Kathleen Hildreth

Throughout her 30 year career in government and professional services, Ms. Hildreth has been a leader in winning and maintaining new business, maximizing customer satisfaction and implementing innovation. As co-founder of M1 Support Services (M1) in 2003, she has grown a successful services company from two employees to over 6500.

Prior to starting M1, from 2001 to 2003 Ms. Hildreth served as Vice President Business Development for DynCorp International, responsible for pursuing and winning new professional and technical service business worldwide. From 1991 to 2001 she performed in a wide range of jobs in marketing and operations for DynCorp including Program Manager, Contract Administrator, Logistics Manager, Capture Manager, and Proposal Manager. During her tenure at DynCorp, she was instrumental in winning over $7 billion of new and recompete business.

Operationally, she has managed Business and Logistics functions for individual Government contracts with as many as 450 employees and $100 million in annual revenue and currently oversees operations and quality for over 6500 employees worldwide.

During her 30-year career, Ms. Hildreth has also held various aerospace related engineering, logistics, maintenance, and business management positions for General Electric, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Army. A FAA commercial helicopter pilot, she served in the U.S. Army as an Aviation Maintenance Officer and Maintenance Test Pilot. She is qualified in the UH-1 and UH-60 helicopters.

Ms. Hildreth holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy and M.Ed. from Georgia Southern University.