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MAJOR GENERAL
ELLEN M. PAWLIkOWSkI
Commander, Air Force Research Laboratory,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Major General Ellen M. Pawlikowski is the Commander, Air Force Research Laboratory,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. She is responsible for managing the Air Force’s $2.2
billion science and technology program as well as additional customer funded research and
development of $2.2 billion. She is also responsible for a workforce of approximately 10,800
people in the laboratory’s component technology directorates, the Air Force Office of Scientific
Research, and the 711th Human Performance Wing.
General Pawlikowski entered the Air Force in 1978 through the Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps (ROTC) program at New Jersey Institute of Technology. She attended the University
of California at Berkeley, and received a Doctorate of Philosophy in chemical engineering
in December 1981, entering active duty at McClellan Air Force Base, California, in April
1982. The General has served in a variety of technical management, leadership and staff
positions, to include Director of the Airborne Laser Program; Commander, Military Satellite
Communications Wing; Vice Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center; and Deputy
Director, National Reconnaissance Office.
LIEUTENANT GENERAL
FRIEDRICH WILHELM PLOEGER
Deputy Commander, Allied Air Command
Ramstein, NATO
Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm Ploeger is the Deputy Commander of NATO’s Allied Air
Command Ramstein at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
General Ploeger had a triple hat function at Kalkar, Germany before his current assignment. As
Commander of the German Air Force Air Operations Command (GAFAOC), he was responsible
for a unique German nucleus of staff that, after augmentation, has the capability to execute
operational planning as well as command and control of Air Force Operations at tactical
and operational levels. As Commander Combined Air Operations Centre Uedem (CAOC
Uedem), General Ploeger was responsible for planning, directing, tasking, and coordinating
air operations of allocated forces and NATO Integrated Air Defense assets. His third function
was that of Executive Director of the Joint Air Power Competence Centre (JAPCC), in which
he supported the Director JAPCC as Joint Air Advisor to Supreme Allied Commander
Transformation (SACT) in order to facilitate joint air power transformation at strategic level.
Furthermore, General Ploeger had administrative control over the National Air Policing Centre.
General Ploeger joined the German Air Force in 1967 and was trained to become an Air
Defense Controller. He went through numerous command and staff assignments. In 1999, he
became Commander of Air Force Communications and Information System Command. This
posting was followed by an assignment as Assistant Chief of the Armed Forces Staff (FüS III)
Military Policy and Arms Control Division at the Federal Ministry of Defense in 2000, before he
assumed command of 2nd DEU Air Division in 2003.
General Ploeger has been awarded the Ehrenkreuz der Bundeswehr in Gold und Silber
(Silver and Gold Cross of Honour of the Bundeswehr), the Verdienstkreuz am Bande des
Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Order of Merit on ribbon of the Federal
Republic of Germany), and the Black Eagle Order 3rd Class of the Republic of Estonia.
MR. kEVIN SCHEID
Deputy General Manager, NATO Consultation,
Command, and Control Agency
Mr. Kevin Scheid assumed his position as Deputy General Manager (DGM) of NATO
Consultation, Command, and Control Agency (NC3A) on 1 October 2009. NC3A provides
scientific and technical advice and support across NATO on matters pertaining to operations
research, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, acquisition, as well as air, land, and
maritime command and control. As DGM, he supports the General Manager in executing
his agency-wide responsibilities; as Chief Operating Officer, he manages the execution of
the Agency’s portfolio of work, while ensuring coherent and efficient project management
processes.
Prior to joining NC3A, Mr. Scheid was the Deputy Comptroller for the United States Department
of Defense (2006 - 2009). He supported the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) with
analysis and advice on the funding of major defense acquisitions, intelligence programs,
and effective budget processes. As part of his responsibilities, he performed oversight of the
funding requests for United States operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. During this period, Mr.
Scheid also served as Acting Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) for six
months during the transition between presidential administrations.
Prior to joining the Department of Defense in 2006, Mr. Scheid served in the newly established
Office of the Director of National Intelligence as the Director of Strategic Planning. He led
the development and implementation of strategic plans for the United States Intelligence
Community and oversaw their implementations.
From 2003 - 2005, Mr. Scheid was a senior advisor to the United States “9-11 Commission,”
leading a team of investigators in a review of the performance of United States Intelligence
in the years prior to the terrorist attacks, and making recommendations to the Commission
on possible reform of United States Intelligence. Many of these recommendations were
implemented by the United States Congress and the President through the Intelligence
Reform Act.
Mr. Scheid served for eight years in the Office of the Director of Central Intelligence in
multiple assignments overseeing several highly technical intelligence agencies, including the
National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the Central
Intelligence Agency.
Previously, Mr. Scheid served for 11 years in the Executive Office of the President of the United
States, in the Office of Management and Budget overseeing the program and budget of the
Central Intelligence Agency. In this capacity he worked closely with the National Security
Council and the intelligence oversight committees of the United States Congress.
Mr. Scheid earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and European Studies (1982); and a
Master’s degree in Public Affairs (1985) from the University of Texas at Austin.