Election 2022

Life Member and current AFPAAA president, Brett was an Air Force Public Affairs Officer at the wing, DRU, MAJCOM, joint and Air Staff levels for 21 years. He was public affairs officer at Whiteman Air Force Base, and Director of Public Affairs at the U.S. Air Force Academy, and commanded the 344th Recruiting Squadron. He retired in 2014 from the Pentagon where he was Director of Air Force Media Operations. He then was Vice President of Communications and Marketing at The Citadel followed by Vice Chancellor of Communications and Marketing for the Texas Tech University System. Brett joined Lockheed Martin in 2019, working in F-35 communications. He and his wife, Katy, reside in Flower Mound, Texas. They have 19-year-old triplets, two at Baylor University and one at Texas Tech University.

John is a Life Member of AFPAAA. After graduating from The Citadel in 1990, he entered the Air Force and spent 25 years as a Public Affairs Officer at wing, numbered air force, major command, Headquarters Air Force and combatant command levels. He also commanded the 305th Mission Support Squadron at McGuire AFB, N.J. His many deployments included duty as chief of press desk operations for the International Security Assistance Force, Kabul, Afghanistan, and as principal military spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq. He retired in 2017 and became Vice President for Communications and Marketing at The Citadel. In 2021 he became senior manager, Sikorsky Communications at Lockheed Martin, Stratford, Connecticut.

Doug is an AFPAAA Lifetime Founder. He has 30 years experience as an Air Force Public Affairs Officer and 14 as a senior Boeing Spokesman. From 1967-74 he headed Public Affairs at bases in Texas, Korea, and England. Following time as Public Affairs deputy for USAFSS, he joined the SAF/PA Press Desk handling highly controversial policy issues. He then became Chief of the Air Force Press Desk in DoD. His further assignments included Director of Public Affairs for 3rd Air Force and Air Force Systems Command, Director of AF Media Relations and Director of Press Operations for DoD. His time as a national security spokesman for Boeing included being vice president of Communications for their Aircraft and Missiles Business. In 2011 he was honored by AIA with the Lyman Award for lifetime achievement in Aerospace Public Relations.

Chuck was an enlisted teletype repairman until he was selected for officer training. As a first lieutenant he was the Public Affairs advisor to the Under Secretary of the Air Force. Later, the Chief of Staff handpicked him to revamp operations in his International Affairs Division and selected him to serve as an assistant secretary for JCS and NSC matters. He directed a 40-man team that demonstrated US Special Operations Command’s capabilities to legislative, business, and military leaders. He was director of Public Affairs for Air Mobility Command when he retired in 2002. After his retirement, Chuck was a consultant to ITT Systems Division, the multinational engineering firm AECOM, and Aegis Defense Services, a British security company with offices throughout the Middle East. He and his wife own a ranch in San Saba, Texas.

Eric had a 27 year career in Air Force Public Affairs that ranged from wing through joint service and major command directorships. He was commissioned through AFROTC when he graduated in 1985 with a BS in mass communications from Vermont’s Norwich University. Among his assignments were the 38th Tactical Missile Wing (GLCM), Germany; the Thunderbirds, EWI with Hill and Knowlton, and the directorships of public affairs for U.S Forces Japan, Air Combat Command, and Air Force Central Command. Eric retired in 2012 and has held a variety of government and industry positions including Lockheed Martin F-35 International Communications Manager and Air Combat Command Commander’s Action Group Communication Team Chief. He is now the PAO for the Armed Forces Medical Examiner Service at Dover AFB. He is an AFPAAA Life Member.

Carla served nearly 21 years as an Air Force Public Affairs officer. In addition to wing and MAJCOM positions, her assignments included special assistant to the chief of staff of the 1992-93 Armed Forces Inaugural Committee; operations officer for the European Broadcast Squadron; Education With Industry fellow at Hill and Knowlton; and chief of marketing at AF Recruiting Service. At SAF/PA, from 1998-2001, she helped establish the Air Force's new symbol and identity. She had deployments to Incirlik AB, Turkey and Bagram AB, Afghanistan. Carla was named AF Outstanding Field Grade PAO of the Year in 1996. After retiring in 2004, she worked for Martha Stewart Crafts and the Central Park Conservancy in New York City. A Lifetime Member of AFPAAA, she lives in Florida and is married to retired Air Force PAO Jim McGuire.