Kim M. Brown, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Director of Logistics and Logistics Services, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Ms. Brown serves as the Director for the Center Senior Functional for Logistics, overseeing all activities for life cycle logistics and product support management. She provides program and resource support to 10 Program Executive Officers and approximately 400 programs and is responsible for more than 3,800 life cycle logisticians.
Ms. Brown began her civilian career in 1985 at Fort Liberty (formerly Bragg) in North Carolina where she worked for the Department of Defense (DoDDs). Early on, she moved to various locations, including Keflavik, Iceland, where she again worked for the DoDDs; and Rome, New York, where she worked for Rome Laboratory and Defense Finance and Accounting.
In 2000, Ms. Brown joined the logistics community at Robins Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia. She served as an Item Manager for the next seven years where she progressed to a team lead in the C-130 Product Directorate of the Warner-Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC). Ms. Brown was assigned to the Air Staff under HQ/A4IT at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio in April 2007 as a member of the Logistics Transformation Office.
In 2017, she became the Division Chief for the Systems Integration Division, directing portfolio management, logistics process transformation, and data transformation for the Air Force logistics enterprise. In this position, she shaped, developed, and championed Program Objective Memorandum requirements and budget execution of Air Force Logistics Information Technology systems portfolio. She led business information technology (IT) systems standardization for capability acquisition, ensuring solutions interoperability and integration across cross-functional areas. She also managed strategic alignment of business processes, systems, and logistics processes to equip and enable warfighter support.
Prior to her current assignment, Ms. Brown served as Deputy Director of Logistics, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering, and Force Protection, Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, DC.
EDUCATION:
2006: Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration, Macon State College, Macon, Ga
2010: Master’s Degree in the Science of Management, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
2015: Air War College, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala. (correspondence)
2019: Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.
2019: Executive Education Leadership Decision Making, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Mass.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY:
1. May 1985 – July 2000, various assignments
2. July 2000 – April 2007, Item Manager, Logistics Transformation Office, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
3. April 2007 – July 2009, Team Lead, Logistics Analyst, Logistics Transformation Office, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. July 2009 – March 2012, Team Lead, Logistics Analyst, Air Force Global Logistics Support Center (AFGLSC), Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
5. March 2012 – July 2013, Team Lead, Logistics Analyst, Data Competency Center, AFGLSC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
6. July 2013 – October 2015, Technology Lead, Logistics Analyst, Directorate of Resource Integration, Headquarters United Stated Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
7. October 2015 – April 2017, Branch Chief, Logistics Analyst, Directorate of Resource Integration, Headquarters United Sates Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
8. April 2017 – February 2021, Division Chief, Systems Integration Division & Data Officer for the Logistics Domain, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
9. February 2021 – July 2023, Technical Director, Directorate of Logistics, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
10.July 2023 – July 2025, Deputy Director of Logistics, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering, and Force Protection, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon, Washington D.C.
11.July 2025 – Present, Director of Logistics and Logistics Services, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
Meritorious Civilian Service Award, 2021
General William G.T. Tuttle Jr. Award for Business Acumen in Defense & Government, 2019
591st Supply Chain Management Group Civilian Category III of the Year Award, 2011
Exemplary Civilian Service Award, 2008
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:
Life Cycle Logistics (LCL) Certification, Level III
(CURRENT AS OF JULY 2025)