Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) said Tuesday it selected Christie Miller and Christian Ortego as two new vice presidents at its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division.
Starting April 1, Miller will be vice president of communications, and Ortego will be vice president and NNS chief counsel, the company release said. Miller will succeed Jennifer Dunn, who is retiring at the end of March after 29 years at NNS. Ortego will succeed Jon Arena, who is leaving HII to go elsewhere.
Ortego comes from HII’s Mission Technologies division, the segment that coordinates business development with the Department of Energy. At Mission technologies, he was senior vice president and general counsel, but in his new role he will provide legal advice and counsel to the senior management at NNS.
Miller started at HII in 2011 in the communications side, and will now be responsible for internal and executive communications.
Newport News Shipbuilding designs and builds the Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft and nuclear-powered submarines, including the Columbia- and Virginia-class subs.