Michele Anastasia
Michele Anastasia has over 18 years of experience driving growth, market expansion, and strategic partnerships across the government contracting, aviation, IT, and cybersecurity sectors. Her career is defined by a results-driven approach to business development, building repeatable processes, leading high-performing proposal teams, and aligning strategy with mission-critical customer needs. As Director of Corporate Development, Michele’s responsibilities span business development, strategic partnerships, developing long-term business growth strategies, proposal management/writing, process improvement, expansion in new and existing clients/agencies, and successful promotion of innovative client-focused solutions. In her most recent role, she has assisted leadership teams in driving actions and achieving desired outcomes.
Michele’s core strengths include capture management, proposal leadership, strategic planning, and stakeholder engagement. APMP- and Shipley-certified, she combines a disciplined, detail-oriented mindset with a collaborative, approachable leadership style. She is passionate about building scalable growth engines, strong teams, and trusted partnerships that position organizations to win and sustain success. Michele leverages her skills and credentials to deliver innovative and client-focused solutions, manage complex portfolios and engagements, and foster collaboration and communication across teams and stakeholders.
A Northern Virginia native, and a proud alumna of the George Mason University, Michele’s personal life is as vibrant as her professional one. She is committed to community service – volunteering with Special Olympics DC and the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC). She enjoys quality family time and travelling the world. Many of her favorite things include passionately supporting DC professional sports teams (for better or worse), entertaining friends, going to concerts, eating cheese, making checklists, and binging reality TV.