Becky Nolan
Executive Vice President

Becky Nolan has served as Executive Vice President, AFCEA International, since the dawn of the New Millennium. In this capacity, she is the President’s back-up and right-hand person. She also helps develop the Association's long-term strategic goals, and is responsible for exploring new opportunities for growth and development. She also has oversight of the Association's promotion, marketing, and public affairs programs. In this capacity, she coordinates AFCEA's marketing initiatives, including market research and analysis, and the development and implementation of promotional strategies and campaigns.

Ms. Nolan has been a member of the AFCEA International Headquarters staff since September 1981. She began her AFCEA career as Director of the AFCEA Building Service Corporation (BSC), the title-holding corporation that handles the Association's real estate transactions. In this position, she was responsible for the design, planning, construction and outfitting of both the first Headquarters building in Burke Centre, Virginia, and the current facility at Fair Lakes, Virginia.

In 1987, Ms. Nolan became Director of Planning and Development; in 1992, Senior Director, Plans and Development; in 1996, Vice President, Plans; and then in 1998 was promoted to Executive Vice President, Plans.

Her functional responsibilities cut horizontally across the full spectrum of AFCEA activities. In this unique position, she has been an integral part of AFCEA's outreach program beyond its traditional defense orientation. She has been a leader in AFCEA's information technology expansion, and a proponent of the importance of providing services and activities that cut across government lines. She has played a key role in creating and implementing a number of non-defense forums, including AFCEA’s annual Virtual Government Conference – now the Homeland Security Conference -- which has become a cornerstone of the government IT Calendar; as well as the annual GSA/FTS Network Services Conference. In recognition of her singular contributions to the IT community, she received Federal Computer Week's Fed 100 Award both in 1994 and 1997.

In addition to her marketing duties, she has served since September 1988 in the AFCEA Board Officer position of International Secretary. In this capacity, she coordinates the Association's Standing and Special Committees, and serves as the primary staff interface with the Chairman of the Board, Executive Committee and Board of Directors.

Ms. Nolan earned a B.A. degree in English and German from The College of William and Mary in 1968. She served in the Peace Corps in Bangkok, Thailand, as an English professor at the graduate level. On her return to the States, she worked as a substitute teacher in the Alexandria, Virginia, secondary school system, while creating and directing a preschool educational program in her home. After owning and managing an antique shop for several years, Ms. Nolan went into the retail industry with Bloomingdale's, in 1976, where she began by opening the first Bloomie’s in the Washington area. She worked in Washington, DC, and New York City as a department manager and regional buyer in housewares, stationery, and home furnishings. She also was a home furnishings buyer for both Garfinckel's and Lord and Taylor.

Ms. Nolan is married, with two daughters, and four very special grandchildren. She and her husband Paul, a career civil servant with the U.S. Library of Congress, reside in Alexandria, Virginia. She runs 50-60 miles per week, competing in 10K races and marathons, and is an avid cross-stitcher.