USAF Gen. Herbert J. Carlisle has been named commander of Air Combat Command (ACC), Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. He has been commander of Pacific Air Forces/air component commander for U.S. Pacific Command/executive director of the Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Lt. Gen. Lori J. Robinson has been nominated for promotion to general and to succeed Carlisle. She has been ACC vice commander. Maj. Gen. James K.
Jamie Graham has been appointed director of business development for KippsDeSanto & Co., Tysons Corner, Virginia. She was manager of business development for the corporate and securities-technology practice of law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.
Patricia Cooper has been named Washington-based vice president-government affairs and policy for Intelsat, effective Aug. 25. She has been president of the Satellite Industry Association.
Mike Knowles has become vice president/deputy general manager to lead the air ranges and Live-Virtual-Constructive training campaign and Mike Twyman senior vice president of the Communications and Intelligence Surveillance & Reconnaissance Div. of the San Diego-based Cubic Corp. Knowles was an executive at Rockwell Collins, Photon Research Associates and Northrop Grumman. Twyman was senior vice president/general manager of the Defense Systems Div. at Northrop Grumman.
USN Cmdr. Anthony Jaramillo has succeeded USMC Lt. Col. David “Angus” Walsh as manager of Navair’s Specialized and Proven Aircraft Program Office, which has employees at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina; NAS Jacksonville, Florida; and NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. Jaramillo was director of Navair’s Technical Data and Engineering Service Center. Walsh is now assigned to the Marine Aviation Detachment at NAS Patuxent River.
T homas A. Kennedy, who is CEO of the Waltham, Massachusetts-based Raytheon Co., also will be chairman, effective Oct. 1. He will succeed William H. Swanson, who will be retiring. Kennedy followed Swanson as CEO. Tracy A. Atkinson has been appointed to the board. She is executive vice president-finance of the State Street Corp.
Project Manager, Mead & Hunt, Age 31 A guardian of environmental awareness, Kate Andrus is an industry leader in sustainability planning for airports. Through her participation in the FAA’s Sustainability Pilot Program, Andrus has been instrumental in assisting the agency in its goal to make sustainability a core objective in airport planning.
Director, Advanced Exploration Systems Division, NASA, Age 37 Growing up as an avid camper, Jason Crusan spent many nights staring up at the night sky and thinking about technology for space. Eventually, this fascination led to two bachelor’s degrees (in physics and electrical engineering), a master’s degree (in computer information systems) and, in January 2005, a job with NASA, where one co-worker has called him “an innovator who threw away the box.”
Space Fence Lead System Analyst, Lockheed Martin, Age 31 Space Fence is a U.S. Air Force Acquisition Category 1 program that will revolutionize how the world discovers, tracks and maintains space objects. Greg Fonder has been at the forefront of the program from early architecture studies in 2007 and was instrumental in Lockheed Martin’s win of the initial $915 million contract in June.
Executive Director, ATK Special Mission Aircraft, Age 39 As the son of a U.S. Air Force Special Operations pilot, Brad Hayes says he grew up among giants of the special operations community and felt driven to one day carry their torch. He is doing so in his role today overseeing weaponized platforms, special projects and mission support services.
