On July 10, 2016, the Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus (former Mississippi Governor) approved the promotion of Mr. Victor B. Minella as a Department of the Navy Senior Executive. Mr. Minella grew up in Pachuta and graduated from Clarke Academy. He also graduated with Honors from Ole Miss and is a retired Naval Officer.
Over the past eight years, Mr. Minella has been serving as the Assistant Director, Science and Technology, and the past year acting as the Senior Director, Integration Support Directorate (ISD), Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy (Policy), leading the Department of the Navy (DON) efforts in developing, implementing, and executing concepts and operations for sensitive DON, Department of Defense, and interagency activities globally, to include: leading a cross functional, globally deployed staff of over 200 implementing a rapid acquisition program; advising on the strategic planning on operations, technology and policy decisions as it relates to sensitive activities and military operations; and leading the development of a new security architecture to improve operational security for sensitive operational planning.
Mr. Minella's experience and leadership in sensitive operations will be vital to the achievement of the Department's overall objectives. Mr. Minella and his wife Cyndi live in Baltimore, Maryland.
