Samantha Foster is located in ZRG Partners' Connecticut office where she serves as the Global Industrial & Manufacturing Practice Leader and co-leads the Aerospace/Defense and Government Services practice. With over twenty years in the Commercial Aerospace and Defense sectors, she undertakes senior assignments covering a wide variety of functional roles, including C-Suite, Strategy, Growth, Transformation, Engineering, Finance, General Management, Supply Chain and Human Resources. Samantha specializes in helping companies that design and manufacture product for use in the high-tech Aerospace & Defense sector. Her experience also includes assignments in general manufacturing and engineering in several other industrial sectors.​

Samantha began her career at Lockheed Martin and was chosen to participate in a management rotation program throughout the division for two years. This exposure to all aspects of a company's infrastructure early in her career has proven to be an invaluable asset to her work as a search professional. Samantha also worked at CTL Aerospace as a Sales and Program Manager for highly complex composite component design and manufacturing​

Her areas of expertise are Aerospace, Defense, Discrete Manufacturing, Capital Equipment Manufacturing, P&L Leadership, Strategy, Operations, Business Development, Supply Chain, Private Equity​​

Samantha is a graduate of Hofstra University with a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering. She did her graduate studies in Materials Science at Johns Hopkins University.​