responsible for managing the processes that defi ned a $2 billion annual investment in technologies for future Air Force systems.
ARTHUR HATCHER, JR.
Director of Communications, Headquarters, Air Force Global Strike Command
Mr. Arthur Hatcher is a member of the Senior Executive Service. As Director of Communication at the Headquarters, Air Force Global Strike Command, he leads staff managing cyberspace and information technology infrastructure
and provides knowledge operation support to 24,000 personnel. He oversees command management for fourteen Air Force-level nuclear command, control, and communications systems supporting B-2, B-52, and Intercontinental Ballistic Missile operations. He also manages more than 1,700 command cyber personnel providing organizing, training, and equipment guidance. In addition, he serves as chief architect for Air Force Nuclear Deterrence Operations/Nuclear Command and Control Systems. He completed thirty years with the U.S. Air Force and entered federal service in July 2013. While on active duty, he served on the Joint Staff , a combatant command staff , and two major commands. He has commanded an air expeditionary group, a communications group, and two communications squadrons. His units won both Department of Defense and Air Force-level awards. His previous assignment was as Director of Communications and Chief Information Offi cer, Headquarters Pacifi c Air Forces.
HORACE LARRY
Deputy Director of Air Force Services, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel
Mr. Horace Larry provides direction for a $2 billion program. The organization’s mission is to increase
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combat capability and productivity through programs promoting readiness, esprit de corps, and quality service for Air Force members. This includes physical fi tness, peacetime and wartime troop feeding, Air Force mortuary aff airs, Armed Forces entertainment, Air Force protocol, lodging, and libraries. It also includes child development centers, youth centers, and recreation activities. He provides oversight for uniforms, awards, and recognition; airman and family readiness; and Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention and Response as well as other programs that contribute to sustainment. Mr. Larry was commissioned in the Air Force in 1975. Over the next 30 years, he was assigned to various posts, including Deputy Support Group Commander, Commander of the Air Force Services Agency, and Deputy Director of Air Force Services in the Offi ce of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics at Headquarters, U.S. Air Force. He retired from the Air Force in 2005 as a colonel. Mr. Larry became a civil service employee in 2006 and federal contractor a year later, serving as a senior program manager for Logistics Applications Inc. at the Department of Energy. He was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 2009.
CHEVALIER CLEAVES
Director, Diversity and Inclusion, Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower, Personnel & Services, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force
Mr. Chevalier Cleaves is responsible for leading diversity and inclusion transformation for the Air Force’s 632,000 active duty, Air National Guard, Reserve, and civilian personnel. His duties include creating sustainable change while integrating diversity-
and inclusion-focused leadership with operational, functional, and talent management strategies and processes. Mr. Cleaves earned his commission in 1985 through the United States Air Force Academy. Serving three tours as a T-38 instructor pilot and three tours fl ying KC-135s, he commanded one of the most heavily tasked tanker squadrons in the Air Force. He played a critical
role in the response to September 11, 2001, events as the lead CHECKMATE team chief. Later, as a Joint Staff division chief, he was responsible for the information operations career force and for delivering integrated, joint special technical operations capabilities to unifi ed commanders. Mr. Cleaves was nominated by the President and confi rmed by the Senate to lead the U.S. Air Force Academy admissions directorate, where the superintendent selected him to lead USAFA’s diversity and inclusion eff orts. He retired at the grade of colonel in 2010. He then entered the private sector as Vice President, Global Diversity and Inclusion, for a Fortune 300 company. Prior to his current position, Mr. Cleaves led diversity and inclusion business integration for the Internal Revenue Service.
TAWANDA ROONEY Director, Intelligence Systems Support Office
Mrs. Tawanda Rooney supports the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence at the Intelligence Systems Support Offi ce (ISSO). She began her federal career in 1984
through the Air Force summer-hire program. After earning a bachelor’s in business administration from Virginia State University in 1988, she became a budget analyst with the offi ce of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations. Five years later she moved to the Defense Evaluation Support Activity, holding positions that included project manager, contracting offi cer, and directorate budget representative. In 1997 she became a deputy program manager at the ISSO and was responsible for the acquisition and evaluation of sensitive technology eff orts. She served as a staff offi cer with the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Program Analysis and Evaluation at the Pentagon and in 2001 was appointed as Deputy Director for the Information Engineering and Assessment Laboratory at the ISSO. Mrs. Rooney was selected for appointment to Defense Intelligence
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