Ellen M. Pawlikowski

Ellen M. Pawlikowski
Military Deputy Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, , the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 2014
President Barack Obama
Personal details
Profession United States Air Force Officer; Chemical Engineer

Ellen M. Pawlikowski is a United States Air Force general who serves as Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., responsible for research and development, test, production, and modernization of Air Force programs worth more than $32 billion annually. [1]

Effective July 2015, Pawlikowski will become commander of the Air Force Materiel Command; succeeding General Janet Wolfenbarger upon her retirement.

Biography

Pawlikowski entered the active duty in 1978 through the ROTC program at New Jersey Institute of Technology. She attended the University of California, Berkeley, and received a Doctorate of Philosophy in chemical engineering in December 1981, entering active duty at McClellan AFB, California, in April 1982. The general has served in a variety of technical management, leadership and staff positions, to include Director of the Airborne Laser Program and Director of the MILSATCOM Joint Program Office. She has served as Vice Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. Prior to her current assignment, she was the Deputy Director, National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, VA. Also, as the Commander, Air Force Space Command Element, she managed all Air Force personnel and resources assigned to the NRO and served as the senior adviser to the NRO Director on all military matters.[1] On February 18, 2015, the President of the United States nominated her for promotion to general and as Commander, Air Force Material Command. Pawlikoski's promotion and assignment to AFMC were confirmed by the US Senate on March 27, 2015[2]

Major awards and decorations

Her major awards and decorations include:

Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit

 Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal

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Dates of promotion

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Air Force Link: Biography of Lieutenant General Ellen M. Pawlikowski".
  2. ↑ http://www.afmc.af.mil/news/story_print.asp?id=123443464
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