Kimberly Nastasi has been named director of communications at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division. She will report to Jim McIngvale, who was recently named director of communications and public affairs.
Prior to joining Ingalls, Nastasi served as the chief executive officer of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce and the executive director for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce Foundation. She also served as an adjunct professor at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College for eight years. She earned a bachelor’s degree in speech communications and a master’s degree in communications from the University of Southern Mississippi.
During her career, she has served as the chair for several prestigious boards, including the 2016 winter board of regents for the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Organization Management. She was named to the “Outstanding Community Leadership Class” in 2011, by the Sun Herald and the “Top 40 Under 40” in 2015 by the Mississippi Business Journal.