Indira R. Phillips serves as President of the NCMA Mid Florida Chapter in Central Florida and as a Supervisory Contracting Officer/Branch Chief for the Army Contracting Command, Army Proving Ground, Orlando Division. As warranted Contracting Officer, she has more than 30 years of experience leading complex procurements in classified and unclassified environments.
Ms. Phillips entered government service as an Army Materiel Command Outstanding Scholar Intern with the Aviation Command in St. Louis, MO. After one year, she moved to the Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) in Huntsville, AL, where she graduated from the intern program and worked on purchases for the Army Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) and Apache Attack Helicopter programs. A few years later, she joined the Air Force as a Procurement Analyst at Patrick Air Force Base, working for the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) in Melbourne, FL, where she served as Chief of the Acquisition Support Branch. Her other assignments included serving as a Procurement Analyst for Special Operations Command (SOCOM) at MacDill Air Force Base, in Tampa, FL. She also served overseas for five years as a Team Lead Contracting Officer for the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) in Kaiserslautern, Germany, working on the Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) contract program.
Alongside her government career, Ms. Phillips has been involved in NCMA for about 29 years and has found value in volunteering for the organization. Her roles have included Education Cheer of the Huntsville, AL, Chapter, President of the Cape Canaveral Chapter, and two terms as President of the Rhineland Pfalz Chapter in Kaiserslautern, Germany. In Germany, her grassroots efforts brought regional chapters together into one healthy, viable chapter to advance the profession and increase networking between government and civilian communities overseas in that area.
Ms. Phillips holds a master's degree in Business Management and Business Administration from Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical (A&M) University. She became an adjunct professor for Joint Special Operations Command University (JSOU) and is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps. In 2024, she received the Army Meritorious Civilian Service Medal.
