TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- The Air Force Sustainment Center Civic Leader Program selected seventeen business and professional thought-leaders from across the nation as members for a three-year term. As members, they are immersed in the mission of the center, and exchange ideas with its leaders on various issues.
Lt. Gen. Stacey T. Hawkins, AFSC commander, welcomed the new members at their initial meeting, and shared the vision of the center with them.
“Our Civic Leader Program teammates are a vital part of the Air Force Sustainment Center ecosystem that propels our righteous mission,” said Hawkins. “Our world-class communities surrounding each of our great installations are key enablers to forging weapon system readiness and accelerating innovation.
“As AFSC professionals deliver integrated capabilities to compete and deter our adversaries, our CLP cohort infuses game-changing perspectives on meeting the challenges and leveraging opportunities facing our Air Force during consequential times.”
The Air Force Sustainment Center Civic Leaders are nominated from the communities surrounding Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma, Hill Air Force Base in Utah, Robins Air Force Base in Georgia and the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. This year’s appointees also include at-large members from key entities across the country.
New members include:
AMARG:
- Ben Fernandez, DM50, Arizona
At-Large:
- John Tomblin, Ph.D., National Institute for Aviation Research, Wichita State University, Kansas
- John Wilczynski, America Makes
Hill Air Force Base, Utah:
- Barbara Riddle, Chamber West, Utah
- Brad Mortensen, Ph.D., Weber State University, Utah
- Julie Snowball, Top of Utah Military Affairs Committee
- Lacy Bizios, Secturion Systems, Inc., Utah
- Rick Hartle, Boeing Corp, ret., Utah
Robins Air Force Base, Georgia:
- David Danzie, Synovus, Georgia
- Christina O’Brien, Robins Financial Credit Union, Georgia
- Dan Perdue, Houston County Board of Commissioners, Georgia
- Jessica Walden, Greater Macon Chamber, Georgia
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and AFSC Headquarters
- Angela Monson, Oklahoma Policy Institute
- Christy Gillenwater, Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
- Debbie Lindsey, Sovereign Bank, Oklahoma
- Mary Blankenship Pointer, consultant, Oklahoma
- Theresa Powell, Langston University, Oklahoma
Each year, members will tour one of the center’s installations and receive briefings from their commanders about individual missions.
The Air Force Sustainment Center is the premiere organization in the world that provides weapon system sustainment and logistics readiness through depot maintenance, repair and modification. More information is available at afsc.af.mil.