Booz Allen Hamilton promotes Judi Dotson to executive VP

Dotson currently leads the firm’s Joint Combatant Command account.

Published January 20, 2020 by Sydney Lake

McLean-based management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton is promoting Judi Dotson to executive vice president effective April 1, the company announced Jan. 17. 

Dotson has been with Booz Allen Hamilton for 31 years and currently leads the firm’s Joint Combatant Command account, which works for U.S. Department of Defense clients such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). 

Dotson “has a strong record of anticipating the needs of our clients, shaping opportunities and delivering with excellence, all while developing talented teams and the leaders of tomorrow,” Booz Allen Hamilton CEO and President Horacio Rozanski said in a statement.

She will succeed Executive Vice President Christopher Ling, who is retiring at the end of 2020 after 29 years at the firm.

Dotson earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Maryland and has served on the boards of directors for trade association TechAmerica and environmental nonprofit Nature Generation.

Booz Allen Hamilton was founded in 1914 and employs approximately 27,000 people globally. For the 12 months that ended March 31, 2019, Booz Allen Hamilton had $6.7 billion in revenue.