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LORNA B. ESTEP
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Lorna B. Estep, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Deputy Director of Logistics, Directorate of Logistics and Sustainment, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. She is responsible for all depot maintenance, supply management and sustainment transformation activities within the command. She develops and directs policy and procedures for major overhaul, repair, and modification of weapon systems and spare parts. The depot maintenance activity is valued in excess of $6.5 billion in annual revenue and employs more than 35,000 people at the command's three Air Logistics Centers. She establishes guidance relating to the Air Force retail and wholesale supply chain management of spare parts, valued at more than $5.8 billion. She oversees the Centralized Asset Management Office, managing all active-duty weapon system sustainment requirements to support more than 1.3 million flying hours each year, which is the single largest Air Force operations and maintenance account at $14.1 billion. As the staff lead for logistics and lifecycle sustainment issues, she plans and coordinates product support and acquisition logistics for all fielded and emerging Air Force weapon systems.
Ms. Estep started her career as a Navy logistics management intern. She has directed the Joint Center for Flexible Computer Integrated Manufacturing, was the first program manager for Rapid Acquisition of Manufactured Parts, and has served as Technical Director of Information Technology Initiatives at the Naval Supply Systems Command. In these positions she has developed logistics programs for the Department of Defense, implemented one of the first integrated and agile data-driven manufacturing systems, and directed the development of complex technical data systems for the Navy.
As the Director of Joint Logistics Systems Center, Ms. Estep had the duties of a commanding officer for a major subordinate command. In addition, she acted as the Logistics Community Manager, an emerging organization to coordinate and implement the revised Defense Department logistics strategy for achieving Joint Vision 2010 through modern information techniques and processes. She has also served as Chief Information Officer for the Naval Sea Systems Command in Arlington, Va.; Executive Director of Headquarters Materiel Systems Group at Wright-Patterson AFB; and Deputy Director for Logistics Readiness at the Pentagon. Prior to her current assignment, she was the Executive Director, Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, which provides worldwide logistics support and functions as the air operations center for supply chain management.
EDUCATION
1978 Bachelor of Science degree in biology, University of South Florida, Tampa
1982 Master of Science degree in administration, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
1989 Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Va.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. August 1978 - August 1980, Navy logistics management intern, Fleet Material Support Office, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
2. August 1980 - August 1981, transportation specialist, Naval Supply Systems Command, Arlington, Va.
3. August 1981 - December 1983, program control team leader, Naval Supply Systems Command, Arlington, Va.
4. January 1984 - June 1986, branch Director of Warehousing, Equipment and Systems, Naval Supply Systems Command, Arlington, Va.
5. June 1986 - June 1992, Manager, Rapid Acquisition and Manufacture of Parts Program, Arlington, Va. (December 1991 - December 1993, Director, Joint Center for Flexible Computer Integration Manufacturing, North Charleston, S.C.)
6. January 1994 - January 1995, Technical Director, Information Technology Initiatives, Naval Supply Systems Command, Arlington, Va.
7. January 1995 - April 1996, Director of Enterprise Integration, Naval Supply Systems Command, Arlington, Va.
8. April 1996 - July 1997, Director of Plans, Programs and Resources, Joint Logistics Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
9. July 1997 - October 1998, Logistics Community Manager and Deputy Director, later, Director, Joint Logistics Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
10. October 1998 - March 1999, Chief Information Officer, Naval Sea Systems Command, Arlington, Va.
11. March 1999 - June 2003, Executive Director, Headquarters Materiel Systems Group, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
12. June 2003 - April 2005, Deputy Director of Logistics Readiness, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
13. May 2005 - June 2008, Deputy Director of Supply, Directorate of Logistics, Headquarters AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
14. July 2008 - November 2010, Executive Director, Air Force Global Logistics Supply Center, AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
15. November 2010 - present, Deputy Director of Logistics, Directorate of Logistics and Sustainment, Headquarters AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
AWARDS AND HONORS
1990 National Capital Region Award and national nominee, Society of Logistics Engineers
1991 Navy Civilian Meritorious Medal
1993 Navy Civilian Distinguished Service Medal
2003 and 2008 Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award
2005 Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service Medal
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1993 Military adviser, Lean Production Sub Panel, Defense Science Board
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Armed Forces Communications and Electronic Association International
Senior member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers
International Advisory Board for Concurrent Engineering
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Acquisition Professional
Program Management, Level III
(Current as of April 2011)
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