Meet Our Staff
Executive Office
Bruce “Orville” Wright
President
Jordan Lindeke
Chief of Staff
Doug Raaberg
Executive Vice President
Air Force Magazine
Tobias Naegele
Editor in Chief
Amy Hudson
News Editor
Juliette Kelsey
Managing Editor
John Tirpak
Magazine editor
Chequita Wood
Assistant Managing Editor
Abraham Mahshie
Pentagon Editor
Dashton Parham
Senior Designer
Mike Tsukamoto
Photo Editor
Greg Hadley
Digital Editor
Eric Lee
Production Manager
Communications
Scott King
Communications Specialist
Creative Services
Zaur Eylanbekov
Graphic Designer
CyberPatriot
Stuart Pettis
Director of Aerospace Education Programs
Rachel Zimmerman
Senior Director, Business Operations
Frank Zaborowski
Senior Director, Cyberpatriot Operations
Gamail Mohammed
Manager, Cyberpatriot Competition Operations
Lisa O'Loughlin
Manager, cyberpatriot Competition Systems
Taylor Crouch
Coordinator, cyberpatriot competition support
Darren “Nick” Green
cyberpatriot Program Coordinator of Education
Helene Daage
cyberpatriot Program Administration Coordinator
Rebecca Dalton
Director, cyberpatriot Engagement & Outreach
Zachary Shelton
Director, StellarXplorers Operations
Alexander Edgar
Manager, stellarxplorers program administration
Development
Rob Clapper
Chief Development Officer
Leslie Mazeska
Senior Director of Development
Kirk Brown
senior Director of Media Solutions
Christy Sitter
director of sales
Joseph Macias
Individual Giving Manager
Kris Yun
Individual Giving Coordinator
John Koubaroulis
Donor relations & Stewardship coordinator
Doolittle Leadership Center
Patrick Donley, PhD.
Director
Finance
Joseph Stangl
Chief Financial Officer
Yetta Hughes
Director of Finance
Eric Phillips
Accounting Manager
Jeneathia Wright
Accounts Receivable Coordinator
David Mendez
Accountant
Human Resources/Administration
Sharrón Dean
Senior director human resources/administration
Whitney Brown
HR Specialist
Information Technology
Tony Witzel
Deputy CIO
Evan Hines
Director of IT
David Huynh
senior Network Administrator
Mike Davis
senior Data Analyst/Programmer
Ted Yorkshire
senior multimedia Manager
Legislative Affairs
William Castle
vice president, Legislative Affairs
Strategic Events
Amanda Grandel
Senior Director, Strategic Events & Operations
Katie Storm
Senior Manager, Events Registration & Protocol
Member & Field Relations
Kari Voliva
Vice President, Member & Field Relations
Christine Brown
senior manager, community outreach; interim manager, member relations
Kris Phillips
Senior Manager Field Relations
Joseph Peel
Manager, Aerospace Education
Abigail Remy
Manager, Corporate Membership
Victoria Weitekamp
Coordinator, Community Support
Alex Panduro
Member Relations Coordinator
Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
Lt Gen David Deptula, USAF (Ret.)
Dean
Douglas Birkey
Executive Director
Gen Kevin P. Chilton (Ret.)
Explorer Chair at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies Spacepower Advantage Research Center (MI-SPARC)
Maj Gen Larry Stutzriem, USAF (Ret.)
Director, Research
Mark Gunzinger
Director, Future Concepts & Capability Assessments
Heather Penney
Senior Resident Fellow
Chris Stone
Senior Fellow, Space Studies
Kamilla Gunzinger
Senior Program Director
John Baum
Senior Fellow
Lukas Autenried
Senior Analyst
Daniel Clayton Rice
Research Analyst
Ana Maria Waldo
Operations Coordinator
Lt Col Joshua Holaday
Air Force Senior Developmental Education Fellow
Lt Col Ryan “Ralphie” Ellis
Air Force Senior Developmental Education Fellow
Maj Broderick Morris
Air Force intermediate developmental education Fellow