Annenberg Leadership Institute Advisory Board
Vice Admiral Keith Lippert
Chief Strategy Officer, Accenture
and Former Director, Defense Logistics Agency
VADM (Retired) Keith Lippert started working as Chief Strategy Officer for Accenture National Security Services of Reston, Virginia, in October 2006. His last tour on active duty was as the 14th Director of the Defense Logistics Agency. Admiral Lippert served in this capacity from July 2001 to July 2006, the longest serving director in DLA’s history.
The Defense Logistics Agency is responsible for providing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and other federal agencies with a variety of logistics, acquisition and technical services in peace and war. These services include logistics information, materiel management, procurement, warehousing and distribution of spare parts, food, clothing, medical supplies and fuel, reutilization of surplus military materiel and document automation and production. This worldwide mission is performed by approximately 23,000 civilian and military personnel with annual sales of $35 billion.
Prior to coming to DLA, Vice Admiral Lippert was the Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command and 41st Chief of Supply Corps from August 1999 to July 2001. He also served as Vice Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command from August 1999 to July 2001.
Vice Admiral Lippert is a native of Chicago, Ill., and graduated from Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School in Fanwood, N.J. in 1965. He earned his commission through the regular Navy ROTC Program, graduating from Miami University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics in 1968. Additionally, he holds Master's Degrees from the Naval Postgraduate School in Management and in Operations Research (with distinction). In 1994, he attended the Senior Executive Program in National and International Security at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Vice Admiral Lippert's sea duty tours include Supply Officer, USS Queenfish (SSN 651), Assistant Supply Officer, USS Simon Lake (AS 33), and Supply Officer, USS Canopus (AS 34). Shore duty tours include assignments as Assistant Comptroller, Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet; Operations Research Officer at the Navy Ships Parts Control Center, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; Inventory Analysis Staff, Naval Supply Systems Command, Washington, D.C.; Executive Officer, Naval Supply Center, Jacksonville, Florida.; and Director, Spares Programs and Policy Branch in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Logistics.
In 1990 he rejoined the Naval Supply Systems Command as the Deputy Commander for Financial Management/Comptroller, with budget responsibility for a worldwide, multibillion-dollar supply system. While serving as Comptroller he was also responsible for Navy's successful Inventory Reduction Program.
From July 1993 to July 1995, Vice Admiral Lippert served as the Commander, Defense General Supply Center, Richmond, Va. In August 1995, he became the first Commander, Naval Inventory Control Point, with offices in Philadelphia, Pa., and Mechanicsburg, Pa.
His personal awards include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, three Legion of Merits, four Meritorious Service Medals, two Navy Commendation Medals, Navy Achievement Medal, and Submarine Supply Dolphins. He is the recipient of the Society of Logistics Engineers 1992 International Award for outstanding performance in financial management/inventory control.
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