COLONEL JENNIFER A. MAPP Col Jennifer Mapp is the Portfolio Acquisition Executive at the Presidential and Executive Airpower Directorate, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. She directs lifecycle planning and execution for the VC-25B Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization and the Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) programs, while overseeing sustainment for the VC-25A, E-4B, C-12, C-21, C-37, and C-40 fleets. Additionally, she leads the Looking Glass-Next program, recapitalizing critical components of the E-6B mission. Colonel Mapp, a native of Fairbanks, Alaska, entered the Air Force as an enlisted Contract Specialist in October 2000, later earning her commission through Officer Training School in April 2005. Throughout her career, she has served in multiple contracting assignments across both operational wings and systems acquisition program offices. Colonel Mapp commanded the 55th Contracting Squadron and the 380th Expeditionary Contracting Squadron and served as the Junior Executive Officer to the 22nd Chief of Staff of the Air Force. She also served as a Program Element Monitor for the USAF weapons portfolio and as the Materiel Leader for weapons integration on the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, where she directed a $2 billion portfolio integrating global weapon requirements across all three aircraft variants. Notably, her deployment record includes three combat tours in support of operations in Kuwait, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Prior to her current assignment, she served as the Director of the White House Task Force RAPTOR, where she integrated efforts across the White House Military Office, the Department of War, United States Air Force stakeholders, and industry to accelerate all capabilities supporting the Air Force One mission. Additionally, she served as the Transition Lead for the Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Critical Major Weapon Systems, where she led the standup of the new organization and mission. EDUCATION 2002 Associate of Applied Science, Contract Management, Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2003 Bachelor of Applied Science, Business Management, Mount Olive College, Mount Olive, N.C. 2005 Air Space Basic Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2007 Master of Business Administration, William Carey University, Gulfport, Miss. 2011 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2012 Master of Business Management, Contract Management, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, Calif. 2016 Master of Arts, Defense and Strategic Studies, Naval Command and Staff College, Newport, R.I. 2023 Executive Certificate in Leadership Coaching, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. ASSIGNMENTS or CAREER CHRONOLOGY 1. February 2000 – January 2005, Contract Specialist, 4th Contracting Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. (July 2003 – November 2003, Contracting Officer, Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait) 2. January 2005 – April 2005, Trainee, Officer Training School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 3. April 2005 – June 2009, Assistant Flight Commander/Administrative Contracting Officer, 81st Contracting Squadron, Keesler AFB, Miss. (June 2008 – December 2008, Flight Commander/Contracting Officer, Bagram Regional Contracting Center, Bagram, Afghanistan) 4. June 2009 – June 2011, Flight Commander, 354th Contracting Squadron, Eielson AFB, Alaska (March 2010 – September 2010, Construction Team Chief, Contracting Support Division – International Zone, Union III, Baghdad, Iraq) 5. June 2011 – December 2012, Student, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif. 6. December 2012 – May 2014, Contracting Officer, F-22 Program Office, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 7. May 2014 – May 2015, Executive Officer, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Director of Contracting, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 8. June 2015 – July 2016, Commander, 354th Expeditionary Contracting Squadron, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates 9. July 2016 – June 2017, Student, Naval Command and Staff College, Newport, R.I. 10. June 2017 – July 2019, Program Element Monitor, Global Power Programs in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 11. July 2019 – May 2021, Commander, 55th Contracting Squadron, Offutt AFB, Neb. 12. May 2021 – June 2022, Junior Executive Officer to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C 13. July 2022 – May 2023, National Defense Fellow, Georgetown University Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Washington, D.C. 14. June 2023 – June 2025, Materiel Leader for F-35 Weapons Integration, F-35 Joint Program Office, Arlington, Va. (March 2025 – June 2025, Detailed as Director, Task Force RAPTOR, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.) 15. June 2025 – July 2026, Director, Task Force RAPTOR and Transition Lead for the Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Critical Major Weapon Systems, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 16. July 2026 – Present, Portfolio Acquisition Executive, Presidential and Executive Airpower Directorate, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters Joint Service Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant April 1, 2005 First Lieutenant April 1, 2007 Captain April 1, 2009 Major July 1, 2015 Lieutenant Colonel September 1, 2019 Colonel March 1, 2025 (Current as of July 2026)