DR. JONAHIRA “JONI” ARNOLD Dr. Joni Arnold is the Deputy Director, 711th Human Performance Wing (711 HPW), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), Ohio. The 711 HPW advances human performance and integration for air, space, and cyberspace through research, education, consultation, and operational support. The Wing operates at seven geographically separated sites; the two major locations are: WPAFB, Ohio and Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The Wing's primary mission units are the Airman Systems Directorate and the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine. The Wing is comprised of more than 2,300 personnel encompassing more than 70 scientific, technical, and medical disciplines and executes an annual budget of more than $400 million. Prior to this assignment, Dr. Arnold was Chief of the Structural Materials Division, Materials and Manufacturing Technology Directorate, AFRL. The Structural Materials Division executes a combined internal and external budget of more than $100M per year, providing the Department of the Air Force with expertise in metals, composites, and non-destructive inspections through efforts ranging from foundational science to transition of technologies for use in propulsion, aerostructures, weapons, and sustainment. Dr. Arnold also previously served as the Technical Director, Strategic Plans, Programs, Requirements, and Analyses Directorate, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, WPAFB. In this position, she was responsible for providing technical advice to the Director on command-wide strategic planning, programming, enterprise analyses, wargaming, and operational requirements. Dr. Arnold has held numerous technical and leadership positions. She started her civil service career in 1996 as a Materials Engineer in the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, supporting various naval rotor and fixed wing aircraft. She has served as systems engineer, team lead, program manager, and supervisor. She has more than 20 years of experience in research and development, as well as in project management, in support of Navy and Air Force systems. EDUCATION 1989 Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico 1992 Master of Science in Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 1994 Doctor of Philosophy in Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 2015 Air War College, by correspondence ASSIGNMENTS 1. June 1994 – October 1995, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Fire Safety Branch, Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center, Atlantic City International Airport, N.J. 2. January 1996 – August 1996, Teacher, Science and Mathematics, St. John’s School, Hollywood, Md. 3. September 1996 – January 1999, Materials Engineer, Polymers and Composites Branch, Aerospace Materials Division, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, U.S. Navy, Patuxent River, Md. 4. January 1999 – February 2000, Team Leader, Mechanical Utility Systems, Subsystems Division, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, U.S. Navy, Patuxent River, Md. 5. February 2000 – August 2001, Assistant Program Manager for Systems Engineering, Foreign Military Sales, F/A-18 Program Office, Naval Air Systems Command, U.S. Navy, Patuxent River, Md. 6. August 2001 – January 2004, Program Manager/Materials Research Engineer/Adjunct Professor, Nonmetallic Materials Division, University of Dayton Research Institute, and Graduate Materials Engineering Department, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio 7. January 2004 – March 2007, Materials Engineer, Composite Materials Branch, Nonmetallic Materials Division, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, AFRL, WPAFB, Ohio 8. March 2007 – March 2009, Strategic Plans and Programs Engineer, Strategic Planning Branch, Integration and Operations Division, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, AFRL, WPAFB, Ohio 9. January 2008 – January 2009, Program Manager, Thermal Transport and Scaling Laws, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, Va. 10. March 2009 – July 2011, Senior Plans and Programs Engineer and Acting Branch Chief, Planning Branch, Business Operations Division, Plans and Programs Directorate, AFRL, WPAFB, Ohio 11. July 2011 – September 2017, Branch Chief, Optoelectronic Technology Branch, Aerospace Subsystems and Components Division, Sensors Directorate, AFRL, WPAFB, Ohio 12. October 2017 – April 2019, Technical Director, Strategic Plans, Programs, Requirements, and Analyses Directorate, Air Force Materiel Command, WPAFB, Ohio 13. April 2019 – July 2022, Chief, Structural Materials Division, Materials and Manufacturing Technology Directorate, AFRL, WPAFB, Ohio 14. July 2022 – present, Vice Director, 711th Human Performance Wing, AFRL, WPAFB, Ohio PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering, Level III DoD Acquisition Corp member (Current as of June 2023)