media relations, and marketing on a global scale. Under her leadership, Ambrose helped to spearhead GM’s reentry into the defense and government market, strategically developing a brand identity that resonated with target audiences amongst government decisionmakers, partners, and the media.
Previous private sector roles included leading the government relations activities for Accenture Federal Services (AFS), where she supported the Defense Portfolio and managed all defense, intelligence, cybersecurity and veterans’ affairs public policy priorities. During her time with AFS, Ambrose created an aggressive legislative strategy that supported critical business initiatives and guided capture activities to support growth in new business areas. Additionally, Ambrose served as the chief congressional strategist for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (NGAS), analyzing congressional authorization policies, annual appropriations and Executive Branch fiscal year budget requests. She provided intelligence to NGAS profit and loss divisions, with a specific focus on defense and civil space, unmanned systems, manned aircraft, strike platforms, restricted programs and emerging strategic capture priorities. Developing subject matter expertise in political global supply chain and strategic sourcing while at NGAS, Ambrose supported priority capture activities (including the successful B-21 Raider award) and mergers and acquisitions for growth in designated markets.
Ambrose also held two senior roles as a federal civil servant in the Executive Branch. She served as a senior Legislative Liaison in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and as the Deputy Director of Congressional Affairs for the Department of Defense Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO). During her tenure at JIEDDO, Ambrose received two Superior Civilian Service Awards. Ambrose began her tenure in Washington, D.C. as a senior policy advisor to a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. While managing a variety of policy oversight issues in the Legislative Branch, her time on Capitol Hill was predominately focused on a portfolio of appropriations, defense, homeland security, veterans’ affairs and foreign operations matters.
Ambrose earned a Bachelor of Arts in communications from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Arts in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College, with additional studies in national security at the National Defense University. Ambrose holds two prominent defense industry board positions, serving on the National Defense Industrial Association and National Defense University Foundation. She was recognized for the third consecutive year in 2023 as one of The Hill’s Top Lobbyists and in 2024 as one of the Top Women in Communications by PRNews in the “in-house innovator” category.
