Heather Martin

Dr. Heather R. Martin serves as the Acting Director of the Plans, Programs & Strategy Office, Data & Digital Innovation Component, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Springfield, Virginia where she is responsible for executing the agency’s approach to artificial intelligence which includes establishing an artificial intelligence governance framework for the geospatial-intelligence community.

Dr. Martin entered federal service in 2002 as an active-duty Air Force intelligence officer, holding a myriad of positions to include serving as an Air and Space Operations Center analyst, Distributed Common Ground System Mission Operations Commander, and Lead for the Air Force Geospatial-Intelligence Analytical and Technical Element, a forum responsible for shaping a multi-million-dollar research & development portfolio. Upon transitioning to civil service, Dr. Martin served as the Deputy Chief of Staff to Headquarters Twenty-Fifth Air Force (now Sixteenth Air Force), where she was responsible for advising the Commander on a broad range of operational issues as well as coordinating the functions and activities for more than 26,000 military and civilian intelligence personnel. Dr. Martin is a certified Department of Defense Program Manager, having served in a Joint assignment at the National Reconnaissance Office, managing a multi-million-dollar Major System Acquisition. At NGA, Dr. Martin has served as a Division Chief and program manager within Source and CIO-T components, integrating emerging geospatial-intelligence sensors into the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence architecture.

EDUCATION

2002 Bachelor of Arts degree, Chicano/Latino Studies, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon

2003 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell AFB, Alabama

2003 Air Force Intelligence Officer Course, Goodfellow AFB, Texas

2004 Air and Space Operations Center Course, Hurlburt Field, Florida

2007 Department of Defense Quality of Analysis Program, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel

2008 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama

2008 Master of Science, International Relations, Security Studies, Troy University, Montgomery, Alabama

2013 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama

2015 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama

2018 Doctor of Philosophy, International Development/Security Studies, Univ. of Southern Mississippi

ASSIGNMENTS

1. May 2003-December 2003, student/intelligence officer training, 315TRS, Goodfellow AFB, Texas
2. January 2004-August 2004, U.S. Air Forces in Europe Watch Officer, Ramstein, Germany
3. August 2004-December 2005, U.S. Air Forces in Europe command briefer/Air Operations Center intelligence analyst (counterterrorism, Middle-East/North Africa, Eurasia), Ramstein, Germany
4. January 2006-April 2006, Command Briefer (Deployed), Combined Air Operations Center, Middle-East
5. May 2006-July 2006, Counterterrorism Analysis Team Chief, 32nd Air Intelligence Squadron, Ramstein, Germany
6. July 2006-January 2007, U-2 Mission Operations Commander, Mission Management Flight Commander, 24th Intelligence Squadron, Ramstein, Germany
7. January 2007-July 2007, U-2 Mission Operations Commander, Imagery Flight Commander, 24th Intelligence Squadron, Ramstein, Germany
8. July 2007-July 2008, U-2 Mission Operations Commander, Executive Officer, 603rd Support Group, Ramstein, Germany
9. July 2008-September 2009, Information Operations/Cyber Intelligence Flight Commander, 23rd Information Operations Squadron, Lackland/Kelly AFB, Texas
10. September 2009-December 2010, Assignments Officer, Headquarters Air Force Personnel Center, Non- Rated Operations, Intelligence Officer Assignments Team, Randolph AFB, Texas
11. January 2011-April 2013, Geospatial-Intelligence Specialist for the AF Distributed Common Ground System Weapon System Support Team and Quick Reaction Capabilities Project Manager, Headquarters Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency, JBSA-Lackland, Texas
12. April 2013-July 2015, Deputy Division Chief, Senior Geospatial Intelligence Analyst, Capabilities-Based Planning Branch Chief, Headquarters Twenty-Fifth Air Force, JBSA-Lackland, Texas
13. August 2015-November 2016, Deputy Chief of Staff, Twenty-Fifth Air Force, JBSA-Lackland, Texas
14. November 2016 – January 2019, Program Manager/Branch Chief, Mission Processing, Integrated System Program Office, National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Virginia
15. February 2019 – July 2019, High Cadence GEOINT Program Manager, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Springfield, Virginia
16. July 2019-August 2020, Branch Chief, International Sources Branch, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Springfield, Virginia
17. September 2020-December 2021, Deputy Division Chief/Division Chief, Airborne & International Sources Division, Source Component, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Springfield, Virginia
18. December 2021 – current, Acting Director, Plans, Programs & Strategy Office, Data & Digital Innovation Component, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Springfield, Virginia

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster

National Defense Service Medal

Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal

Global War on Terrorism Service Medal