General Discusses Strategic Realignment

The chapter's November luncheon featured Brig. Gen. James Haywood, USAF, Headquarters Air Force Material Command (AFMC), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Gen. Haywood reviewed the strategic realignment of the AFMC across the entire Air Force and its impacts. The corporate luncheon sponsors were Deloitte, Illumination Works, Kratos Technology Solutions, Peerless Technologies, STG Incorporated, Sumaria Systems and The Ahrens Consulting Group.

In addition, Julie Eitnaer, chapter vice president of networking, arranged a tour in November led by Thomas Wells, director of 711th Human Performance Wing (HPW), Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The 711th HPW delivers optimized human performance and integration for air, space and cyberspace forces through research, education, consultation and operational support. Its primary mission units are the Human Effectiveness Directorate, the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine and the Human Performance Integration Directorate. Among the 30 tour attendees were Jackie Whitacre, chapter president; Thomas Sudkamp, associate provost for Wright State University and chapter board member; Brenda Colton, chapter secretary; and Eitnaer.

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