Primary Job Title Board Member Primary Organization 
American National Standards Institute
Location Washington, District of Columbia, United States Regions Washington DC Metro Area, Southern US Gender Male
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Gregory E. (Greg) Saunders is the Director of the Defense Standardization Program Office (DSPO). This office serves as the Secretary's Executive Agent for the Defense Standardization Program. In this capacity Greg is responsible for policies and procedures governing development and use of Military Specifications and Standards, Qualified
Products and Manufacturers Lists, use of industry standards, development of performance specifications and Commercial Item Descriptions.
He also oversees DoD activities to mitigate the impact of diminishing manufacturing sources, and leads an initiative to develop Joint Standardization Boards to address enterprise wide standardization issues in specific commodity and technology areas. Greg is the vice-chair of the Defense Standardization Council.
Prior to this assignment, Greg was the Deputy Director for Acquisition Practices in the Office of the Secretary of Defense where he was responsible for many of the same issues and was one of the principal proponents of commercial acquisition. He served on two Defense Science Board Studies chaired by Secretary of Defense William Perry, and was responsible for DoD's implementation of their recommendations, has testified before congress, and has served on numerous study groups.
Before 1986, Mr. Saunders was a staff member of the Defense Materiel Specifications and Standards Office where he was responsible for the DoD's program to adopt and use standards produced by voluntary standards organizations and for various other aspects of standardization policy.
He is an engineering graduate of the University of Evansville in Evansville Indiana. Greg is Chairman of the Board of Directors of ASTM International, serves on the Board of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and chairs their Appeals Board, and chairs the Aerospace Council of the SAE International. He has also chaired or served on various other committees, councils and boards. He is the U.S. representative to a NATO Board and is the Department of Defense Representative on the Interagency Committee on Standards Policy.
Mr. Saunders has won numerous awards including the Vice President's Golden Hammer Award, the Department of Defense Civilian Service Award, the Joint Meritorious Unit Award, ANSI's Meritorious Service Award and industry's Equal Partner Award.
