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LORNA B. ESTEP
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Selected for reassignment as Executive
Director, Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, Air Force Materiel
Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Lorna B. Estep, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is Deputy
Director for Supply, Directorate of Logistics, Headquarters Air Force
Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. She is
responsible for the Materiel Support Division of the Supply Management
Activity Group, a stock fund with annual sales of $7 billion. She
directs a wide range of logistics services in support of Air Force
managed spare parts, to include transformation programs, requirements
determination, budgeting, acquisition, provisioning, cataloging,
distribution and data management policy. She also provides supply chain
management policy, guidance and direction in support of headquarters,
air logistics centers, and U.S. Air Force worldwide customers.
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., and Executive Director of Headquarters Materiel Systems Group at
Wright-Patterson AFB. Prior to her current assignment, she served as
Deputy Director for Logistics Readiness at the Pentagon, where she
developed combat support concepts, doctrine, and sustainment policy
with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, defense agencies, the
Joint Chiefs of Staff and combatant commanders.
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 - present, Deputy Director of Supply, Directorate of Logistics, Headquarters AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
AWARDS AND HONORS
1980 - 1995 Outstanding performance awards
1981 - 1992 Sustained superior performance awards
1990 National Capital Region Award and national nominee, Society of Logistics Engineers
1991 Navy Civilian Meritorious Medal
1993 Navy Civilian Distinguished Service Medal
2003 Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award
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 June 2006)
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