U N I T E D S T A T E S A I R F O R C E

COLONEL J. WILLIAM DEMARCO Colonel J. William “Bill” DeMarco is Director of Staff, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Air University provides the full spectrum of Air Force education, graduating more than 50,000 resident and 120,000 non-resident officers, enlisted, and civilian personnel each year from pre-commissioning to the highest levels of professional military education, including degree granting and professional continuing education. Colonel DeMarco was born in Burlingame, California. In 1988, he graduated from the Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, as a Distinguished Air Force Student, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant through the Reserve Officer Training Corps. Colonel DeMarco is a command pilot with more than 2,500 flying hours in the C-23A, C-12F, C-141B, KC-10A and KC-135R. Colonel DeMarco holds three Master’s degrees; one in Military Arts and Science, American Military University, VA; one in Military Operational Art and Science, Air University, Alabama; and one in Airpower Art and Science from the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell Air Force Base Alabama. He also served as a National Security Affairs Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, California. And is currently a Fellow at The Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, England.

Colonel DeMarco has served in numerous positions from the squadron to Pentagon level as an aircrew member, strategist/planner, action officer, executive officer, and commander. Since completion of pilot training, he has served as a tactical and strategic airlift pilot, qualified in airdrop and special operations, tanker pilot, TALCE officer, Air Mobility Division Chief, . Additionally, he has deployed in support of operations in Central, Southwest, and Southeast Asia and Africa as an aircrew member, air expeditionary squadron commander, and later strategist for the Director of Mobility Forces.

EDUCATION: 1988 Bachelor of Science degree, Business Administration, The Citadel, The Military College of SC, Charleston, SC 1995 Squadron Officer’s School, Maxwell AFB AL. 2000 Master of Science degree, Military Arts and Science, American Military University, VA 2003 Master of Science degree, Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB AL

2004 Master of Science degree, Airpower Art and Science, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB AL 2008 National Security Affairs Fellow, Hoover Institute, Stanford University, CA

ASSIGNMENTS: 1. January 1989-January 1990, student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Reese AFB TX 2. March 1990-December 1990, C-23A pilot, 10th Military Airlift Squadron, Zweibruken Air Base,

Germany 3. December 1990-August 1992, C-12F evaluator pilot, Training Officer, 1400th Military Airlift

Squadron, Norton AFB CA 4. August 1992-September 1993, C-12F evaluator pilot, Chief Squadron Scheduling, 459th Airlift

Squadron, March AFB CA 5. December 1993-March 1997, C-141B instructor pilot, special operations low level II, airlift, air drop,

air refueling, squadron and operations group chief executive officer, 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB SC

6. March 1997-August 2000, chief airlift contingency branch, TACC/XOOS, assistant chief commanders action group, TACC/CCX, chief short notice tanker planner, TACC/XOOKS, executive officer to the commander, Air Mobility Command, Headquarters AMC, Scott AFB IL

7. August 2000-July 2002, KC-10 instructor pilot, assistant operations officer, chief pilot, 9th Air Refueling Squadron, Travis AFB CA

8. August 2002-June 2003, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB AL 9. July 2003-June 2004, student, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB AL 10. July 2004-January 2005, operations officer, 715th Air Mobility Squadron, Travis AFB CA 11. January 2005-June 2007, Commander, 15th Air Mobility Operations Squadron, Travis AFB CA 12. 2007-2008, national security affairs fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University CA 13. June 2008-June 2010, Stability Operations Branch Chief, Global Security Affairs, Joint Staff J-5,

Pentagon, Washington, DC 14. June 2010-June 2012, Commander, 100th Operations Group, RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom 15. June 2012- May 2013, Commander, Southeast Region Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps

(AFROTC), Maxwell AFB AL 16. May 2013 – June 2014, Vice Commandant, USAF Officer Training School (OTS), Maxwell AFB AL 17. June 2014- January 2015, Vice Commandant, USAF Air Command and Staff College (ACSC),

Maxwell AFB AL 18. January 2015-August 2015, Commandant, USAF Air Command and Staff College (ACSC), Maxwell

AFB AL 19. August 2015-Present, Director of Staff, Air University, Maxwell AFB AL FLIGHT INFORMATION: Rating: Command Pilot Flight Hours: More than 2,500 Aircraft Flown: T-37, T-38, C-23A, C-12F, C-141B, KC-10A, KC-135R

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS: The Legion of Merit Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster Air Medal for Heroism Aerial Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster Joint Service Commendation Medal Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster AF Outstanding Unit Award with one oak leaf cluster

AF Organizational Excellence Award with one oak leaf cluster Combat Readiness Medal with two oak leaf clusters National Defense Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with one oak leaf cluster Armed Forces Service Medal Humanitarian Service Medal

PUBLICATIONS: “May the Best Ideas Win” Hoover Digest, October 14, 2008, No. 4, Hoover Institution, Stanford University “Leadership Philosophy 101, Who Are You?” October 1, 2013, Applied Leadership and Command Course, Air Command and Staff College, Air University.

“4 DEMANDS OF HEROIC LEADERSHIP” December 11 2014, GiANT Worldwide

“Public sector intraprenurship: overcoming bureaucratic immune systems” 20 October 2014, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, Centre for Social Innovation

“Embracing dissenters: why you need people who ask difficult questions” 12 January 2015, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, Centre for Social Innovation

“What’s More Important: Discipline or Intentionality?” 11 May 2015, GiANT Worldwide

“Embracing passion and creativity” 26 June 2015, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, Centre for Social Innovation

“Are you strange, or authentic? Why leaders need to be real.” 20 July 2105, GiANT Worldwide

EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROMOTION: Second Lieutenant, September 14, 1988 First Lieutenant, September 14, 1990 Captain, September 14, 1992 Major, January 1, 2000 Lieutenant Colonel, January 1, 2005 Colonel, 1 May 2010