GD promotes Schmid to be company's top lobbyist

General Dynamics announced today that Elizabeth Schmid has been promoted to be the company's senior vice president for government relations and communications.

Schmid joined General Dynamics in 2015 and has served as vice president for government relations since 2018, according to a company press release.

She previously served as vice president for national security and acquisition policy at the Aerospace Industries Association, as a professional staff member and staff director for the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee and as a Presidential Management Fellow in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.