BLACKS IN SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE (SES

The Honorable Ronald S. Moultrie

Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security

The Honorable Ronald S. Moultrie was sworn in as Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security in June 2021. He exercises authority, direction, and control on behalf of the Secretary of Defense over all intelligence and security organizations within the Department of Defense, including the National Security Agency (NSA), the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency and intelligence components of the combatant commands and military services. He also serves as the defense intelligence director in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Prior, Mr. Moultrie’s 36+ year career included leadership positions in the national intelligence community (NIC). He retired from the defense department in 2015 as director of operations at the NSA. Mr. Moultrie’s other roles included serving as a senior Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) senior intelligence service member. He rejoined NSA as a senior executive, remaining until retirement. More recently, Mr. Moultrie was a senior advisor to the Secretary of the Navy. He led the crafting of a digital roadmap to optimize the department’s focus on cybersecurity, data analytics and infrastructure, and emerging technologies such as AI/Machine Learning, 5 and 6G, and quantum computing.

Natasha N. Anderson

Director of Financial Operations and Accounting (FOA) Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Operations and Information)

Natasha N. Anderson is currently serving as the director of financial operations and accounting (FOA) with the office of the deputy assistant secretary of the Army (Financial Operations and Information) as of Aug. 15, 2021. In this role, she is responsible for all ongoing financial management initiatives for policies, programs, and procedures designed to establish, implement, and maintain Army’s accounting, auditing, risk management, and financial reporting activities. Anderson was previously appointed as the director of general fund audit readiness for FOA in August 2017, where she was responsible for the execution of the Army’s General Fund financial statement audits and corrective action efforts stemming from those audits. Anderson has served as both contractor support and civilian personnel within FOA since January 2011. As a manager with Kearney & Company, Anderson was responsible for establishing and executing Army’s Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness plan as a contractor with FOA before joining the government team as a staff accountant. Anderson joined the federal government as an accountant in June 2004 at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) after graduating cum laude from McDaniel College.

Anselm A. Beach

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Equity and Inclusion Agency) Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)

Anselm A. Beach assumed the duties of deputy assistant secretary of the Army— Equity and Inclusion Agency on Nov. 10, 2019. He serves as the secretary of the Army’s designated proponent for diversity and inclusion, civil rights, equal employment opportunity, military equal opportunity, career programs, and policy and oversight of Army command programs. Beach directs the daily operation and execution of one of the most comprehensive complaints adjudication process, proactive management, and prevention programs within the federal government. Beach previously served as the acting executive director of the Privacy and Diversity Office, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security. In this Senior Executive Service position, he served as a principal advisor to the commissioner on highly sensitive and complex workforce issues. He led five divisions: Diversity and Equal Employment Opportunity Division, Privacy, Freedom of Information Act Division, Custody Support and Compliance Division, and Mission Support Division, to serve over 60,000 employees.

Kevin Bostick

Director, Operations and Readiness, G-3 U. S. Army Materiel Command (HQ AMC)

Kevin J. Bostick provides mission command over daily operations by integrating global support functions and systems supporting joint warfighters across the spectrum of Army operations. His responsibilities include plans, procedures, readiness, equipping, Army prepositioned stocks, logistics readiness center, field maintenance, depot maintenance, and petroleum. Bostick executes the strategic direction, priorities, policies, and guidance of the Army Materiel Command (AMC) headquarters commanding general, the deputy commanding general, the executive deputy to the commanding general, and G-3 manages, monitors, directs, and coordinates standards-based skill and skill progression training and training programs at Formal Learning Centers and integrates Training Command staff supporting efforts and synchronization of resources.

Stacey Brown

Chief of the Civil Works Programs Integration Division U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Selected to the Senior Executive Service in June 2019, Stacey Brown is chief of the Civil

Works Programs Integration Division for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. She is responsible for developing, defending, and executing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program. This position entails close coordination with senior administration officials, Congressional leaders, and project partners. Initially, she served as chief of the planning and policy division for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and as the chief of the Mississippi Valley Division and Southwestern Division Regional Integration Teams. In that position, she was responsible for ensuring that plans and investigations undertaken by the Army Corps of Engineers were properly formulated and responsive to the legislative and executive authorities governing the restoration, conservation, and development of the nation’s water and related land resources. Brown earned a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering, a Bachelor of Arts in English, and a minor in engineering management from Tufts University.

Yvette K. Bourcicot

Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Washington, D.C.

Yvette K. Bourcicot serves as the acting assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs. In this role, she is the principal advisor to the secretary of the Army on all matters related to the Army People Strategy. She manages manpower, personnel, and Reserve Component affairs for the Department of the Army. She advises the Army secretary on policy and oversight of human resources, training, readiness, mobilization, military health affairs, force structure, manpower management, equal opportunity, employment opportunity, marketing, and other critical matters. Bourcicot was an Air Force ROTC scholar at Princeton University. She was also a Dean’s Scholar in Georgetown University’s Funded Legal Education Program. After spending a decade in the Air Force as a career officer, Bourcicot started a law firm in Washington, D.C. before joining the Office of the Army General Counsel, the chief lawyer for the Army. Over the next decade, Bourcicot held various senior roles in defense policy and legal counsel in the Defense Department. Her corporate functions include policy communications at Facebook, Airbnb, and Match Group, Inc. Her military awards and honors include the Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, and Army Commendation Medal.

Theodore A. Brown, P.E.

Chief Military Programs Integration Division, HQUSACE US Army Corps of Engineers

Theodore Brown was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in January 2009. In September 2022, he announced his new position as the chief of military programs in the Integration Division of Headquarters U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He is responsible for executing worldwide military programs and integrating engineering, construction, real estate, and environmental activities in support of the Department of Defense, federal agencies, and foreign nations. From November 2017 to September 2022, Brown served as the director of regional business, South Atlantic Division, USACE. Before this assignment, he was the planning and policy division chief. He also served as the leader of the Mississippi Valley Division and Southwestern Division Regional Integration Team in Headquarters. Brown has a long and extensive history with the Corps of Engineers. He began his service as a junior fellow in 1983. Over the last three decades, Brown has dedicated his career to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and served in various positions throughout his career in the Huntington District, Huntington, WV; Ohio River Division, Cincinnati, OH; Nashville District, Nashville, TN; Headquarters, Washington, D.C.; and now South Atlantic Division, Atlanta, GA.

Eugene (Gene) Collins

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Training, Readiness, and Mobilization)

Eugene Collins has served as the deputy assistant secretary of the Army for training readiness and mobilization since 2019. He supports the assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs by formulating plans, programs, policies, and general practices for the Army’s all-volunteer force, both active and reserve components. He exercises secretariat oversight, direction, and organization of training, readiness, and mobilization across the Army. In conjunction with the Army staff, he develops, implements, and reviews all policies and programs of mobilization, demobilization, and accessibility of the Reserve Component’s readiness resourcing and reporting; training institutions and support; training aids and devices; individual and unit training; and professional leadership education and development. He also serves as the advisor to the Army Reserve Forces Policy Committee, a general officer advisory group to the secretary of the Army, to integrate its recommendations into the planning efforts of the Department of the Army staff. Collins entered the Senior Executive Service in 2007 and is a 26-year Air Force veteran, retiring as a colonel and a Bronze Star combatproven aircraft maintenance and logistics leader.

Dr. Juanita M. Christensen

Director, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Aviation, and Missile Center, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama

Dr. Juanita Christensen was selected for Senior Executive Service in February 2015. She became the executive director of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC) at Redstone Arsenal, AL, in November 2017. The Aviation & Missile Center comprises approximately 12,000 military and civilian professional, scientific, and support personnel and manages a combined mission and reimbursable

customer-funded budget of $3.9 billion annually. The director manages aviation and missile plans and executes technical research, engineering programs, and technical demonstrations. During her robust career, she has served in various engineering positions, including director of the Engineering Analysis Directorate, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Technical Management Division chief, Project Management Office for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, and PEO Aviation. She moved to AvMC in 2012 as deputy director of the Aviation Development Directorate and became director of the Weapons Development and Integration Directorate in 2015. Christensen received her B.S. in computer engineering from the University of Illinois, her M.A. in computer resource and information systems management from Webster University, and her doctorate in business, organizational leadership from the University of Phoenix.

Robert Cook

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Financial Management and Comptroller

As of June 6, 2022, Robert Cook started a new appointment as the principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army, Financial Management and Comptroller. Cook will have a significant role in strategic planning, workforce development, financial operations (including audibility), and financial systems improvement. He will also advise the assistant secretary of the Army, Financial Management and Comptroller, on all Army Security Agency and Financial Management and Comptroller matters. Cook spent over 26 years as an Army finance officer and has extensive experience in the private sector as a monetary management executive. He most recently served as a partner at Kearney and Company, one of the country’s largest certified public accounting firms that provide financial, information technology, and program management services focused on the federal government. Before that, he was a director in Grant Thornton’s federal practice, providing audit and audit support services to the DOD and the Social Security Administration. His other private industry experience included serving as director, government services, Lockheed Martin Information Technology, where he led the outsourced DOD military retired pay operations—with a workforce of over 650 personnel who provided retired pay services for 2.2 million military retirees and their annuitants globally.

Bobbi Davis

Deputy Command Counsel U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC)

Bobbi Davis serves as the Deputy Command counsel to the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC). She supports the AMC Command counsel in the management and oversight of the Office of the Command Counsel. She is a legal and business advisor to the AMC commander, staff, and subordinate organizations in delivering, integrating, and synchronizing sustainment capabilities. Before this assignment, Davis served as the deputy chief counsel of Aviation and Mission Command (AMCOM), supporting the chief counsel and the AMCOM Command and staff in executing aviation and missile programs valued at over $20 billion annually. In her first assignment as a Department of the Army civilian, Davis served as the deputy chief counsel for the Expeditionary Contracting Command providing expeditionary contracting legal support across the full spectrum of military operations for Army service component commands and federal agencies. Davis served on active duty as a judge advocate (JA) for 23 years, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 2015.

Julius Gamble

Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff/CIO, G6 Army Forces Command

Julius Gamble serves as the assistant deputy chief of staff/CIO, G-6, for Army Forces Command. In this role, he is responsible for exercising broad authority and leadership on all matters within the G-6 functional area of Command, Control, Communications, and Information Systems for the Army’s largest major command. Previously, Gamble served as the deputy portfolio acquisition executive for the U.S. Border Patrol, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where he was responsible for the governance, execution, and cybersecurity compliance of an acquisition technology portfolio valued at more than $2 billion annually. Before joining CBP, Gamble served as the deputy CIO for the City of Baltimore and the executive officer to the DHS chief information officer. Gamble has been an adjunct faculty member for the University of Maryland’s Master of Science in Cybersecurity Technology Program since 2016. Gamble earned a Master of Science in information systems from American University, a Master of Divinity from Howard University, and a Bachelor of Science in business from Bowie State University.

Dr. Eric L. Moore

Director, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center

Dr. Eric Moore is the director of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Chemical Biological Center (CBC), the primary Department of Defense (DOD) technical organization for non-medical chemical and biological defense. He is an expert in chemical and biological defense and medical countermeasures and is a former Army officer. Moore entered the Senior Executive Service on Aug. 21, 2016 as a Tier 1 SES and was promoted to Tier 2 SES on Oct. 29, 2017. As the director of DEVCOM CBC, Moore oversees many of the nation’s key chemical and biological defense research and engineering projects, both classified and unclassified. In this role, Moore builds partnerships across the DOD, other government agencies, industry, and academia to enhance warfighter readiness and response to chemical and biological

threats. He previously served as the chair and national lead of the Chemical, Biological, and Radiological (CBR) Memorandum of Understanding Assess Working Group and Inform Working Group. As chair, Moore led CBR MOU efforts between the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia to enable warfighters to detect, prevent, protect against, and respond to global CBR threats.

Dovarius L. Peoples

Chief Information Officer (CIO)/G6 U.S. Army Corp of Engineers

Dovarius Peoples was selected for the Senior Executive Service in January 2016. He was assigned as chief information officer (CIO)/G-6 in 2019 with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE). In this role, he serves as the principal advisor to the commanding general on information technology and is responsible for all aspects of information resource management and technology for USACE. Prior, he served as the deputy to the commanding general, Army Network Enterprise Technology Command. In this capacity, he provided senior technical leadership, ensuring Army theater-level networks were integrated into the Army’s portion of the Department of Defense Information Network and enterprise constructs. The command employed over 14,000 military, civilian, and contractors worldwide, with an annual budget of more than $1.4 billion. Previous assignments include information systems security engineer, National Security Agency; Information Assurance Division chief, USCYBERCOM J-6; lead architecture engineer, Mobility PMO, Defense Information Systems Agency; Deputy Director Operations, US Army Information Technology Agency; Deputy Director Cyber solutions, Joint Service Provider Pentagon; and associate chief information officer, Office of Personnel Management.

Levator Norsworthy

Deputy General Counsel—Acquisition

Levator Norsworthy Jr. was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 1998 and currently serves as deputy general counsel (acquisition), where he assists the general counsel in providing advice and counsel to all Army secretariat officials, including the secretary of the Army, the Army acquisition executive, the Army chief information officer, and their staff. The provision of legal advice encompasses various functional areas such as federal procurement law, major weapon system acquisition, military construction, research and development, developmental and operational testing, logistics, international cooperative programs, security assistance, competitive sourcing, and contingency contracting.

Denise A. Council-Ross

Principal Deputy General Counsel Headquarters, Department of the Army

Denise Council-Ross was selected for the Senior Executive Service in August 2022. She assumed the position of principal deputy general counsel for the Army on Aug. 1, 2022. CouncilRoss serves as the first assistant to the general counsel and is the number two attorney in the Department of the Army. Her duties include providing legal and policy advice to the secretary of the Army, the under secretary, five assistant secretaries, the secretariat, and other senior Army leaders. Before her new appointment, Council-Ross served as acting general counsel for the Office of the General Counsel, Department of Defense Education Activity. She facilitated a global educational mission by providing highquality and timely legal advice, counsel, effective advocacy, and creative problemsolving. Council-Ross served over 20 years in the United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAGC). At the time of her retirement in 2010, Council-Ross served as an assistant to the general counsel, U.S. Army, where she assisted the deputy general counsel (acquisition) in providing advice and counsel to all Army Secretariat officials, including the secretary of the Army, the Army acquisition executive, the Army chief information officer, and their staffs.

Christopher I. Thomas

Director, Cybersecurity Integration and Synchronization Directorate, Headquarters Department of the Army, Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS) G-6.

Christopher I. Thomas is the director of the Cybersecurity Integration and Synchronization Directorate, Headquarters, Department of the Army, deputy chief of staff (DCS) G-6, beginning July 18, 2022. Thomas has had roles of increasing responsibility in the federal government cyber and IT space, most recently as IT director for the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-9, from January 2019 to July 2022. Thomas was appointed to the Senior Executive Service (SES) in 2019. As the cybersecurity director, Thomas will serve as the principal advisor to the G-6 and other senior Army leaders on integrating all aspects of IT and cybersecurity strategy within the G-6. He is responsible for developing strategy, policy, and guidance for the Army’s ongoing cybersecurity and information assurance efforts. Thomas holds a master’s degree in information assurance from Capitol College and a Bachelor of Science degree in liberal studies (computer information systems) from Excelsior College. He is a certified information system security professional and Microsoft certified systems engineer, recipient of the National Defense University’s Chief Information Officer certificate and National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Instruction and Committee on National Security Systems 4011-4016 certificates.

Brian Wood

Executive Director, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Logistics Center Army Aviation and Missile Command

Brian Wood is the executive director of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Logistics Center. His federal civilian career began in 1985 as an Army Materiel Command (AMC) intern in the contracting and acquisition career

field. Wood, a native of Pulaski, TN, graduated from Memphis State University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. While working, he continued his education at Alabama A&M University, earning a master’s degree in business administration. He also completed the Advanced Program in Logistics and Technology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Senior Executive Fellows executive education program at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. Wood is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps. He has held numerous leadership positions within the Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) and the Army Materiel Command, including serving as the director of AMCOM G-3; deputy director of the Army Logistics Center (ALC) Supply Chain Management Directorate (SCMD). He has also served as the associate director for commercial operations, ALC-SCMD; director of Strategic Sourcing and Integrated Operations, AMCOM Integrated Materiel Management Center; and director of AMCOM’s Office of Continuous Improvement.

Max Wyche

Deputy Chief of Staff G-1 HQ U. S. Army Materiel Command

Appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 2015, Max Wyche is currently the deputy chief of staff, G-1, for the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC). In this position, he serves as one of the lead players in sustaining, training, and renewing the Materiel Command’s 185,000-plus civilian workforce. His portfolio of programs includes civilian and military personnel management, total force development and training, occupational health and safety, quality of life, and installation Soldier and Family Programs. Before his current assignment, Wyche was the executive director of strategic programs and advisory services, defense civilian personnel advisory services (DCPAS), a Defense Human Resources Activity component. Wyche was responsible for policies and program development affecting over 800,000 Department of Defense civilian employees. Additionally, he was responsible for managing civilian senior executive management programs, leadership, learning and development, strategic analysis and reporting, strategic human capital planning, human capital program assessment, accountability, and enterprise recruiting and outreach.

NAVY

Tracy Arnold-Berrios

Acting as Assistant for Missile Production, Assembly & Operations Strategic Systems Programs

Tracy Arnold-Berrios is the assistant for missile production, assembly, and operations at Strategic Systems Programs (SSP). She is responsible for the strategic vision, policy, and plans for infrastructure across the enterprise, ensuring their sustainment and recapitalization to support the critical nuclear mission. Arnold-Berrios was promoted to the Senior Executive Service in 2019 and has extensive experience in design, development, production, and life-cycle management. She led several organizations through program planning, budgeting, and international program management. She joined Strategic Systems Programs in 2000, where she managed concurrent design and production activities, including the demonstration validation of the first successful launch of Tomahawk missiles from an Ohio class submarine. Arnold-Berrios earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Northwestern University, a master’s in engineering administration degree from George Washington University, and is a graduate of the Defense Systems Management College Program Manager’s Course. Her awards include the Department of Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award and the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award. She is a member of the Acquisition Professional Community.

Timothy Bridges

Executive Director Commander, Navy Installations Command

Timothy Bridges is the executive director for Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC), providing shore capability to sustain the fleet, enable the fighter, and support the family. Before his time with the Navy, he served in the Air Force for more than 40 years as an active-duty civil engineer and a member of the Senior Executive Service. His previous assignment was as the Air Force assistant deputy chief of staff for logistics, engineering, and force protection. Commissioned in 1979 as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program at the Virginia Military Institute, he earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. He engaged in the design, planning, contract and environmental management, and civil engineering operations. Bridges served twice as a base civil engineer squadron and installation commander. He also served as an Air Force ROTC assistant professor. He held various staff positions at the major command and Headquarters Air Force levels in the readiness, energy, environmental, and resources arenas. Bridges retired from active duty at the rank of colonel in July 2006 and entered the Senior Executive Service. In his civilian capacity, he has focused on installation and mission support.

Karen Davis

Executive Director, Industrial Operations Naval Sea Systems Command

Karen M. Davis serves as the executive director for industrial operations, at Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), where in addition to directorate leadership, her principal responsibilities include executive oversight and support of the public naval shipyards and the Navy’s Supervisors of Shipbuilding and Repair organizations,

collectively encompassing more than 38,000 civilian and military personnel. Davis’s immediate past position was executive director, Program Executive Office (PEO) Aircraft Carriers. She was the senior civilian leading a $50 billion portfolio for designing and constructing Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers and executing mid-life refueling complex overhauls for Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. She previously served as executive director, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, NC, where she led resourcing, support, and business integration matters for forces conducting special operations in protecting the homeland and U.S. interests abroad. Before this position, she served three years as NAVSEA’s executive director for surface warfare, responsible for a $15 billion portfolio for fleet support of surface ships, inactive ships, foreign military sales, and ship transfer programs. Davis’s initial SES assignment was as director of Integrated Combat Systems, PEO Integrated Warfare Systems, leading engineering of integrated combat solutions for Navy surface combatants, amphibious ships, and aircraft carriers.

Donjette. L. Gilmore

Executive Director Public Private Partnership Audit-Level Reviews Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations, and Environment)

The Honorable Eric K. Raven, under secretary of the Navy, appointed Donjette L. Gilmore auditor general of the Navy, effective June 19, 2022. The auditor general is the senior audit official responsible for internal audit development and implementation for the Department of the Navy’s (DON) $160 billion budget for 600,000 military and civilian personnel. With a $50 million operating budget, she provides executive direction and supervision of Naval Audit Service (NAVAUDSVC) audits worldwide. From Oct. 28, 2019 to June 18, 2022, as executive director, public private partnership (PPP) audits, she created DOD’s/DON’s first-ever oversight of independent, objective, and timely audits of the DON’s roughly $10 billion privatized family housing portfolio. She assessed the partner’s long-term financial viability to ensure continued quality, safe, well-maintained housing for sailors, Marines, and their families. From Jan. 31, 2017 to Feb. 3, 2019, she served as both acting auditor general and deputy auditor general of the Navy, validating $1.97 billion in savings, the largest savings in Navy and NAVAUDSVC history. From July 2010 to November 2015, as director, accounting and finance policy (now financial policy and reporting), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), responsible for the roughly 7,200-page DOD Financial Management Regulation (FMR), she modernized the DOD FMR, optimizing business operations for about 2.2 million DOD and countless external users at zero cost.

Leslie R. Joseph

Director, Total Force Manpower Commander, Navy Installations Command

Leslie Joseph was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in October 2021 as the director of total force manpower after 20 years of civilian service. In this role, she serves as the principal advisor on all matters of military and civilian human capital management across 10 regions and 70 installations. Joseph is tasked with shaping the strategic direction, policy, and program support for the effective and efficient talent acquisition and management of a workforce of approximately 54,000 military, civilian, and contractors worldwide. Before this assignment, Joseph served as staff director to the deputy assistant secretary of the Navy (civilian personnel), who made sound recommendations on the strategic outlook for human capital; human resources service delivery; and diversity, equity, and inclusion, affecting the approximately 280,000 Navy civilian employees. A Texas native, Joseph is a Prairie View A&M University graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in health and psychology and a Master of Education degree in adult and higher education from the University of Oklahoma. She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated.

Mobola A. Kadiri

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Operations) Department of the Navy

Mobola Kadiri is the deputy assistant secretary of the Navy (financial operations). She is responsible for the Department of the Navy accounting and financial management operations oversight, policy, and compliance, including audit remediation, financial reporting, integrated risk management, supporting financial management systems modernizations and data innovation. A strong diversity, equity, and inclusion advocate, Kadiri established and hosts a monthly Women in Financial Operations forum to empower, connect, and support women. Previously, Kadiri was the director of financial improvement and audit remediation in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). She was responsible for planning and implementing the Department of Defense audit remediation strategy and providing audit guidance throughout DOD. She led changes to impact programs, people, technology, and processes, driving efficiencies across the DOD. Kadiri served as a Navy program manager for pay and disbursing operations. She supported federal agencies as an auditor and consultant in the private sector. A mother of two boys, Kadiri graduated from the University of Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and an M.B.A. She holds professional certificates as a certified defense financial manager and DoD Financial Management Certification Program, Level 3.

Alonzie Scott III

Director of Mission Support Office of Naval Research

Alonzie Scott III was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in September 2020 as the director of mission support, the Office of Naval Research (ONR). He is responsible for human capital, command logistics, information

technology infrastructure, facility management, security, small business, and performance improvement across the ONR enterprise. Before this position, Scott served as the Enterprise Talent Management Office/ Senior Executive advisor at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Philadelphia, PA. He was also director of the Enterprise Talent Management Office and Senior Executive Management Office at the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). Scott created innovative talent management; human capital; recruiting; quality of life; and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs throughout his career. His diverse and successful portfolio of work spans a 38-year career. He earned numerous awards such as the Navy Civilian Superior and Meritorious Service Awards, the Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) Navy Senior Executive Service Winner, a special recognition award for Outstanding Leadership, OPM Best Practice for Executive Leadership, Command Excellence, and Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Awards. Scott received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of West Florida, where he serves on the Board of Trustees and as chair of the Student Affairs Committee.

Jimmy Smith

Director, Office of Small Business Programs Department of the Navy

Jimmy D. Smith assumed responsibilities as director of the Small Business Program in June 2019. He serves as the chief advisor to the secretary on all small business matters. Smith has been charged with overseeing small business acquisition policy, strengthening government and private sector partnerships, and fostering opportunities to leverage small businesses as a strategic advantage for the benefit of our warfighters. Smith received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering in 1990 from Tuskegee University. His graduate-level studies included environmental engineering, marine engineering, and business management. He also possesses four executive leadership certificates from the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations and two other executive business certificates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s KenanFlagler Business School. His awards include the Secretary of Defense Vanguard Award for Leadership Exemplified in Small Business Management in 2021, four Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Awards, two Navy Superior Civilian Service Awards, the 2020 and 2016 BEYA Stars and Stripes Award Winner, and the Blacks-InGovernment Department of Defense Civilian Meritorious Service Award in 2019.

MARINE CORPS

Carl Shelton, Jr.

Deputy Inspector General Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps

As the deputy inspector general of the Marine Corps, Carl Shelton is the principal advisor to the deputy Naval inspector general for Marine Corps matters/ inspector general of the Marine Corps (IGMC) with full authority to act in all matters within the mission of the IGMC. He is the senior civilian authority for promoting Marine Corps combat readiness, institutional integrity, effectiveness, discipline, and credibility through impartial and independent inspections, assessments, inquiries, investigations, teaching, and training. Acting under the authority, direction, and control of the secretary of the Navy, the IGMC is responsible for investigating and reporting on the efficiency of the Marine Corps and its preparation to support military operations by combatant commands. Shelton has gained extensive inspector general experience gained over the past 10 years, and he is certified by the Association of Inspectors General. Prior to assuming his current position, Shelton began his career as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps and retired after 30 years of faithful service. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Rutgers University and a master’s degree in national security strategy.

Renata Spinks

Assistant Director Deputy Commandant for Information U.S. Marine Corps (USMC)

Renata Spinks currently serves as the deputy director of the Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) Department at Headquarters Marine Corps. In this capacity, she also serves as the deputy chief information officer and senior information security officer for the Marine Corps. Spinks was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in August 2021, having previously served as the first cyber technology officer at Marine Forces Cyberspace Command (MARFORCYBER). She led the USMC mobile and remote workforce technical and operational buildout focused on cybersecurity as a foundational guide. Before Spinks’ assignment to MARFORCYBER, her career path included serving in the U.S. Treasury Department and the Department of Homeland Security. She is a decorated combat veteran, having done with the 28th Combat Support Hospital, U.S. Army 44th Medical Command. Spinks holds a B.S. in information systems, an M.S. in technology management, multiple information technology industry certifications, and is pursuing her Doctor of Engineering in cybersecurity analytics at George Washington University. She is the 2020 Stars & Stripes Becoming Everything You Are (BEYA) SES of the Year and an avid community service STEMINIST.

AIR FORCE

Anthony R. Baity

Director of Resource Integration, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering, and Force Protection, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia

Anthony Baity serves as the director of resource integration and deputy chief of staff for logistics, engineering, and force protection, Headquarters U.S. Air Force,

Arlington, VA. He is responsible for the planning, programming, and budgeting of weapons systems sustainment, equipment and logistics, and installation resource requirements. As part of the Air Force corporate structure, Baity monitors operations and maintenance performance, working capital funds, and investment programs, participates in programs and financial review groups, and advocates for financial adjustments to optimize force readiness. He oversees the preparation and defense of these Air Force programs for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of Management and Budget, and Congress. He is also responsible for enterprise-wide logistics technology vision, strategy, advocacy, and policy. He oversees logistics transformation, agile planning and technology insertion, and development and implementation of innovative logistics concepts and capabilities. Baity is a career logistician with extensive experience at numerous wings, significant commands, and Headquarters Air Force. Before his current position, Baity provided executive leadership and direction for organizing, training, and equipping more than 180,000 logisticians who maintain and support mission generation and the aerospace weapons system inventory.

Teresa R. Bickett

Director, Budget Investment Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller

Teresa Bickett, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is director of budget investment, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for financial management and comptroller, Washington, D.C. Bickett plans, directs, and supervises the budget formulation and financial execution of Air Force procurement, research, development, test and evaluation, military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure appropriations that total more than $67 billion annually. Bickett entered federal civil service in 1985 as a logistician at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX. She moved to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, in 1992 and has held various financial management and logistics leadership positions at Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Lifecycle Logistics Center, and the Air Force Research Laboratory. Before her current role, she served as deputy director of financial management at Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, WrightPatterson Air Force Base. She was the command’s chief financial civilian and was responsible for financial planning and the full-scale execution of more than 35 percent of the Air Force appropriated budget, including the Air Force’s research, development, test, acquisitions, and sustainment programs.

Dr. Gerald D. Curry

Director, Air Force Review Boards Agency Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs

Dr. Gerald Curry is the director of the Air Force Review Boards Agency, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. He is responsible for managing and operating multiple military and civilian appellate processes that ensure due process, equity, fairness, and fair treatment for all applicants. He oversees the Air Force Personnel Council, Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records, Air Force Civilian Appellate Review Office, Air Force Security Protection Directorate, and the Department of Defense Physical Disability Board review. Curry has served for more than 37 years in the federal government, including multiple Air Force assignments as well as the chief of staff at the Defense Security Service, and Department of Energy, where he entered the ranks of SES as the deputy associate undersecretary for security, in the Office of Associate Under Secretary Environment, Health, Safety, and Security. He was responsible for department-wide security policy development, oversight, and execution. Additionally, his responsibilities influenced international and domestic nuclear security standards and policies.

Elizabeth Foster

Deputy Director of logistics, Engineering, and Force Protection Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

Elizabeth Foster is the deputy director of logistics, engineering, and force protection at Headquarters Air Mobility Command. Foster assists the director in the leadership, management, and integration of total force logistics, engineering, and force protection activities across the global mobility Air Force enterprise. The directorate also directly supports the 18th Air Force, Air Mobility Command’s sole warfighting Numbered Air Force, and the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, the Air Force’s Center of Excellence for en route contingency response, and partnership capacitybuilding mission sets. Foster began her career in 1980 at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, GA. She entered the Air Force in 1982 at Kelly Air Force Base, TX, as a professional Administrative Civil Service Exam trainee and has more than 30 years of logistics and supply chain management experience. She served in several supervisory positions at Kelly Air Force Base until the C-5 workload transferred to Robins Air Force Base, GA. While at Robins Air Force Base, she served as the chief of the C-5 Sustainment Division. She also served as the chief of the Supply Programs Branch at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA. Before her current assignment, she was chief of the Resource Integration Division, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, IL.

Timothy A. Gerald

Deputy Director of Security Forces, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics Engineering and Force Protection

Timothy A. Gerald, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the deputy director of security forces and deputy chief of staff for logistics, engineering, and force protection at Headquarters U.S. Air Force. He is responsible for

supporting the director of security forces by providing executive leadership, direction, broad technical knowledge, and executivelevel strategic continuity for a worldwide force of 38,000 active-duty and Reserve component security forces personnel conducting base defense operations, including physical security, antiterrorism, force protection, and policing. He also serves as the senior Air Force civilian and functional manager overseeing all matters concerning utilization, development, and career field management of the 4,600-person department of the Air Force civilian police force. Finally, he serves as the senior authorizing official for all security forces technology systems. Before his current position, Gerald served as the chief of the Requirements and Readiness Division, deputy chief of staff for logistics, engineering, and force protection, Headquarters, Air Force. Gerald enlisted in the Air Force in September 1985 and graduated from the Security Specialist and Air Base Ground Defense courses as an honor graduate. He served 22 years on active duty and held various positions in the security force’s care career field as well as special duty assignments as an Airman Leadership School instructor and as a ceremonial guardsman with the United States Air Force Honor Guard.

Venice M. Goodwine

Director of Enterprise Information Technology Office of the Chief Information Officer

Venice M. Goodwine, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the director of enterprise information technology within the Office of the Chief Information Officer for the Department of the Air Force, comprised of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force. As the director of enterprise information technology, she leads management, planning, governance, and resourcing for enterprise IT for the department’s $7 billion Information and Cybersecurity enterprise. She has more than 28 years of information technology experience spanning private industry, active and reserve military service, and the federal civilian government. Her experience includes leading large IT organizations, developing agency-wide strategy and policy, establishing governance, overseeing cybersecurity operations, and executing acquisition and program management. Before this role, Goodwine was the chief information security officer for the United States Department of Agriculture, a cabinet-level agency. As the USDA CISO, she oversaw $208 million in cybersecurity expenditures throughout the agency each year. She raised the agency’s FITARA cyber score from an F to a B. She led the agency to achieve a single unified security operations center by consolidating 128 federal and contractor FTEs, 57 processes, and 11 tools, valued at more than $8.2 million.

Dr. Keith Hardiman

Director, Headquarters Air Force Information Management Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force

Dr. Keith Hardiman is director of Headquarters Air Force information management, Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, Arlington, VA, and the Headquarters Air Force chief information officer and liaison to the Pentagon Architecture Council. He also manages the Air Force Declassification Office, Air Force Publications Distribution Office, and Headquarters Air Force multimedia services. His leadership responsibilities include HAF’s Records Management, Freedom of Information Act, and Privacy Act Programs, along with information technology policy and portfolio compliance. Before his current position, Hardiman served as the technical director and chief data officer for the Logistics Chief Information Officer Support Division, Directorate of Resource Integration, deputy chief of staff for logistics, engineering, and force protection, Headquarters U.S. Air Force. In this capacity, he was the technical expert consultant for the Directorate and assisted in developing and executing CIO strategic initiatives supporting enterprise logistics information technology.

Duane W. Harrison

Chief Scientist, National Air and Space Intelligence Center Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Duane W. Harrison, a Defense intelligence senior-level executive, is the chief scientist National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), the Air Force analysis center for foreign air, space, and specialized intelligence. As chief scientist, Harrison guides the four-person center’s analytic production mission, ensuring timely delivery of relevant intelligence data products and services to Air Force and joint operational warfighters, acquisition and force modernization communities, and senior defense and intelligence community policymaking customers. Harrison entered federal service in 2001 as a command, control, communications, and computers and information operations analyst at NASIC. He has served as the senior intelligence analyst for both the signals Analysis Squadron and the Counterspace Analysis Squadron at NASIC. His extensive career includes details of a U.S. intelligence community, particularly program activity of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence joint duty assignment as the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Missile Defense Agency representative.

Russell L. Hudgins, II

Intelligence Director, Space Warfighting Analysis Center

Russell Hudgins currently serves as the intelligence director of the Space Warfighting Analysis Center (SWAC). The SWAC was established in 2021 to develop and provide authoritative force design guidance for the United States Space Force. As the SWAC intelligence director, Hudgins ensures SWAC force design analyses are executed across the center in the proper

context to the evolving adversary threats and challenges to the mission effectiveness of national security space services and leads the direction and execution of threat assessment analyses in close coordination with the United States Space Force, Department of Defense, and intelligence community mission. Hudgins entered federal service in 2004 as an imagery analyst at the National GeospatialIntelligence Agency (GEOINT), where he served until 2017 in several analytic and liaison positions, and most recently as the senior GEOINT officer for space and counter space analysis in the Office of Counterproliferation, including two joint duty assignments supporting the Central Intelligence Agency and Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Before his current position, Hudgins served as the senior intelligence advisor to the Space Security and Defense Program (SSDP). At the Space Security and Defense Program, Hudgins led the development of intelligence support plans for all SSDP activities.

Wanda T. Jones-Heath

Principal Cyber Advisor for the Department of the Air Force U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force

Wanda T. Jones-Heath, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the principal cyber advisor for the Department of the Air Force (DAF), comprised of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force. As the chief cyber advisor for the DAF, her duties include synchronizing, coordinating, and overseeing the implementation of the DAF cyber strategy and advising the secretary of the Air Force on all cyber programs. She oversees cyberspace recruitment, resourcing, and training of cyber mission forces, assessing their readiness, managing acquisition, advocating for cyber investments, cybersecurity supply chain risk management, and security of information systems and weapon systems. Before her current position, Jones-Heath served as the chief information security officer and advised the chief information officer on cybersecurity policy, programs, and cyber force development. She leads a directorate comprised of military, civilian, and contractor personnel responsible for developing cybersecurity policy and strategy for over 5,000 Air Force information technology systems. She oversees risk management and cybersecurity accountability for information systems, weapon systems, and operational technology supporting military cyberspace operations. Her portfolio includes policy governing the defense industrial base, supply chain risk management, and cybersecurity capabilities. She oversees the Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act laws, and cryptographic modernization supporting cyber operations.

Horace L. Larry

Director of Air Force Services, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia

Horace L. Larry is the director of Air Force Services, Headquarters U.S. Air Force. He assists the deputy chief of staff for manpower and personnel and services in delivering services capabilities to optimize Airmen’s performance through care solutions that help build and maintain resilient, ready Airmen and families. His team provides policy direction, funding advocacy, and oversight for the $2.9 billion worldwide services program. This includes physical fitness, peacetime, wartime troop feeding, Air Force mortuary affairs operations, armed forces entertainment, Air Force protocol, lodging, and libraries. It also includes the Wounded Warrior Program, the Transition Assistance Program, Airmen and Family Readiness Centers, child development centers, youth centers, and a broad spectrum of recreational activities. Larry received his Air Force commission in 1975. Over the next 30 years, he was assigned to various installations at the Pentagon, including Headquarters Air Force Personnel Center, the Air Force Services Agency, Headquarters Air Force Services, and the Air Force Secretariat. Larry’s leadership positions include deputy support group commander, Aviano Air Base, Italy; commander of the Air Force Services Agency in San Antonio, TX; and deputy director of Air Force Services in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics at the Pentagon. He retired from the Air Force in August 2005 as a colonel. Larry was appointed to the Senior Executive Service as deputy director of services in July 2009 and became director of services in August 2018.

Anna Marie Morris

Director of Contracting, Life Cycle Management Center Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts

Anna Marie Morris serves as the director of contracting at the Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, MA. Morris leads a 500-person missionfocused contracting workforce and provides the necessary resources and environment to deliver innovative and agile solutions to the warfighter. While overseeing more than $4 billion in annual contract obligations, she supports multiple program executives off cars on more than 300 programs. Morris was commissioned in 1990 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Florida. During her career, she garnered a broad range of experiences with numerous assignments and commands at the squadron, wing, product center, and primary command level across the Air Force. Before this assignment, she served as the deputy director of contracting at the Air Force Sustainment Center, Robins Air Force Base, GA. While on active duty, Morris deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to the Joint Contracting Command Iraq/Afghanistan. Additionally, she served as the first Defense Contract Management Agency Pacific commander in Singapore. She led the contract administration services for the F-35 and F135 Final Assembly and Checkout facilities and the first F-16 maintenance hub in Taichung, Taiwan.

Carlos Rodgers

Deputy for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Financial Management and Comptroller, Headquarters U.S. Air Force

Carlos Rodgers, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the deputy for budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, VA, where he is responsible for planning and directing Air and Space Force budget formulation and execution of appropriations. He leads a staff of civilian and military financial managers who develop, defend, and execute more than $165 billion in funding that supports military operations and Department of the Air Force priorities. Rodgers entered government service as an Air Force palace acquire intern in 1987. During his career, he has held more responsible financial management positions progressively in operational and support commands, including assignments at Headquarters Military Airlift Command (renamed Air Mobility Command), Headquarters Air Force Communications Command (reorganized to Air Force Network Integration Center), Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command, and Air Force Materiel Command. Rodgers has more than 25 years of experience in various single and joint service programs, including automated information/computer and communication systems, weapons, munitions, and aircraft.

Tawanda R. Rooney

Deputy Director, Concepts, Development, and Management Office (CDM) Secretary of the Air Force.

Tawanda Rooney is the deputy director of the Concepts, Development, and Management Office (CDM). Rooney oversees assigned organizations, programs, and developmental activities, totaling over $5 billion in support of national security and operational priorities. Before this assignment, Rooney was appointed by the secretary of the Air Force as the acting director of diversity and inclusion for the Department of the Air Force (DAF). In this role, Rooney was responsible for establishing the new office under the National Defense Authorization Act; advising the secretary of the Air Force on DAF’s diversity and inclusion program, policies, and initiatives; and aligning the DAF diversity and inclusion strategy with its mission to attract, recruit, develop, and retain a high-quality, diverse total force, ensuring a culture of inclusion. Rooney also served as the Intelligence Systems Support Office (ISSO) director, leading technology development and methodology efforts that provided specialized and innovative approaches to address strategic, operational, and tactical requirements. Rooney’s civilian federal career in the DOD began in the Air Force’s summer-hire program at the Pentagon in 1984. In 1988, Rooney joined the assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, Directorate of Space Programs, where she provided budget analysis for space and space-related programs.

Alphonso Thomas

Director of Engineering and Technical Management Air Force Sustainment Center

Alphonso Thomas is the director of engineering and technical management at the Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC), Tinker Air Force Base, OK. He is responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing the center’s technical policies, processes, databases, goals, standards, and overall scientific and engineering expertise for the AFSC. Thomas is responsible for leadership and technical direction to a specialized workforce of more than 4,500 science and engineering professionals supporting the center’s mission at three locations (Robins Air Force Base, GA; Hill Air Force Base, UT; and Tinker) and encompassing depot maintenance, repair, and overhaul activities; supply chain management; and software maintenance and development enterprise. Before his current position, Thomas served the Technical Engineering Authority for a world-class organization of more than 7,200 military and civilian personnel. Thomas enlisted in the Air Force as a bandsman and later received his commission as an officer through Office Training School. He began his engineering career by managing space and missile warning acquisition programs, including the Defense Support Program and the Cheyenne Mountain Upgrade Program. He started his civil service career at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, leading the development and test of software sustainment and upgrades for the B-1 Bomber and Electronic Attack pods. S

Retired military pilots encourage youth to look to the skies by Gale Horton Gay editors@ccgmag.com

Ed Clark has had a fulfilling career in aviation, so much so that he continues to share both its past and the potential of its future with adults and young people. Clark is a former Army helicopter pilot who now is both a board member and pilot with Army Aviation Heritage Foundation & Flying Museum (AAHF) in Hampton, GA. One of the goals of the 25-year-old nonprofit organization is to “obtain, restore, and maintain in flyable condition, examples of historic aircraft representing Army aviation from Vietnam to present.” Each of AAHF’s decommissioned aircraft—from the Korean War era to the present day—is restored to Army specifications with help from partners and volunteers, many of whom flew and fought during the Vietnam War. “We honor the sacrifices and service of veterans and their families by preserving, promoting, and protecting the legacy of U.S. Army Aviation,” states the organization’s brochure. “We support veterans and patriots by providing engaging volunteer opportunities that extend or create connections to U.S. Army aviation.” Clark previously served as president and CEO of AAHF for five years and helped the organization grow from 700 volunteers to more than 2,000, according to his resume. He and the other AAHF members also have another goal: encouraging young people to consider careers in aviation by supporting educational initiatives in science, technology, engineering, and math. They fly their helicopters to schools as well as air shows and talk to students about aircraft and careers in aviation. They also invite them to visit their hangar for rides and exploration. Flying a helicopter onto a school’s campus captures the attention of students, Clark said, noting the rumble of the aircraft as it lands and takes off as well as its visual appearance making a memorable impression. Many young people think about planes and jets when it comes to aviation but not helicopters, he added.

“There are not a lot of us African Americans that fly helicopters, and even jets for that matter,” said Clark. He said the United States needs more scientists, engineers, mechanics, and pilots, and many aviation companies are now seeking to add more diversity to their ranks in these occupations. There are currently tremendous opportunities in aviation for “young energetic African Americans and Hispanics” who possess the qualifications and skills, Clark said. At AAHF’s hangar in Hampton, aircraft such as the AH-1 Cobra, UH-l Iroquois (Huey), OH-6 Cayuse (Loach), OH-58 Kiowa, and O-1/L1-19 Cessna (Bird Dog) are on display. Visitors are encouraged to explore the hangar, examine the aircraft, learn about how they were operated in war and conflicts from pilots and volunteers, and climb into the cockpit. Rides in the Huey are offered starting at $100 per person for a 10-minute experience, and a jaunt in the Cobra costs $625 per person. Clark earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the U.S. Military Academy West Point and a master’s degree in aeronautical science from Embry-Riddle University. He served in the Army for 10 years in several capacities including as an instructor pilot and company commander, rising to the rank of captain. After he left the military, Clark worked in sales and marketing for various companies including Georgia-Pacific in Atlanta, GA. In 2013, Clark became an entrepreneur when he founded GRN Atlanta South, an executive search firm for the corrugated industry and paper mills. Clark doesn’t have to look far to see the impact military service and aviation careers can have on young lives. His wife Molly, who served in the Army as an ordnance officer when they met, was a pilot, and both his daughters have attended West Point. Lt. Col. Kristina Clark, his oldest daughter, works at the Pentagon. His youngest daughter Maj. Kasandra Clark flew Black Hawk helicopters for Army special operations and now is pursuing commercial pilot certification with her sights set on becoming an airline pilot, he said. AAHF has two other chapters aside from the one in Georgia—in Mesa, AZ and St. Louis, MO. S