Oshkosh Corporation has announced Angela M. Ambrose has joined the organization as vice president of government operations to lead global public policy. Ambrose has more than two decades of combined legislative and executive branch experience, most recently serving as vice president, government relations and communications for General Motors Defense. Prior, she held two private sector legislative roles, serving as the defense portfolio government relations lead within Accenture’s federal practice and as the chief congressional strategist for Northrop Grumman’s aerospace business.
Ambrose served as a federal civil servant on the senior legislative liaison teams in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Department of Defense’s Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization. She began her professional experience on Capitol Hill in the U.S. House of Representatives. In her new role at Oshkosh, she will be responsible for executing the company’s global public policy and its federal legislative, state and local government affairs priorities. In addition, she will manage the Oshkosh Corporation government affairs office in Washington, D.C., which supports the company’s 13 businesses.
Ambrose holds a bachelor's degree in communications from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and a master's degree in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College. She was named The Hill’s Top Lobbyist in 2021, 2022 and 2023, and is a board member of the National Defense Industrial Association and the National Defense University Foundation.
