Paula Lewis was appointed Assistant Administrator for Regions and Center Operations in October 2008. In this capacity, she oversees operations in the agency's nine Regions and the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center including the FAA Academy and the FAA Logistics Center. As the Assistant Administrator, FAA's nine Regional Administrators, who serve as the senior aviation official and spokesperson in their geographic region, and the Director, Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City, report to her.
Prior to this assignment, she served as Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regions and Center Operations where she provided leadership and guidance for operations at the nine FAA regional headquarters and Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center. In Washington headquarters, Ms. Lewis provided management oversight direction for Information Technology, Resource Management, Planning and FOIA Management, Aviation Logistics, and the Washington Flight Program (Hangar 6.)
Ms. Lewis also served as Director of Operations Planning and Performance Analysis. She was instrumental in establishing measurable goals and targets in areas such as on-time, delays, system capacity and efficiency as well as system availability. Other positions included Director and Deputy Director, Office of System Capacity, Manager, Information Technology Planning Division, Management Standards and Statistics Division and Organizational Analysis Branch. Prior to coming to the FAA, she served as senior program analyst for the Chief of Naval Operations and Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command at the Department of Navy.
She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Winthrop College and a Master's Degree in Industrial Organizational Science from George Mason University.