8 FORT LEE, Va. (May 3, 2021) – Sydney A. Smith was inducted into the Senior Executive Service and at the same time became the new Army Logistics University president during a ceremony April 30 at the Army Logistics University green auditorium.
She is poised to oversee the university’s mission of providing professional education and leader development for military and civilian logisticians and related professionals from the Army, joint, interagency and international communities, to include sustainment and logistics, operations research, and acquisition leader education and training programs.
A native of Abingdon, Smith was selected for the SES in April. She replaced Michael K. Williams, who died May 27, 2020.