Lisa M. Mazur, a Defense Intelligence Senior Leader, is the Technical Advisor for Capabilities Integration and Acquisition Intelligence, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations, Headquarters United States Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia.
Ms. Mazur, a native of Phoenix, Arizona, was commissioned in 1985 as a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. She served in a variety of intelligence assignments on active duty, in the Air Force Reserve, and as an Air Force civilian. Ms. Mazur’s assignments included operational intelligence with combat air forces and special operations forces before the bulk of her career within acquisition. She was appointed as a Defense Intelligence Senior Leader in 2010 when she became the Special Advisor for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Capabilities Planning and Analysis within the Headquarters Air Force Directorate of ISR Strategy, Plans and Force Management.
In 2017, Ms. Mazur took leadership of the Department of Defense Acquisition-Intelligence-Requirements Task Force. At the conclusion of the Task Force and prior to her return to the Air Force, she led establishment of an Acquisition Intelligence office under the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.
EDUCATION
1985 Bachelor of Science, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1990 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1994 Master of Science, International Relations, Troy State University, Ala.
1998 Air Command and Staff College, Montgomery, Ala., by correspondence
2004 Air War College, Montgomery, Ala., by seminar
2005 Master’s Certificate, Emerging Leader, Center for Leadership and Executive Development, University of Dayton School of Business Administration, Ohio
2012 Distinguished Graduate, Senior Acquisition Course, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C.
2012 Master of Science, National Resource Strategy, National Defense University, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. July 1985–January 1986, Student, Intelligence Applications Training, Lowry Air Force Base, Colo.
2. February 1986–February 1987, Deputy Director, Operational Intelligence, 23rd Air Force, Scott AFB, Ill. 3. February 1987–May 1988, Chief, Intelligence, 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Clark Air Base, the Philippines
4. May 1988–February 1990, Chief, Intelligence Operations, 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Clark AB, the Philippines
5. February 1990–April 1990, Student, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
6. April 1990–September 1993, Course Director for Revolutionary Warfare, Foreign Internal Defense and Civil Military Strategy for Internal Development courses, Air Force Special Operations School, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
7. September 1993– July 1995, Chief, Intelligence Inspections and Planning, Office of the Inspector General, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
8. July 1995–July 1998, Chief, Intelligence Manpower and Personnel, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
9. July 1998–September 2000, Chief, Intelligence Personnel Resources Branch, Headquarters AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Chief, Intelligence, 16th Operations Support Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.)
10. September 2000–March 2002, Chief, Intelligence Personnel and Plans Branch, Headquarters AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (IMA to the Chief, Intelligence, Force Modernization Branch, Deputy for ISR, Headquarters Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.)
11. March 2002–March 2003, Chief, Intelligence Resources Division, Headquarters AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (IMA to the Chief, Intelligence, Force Modernization Branch, ISR Directorate, HAF, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.)
12. March 2003–August 2010, Deputy Director, Intelligence (A2), Headquarters AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
13. August 2010–August 2011, Special Advisor to the Director, ISR Strategy, Integration and Doctrine, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR, Washington, D.C.
14. August 2011-June 2012, Student, National Defense University, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C.
15. June 2012–December 2016, Special Advisor to the Director, ISR Strategy, Plans and Force Development, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR, Washington, D.C.
16. December 2016–January 2019, Director of the Acquisition Intelligence Requirements Task Force, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Intelligence and Security, Washington, D.C.
17. January 2019–March 2020, Director of the Acquisition Intelligence Division, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition and Sustainment, Acquisition Enablers and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Intelligence and Security, Washington, D.C.
18. March 2020–present, Technical Advisor for Capability Integration and Acquisition Intelligence, Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations, HAF, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
(Current as of December 2021)